Im an idiot for buying a used logic board..right? Right..
My logic board fried. the magsafe had a short and fired the left i/o and the logic board. My warranty is beyond over. I bought a new left i/o first to see if that was the problem, but it was both of them that were fried. So, I bought a used logic board from a person on ebay. A new board costs 1000.00 - I could buy an entire macbook pro 17" 2.16ghz for 1200.00. The used board was 500.00 The board doesn't work.
I build computers all of the time. I asked the man if he could have bent the board when removing it. He said no.. then I asked why he parted a working macbook pro. I had figured someone busted an LCD and would rather part it than go through what it would cost for a new one. His answer was that a customer wanted adobe master suite installed then couldn't pay for it. I asked why he didn't reformat and transfer the adobe license.
Did I just buy a stolen board from an idiot that didn't know how to remove it?
I build computers all of the time. I asked the man if he could have bent the board when removing it. He said no.. then I asked why he parted a working macbook pro. I had figured someone busted an LCD and would rather part it than go through what it would cost for a new one. His answer was that a customer wanted adobe master suite installed then couldn't pay for it. I asked why he didn't reformat and transfer the adobe license.
Did I just buy a stolen board from an idiot that didn't know how to remove it?
xeon 2.16, Mac OS X (10.4.8)
