MacBook Pro 2012 broken GPU fix

I have a 17" 2011 MacBook Pro that suffers from the notorious GPU video failure (https://www.bit-tech.net/news/tech/laptops/apple-admits-gpu-design-flaw/1/)

Here is the work-around to turn off the GPU. Credit to PeytonPlaysMc

1. Boot into Recovery Mode
   Hold Command+R+S keyboard buttons while pressing the power button
2.  Disable System Integrity Protection (SIP)
    Type on the command prompt
   csrutil disable
3. Reboot MacBook Pro into Single User mode
   Type on the command prompt
   reboot
   Then hold Command+S keyboard buttons
4. Hard disk check
   Type on the command prompt
   /sbin/fsck -fy
5. Mount root file system in read-write mode
   Type on the command prompt
   /sbin/mount -uw /
6. Make a directory to save the AMD drivers
   Type on the command prompt
   mkdir /AMD_save
7. Move AMD drivers to the save directory
   Type on the command prompt
   mv /System/Library/Extensions/AMD* /AMD_save
8. Delete AMD driver cache
   Type on the command prompt
   rm -rf /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.kext.caches/
9. Create AMD drive cache directory
   
   Type on the command prompt
   mkdir /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.kext.caches/
10. Force refresh of drive cache
    Type on the command prompt
    touch /System/Library/Extensions/
11. Reboot MacBook Pro to normal mode. Graphics will run slow at this point
    
    Type on the command prompt
    reboot
12. Boot into Recovery Mode
    Restart MacBook Pro while holding Command+R+S
13. Enable System Integrity Protection (SIP)
     Type on the command prompt
    csrutil enable
14. Reboot MacBook Pro to normal mode.Type on the command prompt
    reboot
15. Launch Terminal in UI and type
    

    sudo nvram fa4ce28d-b62f-4c99-9cc3-6815686e30f9:gpu-power-prefs=%01%00%00%00

16. Restart MacBook Pro one final time