
Thanks to all who have weighed in so far. I have yet to look up the specs to address whether the 16 GB of ram is enough to bridge the gap. If your screen is facing you, this is the speaker on the left side. Restore your laptops sound quality with this used replacement part. An aging or malfunctioning speaker may have buzzing noises or cut out unexpectedly.
#MID 2015 MACBOOK PRO 15 SPECS PRO#
I honestly was hoping to get a weigh-in on my hypothesis that this the result of an underpowered integrated GPU - or more importantly, validation that others have experienced the same thing (with or without it being an all-out failure). Replace a left speaker in your Mid 2012 to Mid 2015 MacBook Pro 15' Retina laptop and fix issues with sound output. I didn't bother trying a third cable as the glitching has never appeared on the 4k monitor. I always use the thunderbolt/mini displayport to drive the monitor - and to date have used two different cables. The MacBook Pro 'Core i7' 2.8 15-Inch (Dual Graphics/Force Touch - Mid-2015 Retina Display) features a 22 nm 'Haswell/Crystalwell' 2.8 GHz Intel 'Core i7' processor (4980HQ), with four independent processor 'cores' on a single silicon chip, a 6 MB shared level 3 cache, 16 GB of onboard 1600 MHz DDR3L SDRAM (which cannot be upgraded later), 512. The only changes were a faster discrete graphics chipset in the high-end model, and the inclusion of a 'Force Touch' trackpad, which used haptic feedback to simulate clicks rather than a using physical button and could. My feeling is that if a bad cable was the cause, I'd see it no matter the circumstances.ģ. Introduced in May 2015, the MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015) replaced the MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014). I question whether the built-in screen's display cable is the culprit as it doesn't happen when I am using it as my only monitor. Starting in safe mode seems to hamstring those same applications - so I can't really work in them.Ģ. It typically happens when I'm working in multiple GPU-intensive applications - not just when I have them all open. Doing so makes it difficult to mimic the same conditions that bring about the glitching in the first place. I did try running the machine in Safe Mode briefly, but quickly realized it wasn't going to work. Well - I figured I'd see how many twists and turns the conversation tookġ.
