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Not sure - when I did some homework on the issue I had it transpired it was a well known fault that in the US there was an active replacement program for. They ran some tests and agreed it shouldn’t have been a chargeable repair.
Nothing to lose by taking it in and asking nicely I guess!
https://www.macrumors.com/2017/05/20/apple-ends-2011-macbook-pro-repair-program/
But I guess you could still try and appeal to their generosity?!
I would strongly suggest you visit an Apple Store and explain you weren't aware of the problem until recently and that they didn't contact you when the repair program was announced.
They can run a program which identifies if yours is included in the 'recall'. It was a defective graphics card on a certain batch of models. You may be pleasantly surprised.
There's things I've had, there's things I wanna have"
I used to think it was a BGA joint problem until I realised I could affect the chips action at a much lower temperature than would ever affect the lead free BGA joints. Actually changing the GPU BGA chip is the only proper cure
Don't knock it - it cost me nothing and I've had another 5 years so far out of that laptop!