I have an Early 2011 Mac Book Pro which has had the motherboard replaced twice because of this issue. The first one was 3 years out of warranty so I had to pay $700 (Aus). The second time it happened only 6 months after the first motherboard replacement.
I'm currently on the phone with their support to get my money back hopefully. Although it has been 28 minutes waiting so far... Perhaps I'm not the only one calling Apple tonight.
Edit: ok all sorted out. Refund is in the mail ;) Turns out I was the first one to call them apparently so they weren't sure how to process it. I ended up getting transferred to someone that sounded UK'ish with a nice 80's phone time delay. Woohoo Nice present for the weekend me thinks!!
Edit: ok all sorted out. Refund is in the mail ;) Turns out I was the first one to call them apparently so they weren't sure how to process it. I ended up getting transferred to someone that sounded UK'ish with a nice 80's phone time delay. Woohoo Nice present for the weekend me thinks!!