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Hi, My 2011 Macbook Pro has died! I have already taken it into a computer repair shop, thinking it was a battery issue, but they could not get a complete circuit through the logic board. They told me there was nothing they could do. I am quite keen to try and replace logic board instead of buying a new computer out-right. Would I need to match the same specs as before? i.e. if it was a 2.4 i7 would I need to buy the same one? And does the graphics card sit on the logic board too? I wouldn’t want to replace the whole logic board to find out I had an issue with the graphics all along. I would appreciate any help you can offer
Despite the fact I loved these 15” A1286 probably more than any other earlier and following 15” Macbook Pro, being at the end of 2018 and having seen countless numbers of boards gone bad because of the graphic card, I would warmly discourage you from putting money into a replacement board..it’s not a matter of reliable source, it’s a matter of unreliable boards. Places like eBay are literally packed with such machines, all with the same problem, and prices are getting lower every day since people who will reliably be able to replace graphic chips are just a handful in the entire globe versus a countless number of scammers. In few words, avoid A1286 quadcores ! Just my two cents..
@maxwellsweeney Sorry bud, but I think your MacBook Pro is totaled. Getting a new logic board would cost you from 400 to 600 USD and in the end a new MBP will run better and smoother in the end. (plus a used MBP from 2011 on eBay costs around 300 USD anyways…) Just steer clear of those pesky 2018-2017-2016 MBP redesign models as those are probably the worst computers Apple has ever made. Sheesh, that was rough because I am an Apple fanboy myself. Just get a 2015 MBP, I got one very recently to use as my main computer and it works like a dream!
