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Is there a general reference that helps identify Apple logic boards ? Example: Identification by appearance Reference number location and details Interchangeability between models
0RAZ10 , here is my meager list that I compiled thus far. Hopefully I’ll find time to add to it in the next few weeks, if there is enough interest. As Joshua mentioned before me, I do not know of any official interchange list. The same model year will usually interchange without difficulties, anything else is most likely not interchangeable due to differences in connectors, mounting holes etc. 820-1881 A1150 820-1984 A1200 EMC 2111 820-2132 A1229 EMC 2137 MacBookPro3,1 820-2179 A1237 EMC 2142 MacBookAir 820-2223 A2210 820-2279 A1181 820-2375 A1304 EMC 2334 MacBookAir2,1 820-2496 A1181 Macbook 13 820-2523 A1286 MacBookPro mid2009 820-2530 A1278 820-2567 A1342 Macbook2009 820-2610 A1297 820-2784 A1311 EMC2389 820-2796 A1370 EMC2471 MacBookAir4.1 820-2838 A1369 MBA 2010 820-2850 A1286 MacBookPro mid 2010 820-2879 A1278 EMC 2351 MBPro7,1 820-2901 A1312 820-2914 A1297 10-2011_6-2012 820-2915 A1286 EMC 2353 MacBookPro Early 2011 820-2936 A1298 EMC 2419 820-3023 A1369 MBA Core i5 1_7 13 _Mid-2011 820-3024 A1370 820-3208 A1465 EMC 2558 MacBookAir5,1 820-3209 A1466 EMC 2559 MacBookAir5,2 820-3332 A1398 EMC 2512 Hope this helps, good luck. Update As for the second question you have “Can a Macbook Air A1369 Logic Board with a Core 2 Duo be exchanged with the i5 or i7 variant of the A1369” It does not look like it. Having quickly compared the actual logicboard layout, it looks like Apple made changes to the case. Check the perimeter of the boards on the attached image to see the difference. You will also immediately notice that the external display connector is different. So, looking at all the differences, I highly doubt that it will work. Again, hope this helps, good luck.
I am not aware of a cross compatability resource as you describe. For the most part the more recent the device is, it seems to me that technical information and reference materials become more difficult to find. There are are few “collections” of technical documents out there, but I generally don’t point directly to them in my posts because I don’t want to draw the wrong kind of attention to them. It is sad but true that many of the manufacturer produced technical documents are copyrighted and many manufacturers use that to suppress the free spread of this information. A reference document such as you describe would be a very handy document indeed. What I have found is that local computer stores (small businesses - not large chain stores) also have a wealth of knowledge about the types of cross compatability that you are referring to. For what it’s worth, I think that the logic boards tend to be identified either by the seven digit Apple part number and/or the original device’s model number and processor configuration. Hope some of this helps!
