As Apple officially acknowledged that MacBook Pro are also affected by the defective NVidia GPU, the company will have to take care of all GPU exchange operations, then send corresponding invoices to NVidia.
In order to avoid false positive, or defect not linked to defective GPU but other components, Apple offer Apple Care centers a defined set of test to be carried out. They will have to launch the procedure and the integrated application will define which component is the faulty one. If it is indeed a NVidia GPU, the application will automatically deliver a code for sending back parts (it is the NVidia GPU serial number) which will be used to apply the extended warranty program.
Apple will then generate a good database of affected MacBook Pro, and will quickly define if the cursed GPU are affecting or not a large number of MacBook Pro. If only couples of serial numbers are involved, one could expect to have only a limited number of cursed MacBook Pro. One should not forget that NVidia ini
