MacBook Pro Logic Board Failure

clintonfrombirmingham knows wherof he speaks.

Before you give up on your machine, investigate a reputable a reballing vendor. If you haven't heard about reballing, this is the time to investigate. $250 for reballing, sans shipping, is a reasonable price.

$949 in a poor price.

TYDYsails wrote:

My late 2007 packed up last year (just fitted a 1TB drive and upped the RAM). Had a new logicboard for £500 (around $750 - we do not get US deals over here). It lasted four months before the new one went - out of its three month warranty of course.

mpender wrote:

My Early 2008 MacBook Pro just died this weekend. 😟 It has been running hot for a while and it seems to be following the same pattern where it goes to sleep and never wakes up again.

2007-2008 MBP .... symptoms you describe ..... you can resurrect them

http://russell.heistuman.com/2010/04/27/cooking-the-books-or-baking-my-macbook-p ro-logic-board/

Sounds absurd, but it does work !!! It's not permanent though. Mine (2007) is on about it's 6th bake over about a 2 year period, but it is still going. (170C fan forced, 7 1/2 mins)

Might not be worth the effort or the hassle to some, but if you love your old MBP, and would like to see working again, then give it a go.......what have you got to lose, the logic board is otherwise junk anyway !

If you get it working again, install SMC Fan Control and do you best to keep it cool .... flash games and video are a killer !

Toxic smoke should not be an issue if you keep the temperatures to recommendations.

It would be prudent, as always, to ventilate your "cooking" area, but a vent hood that sends the air outside should suffice. If your over-stove hood simply re-circulates, you may want to reconsider, or just plan on not being in the room while cooking it. Perhaps a friend or neighbor's stove with an outside-venting hood would be better.

Well, I've just been told that the logic board, display and airport card on my 15" mid 2009 macbook pro have failed and that the computer is beyond economical repair. I bought it in Jan 2010 so I got just over 4 years use out of it . Totally unacceptable for a so-called premium product. Thinking about a replacement, and, as much as I love Mac OSX, I'm considering buying a top end windows based laptop. Half the price. I've lost confidence in Apple's quality.

Unfortunately my MacBook Pro has the same motherboard issue discussed here. They refused to repair it for free of charge. Repair cost is about $900...

Absolutely unbelievable... They are saying that mine was manufactured early 2011, so they won't repair for free. How is that fair? It is the same freaking problem. Video gives up machine freezes, impossible to use it. I have been left alone with this for a month, support said they will look into it. No response from Apple support since... I called them at least three times. They haven't even bothered letting me know for a month now...

I paid $2400 for it and looked after it really well.

I can't believe they are selling such a low quality board for such a high price. I have an 8 years old Fujitsu Siemens laptop that still works fine. I have worked in electronics manufacturing and with computers for 15 years. This is the first motherboard that died...

Why don't they fix mine just as well they have done for others?

Second dead logic board on my rMBP. The dedicated graphics card of my 2012 Retina MacBook Pro 15" just died. Temperatures were fine, fans clean and even sitting on a cooling pad.

I had the bad LG panel which was replaced in 2012, in 2013 the logic board was replaced because of constant "invalid node structure" errors which resulted in total data loss. Then I was unable to reinstall OS X ML because of "you don't own this product" error, which it was shipped with and I had reinstalled about 20 times without any problems before and the support told me "you have a 2000+€ machine, why do you mind about the 20€ just buy it again".

This laptop has been a disappointment since the first day.

Oh and before I forget: when they replaced my logic board they destroyed the screw heads of the heat pipe and scratched it while tightening them with pliers 🙂 now I know what "certified by Apple" really means.

No AppleCare so I'll have to pay for sure.

This is just ridiculous. I can't believe Apple is not acknowledging this. My Fall 2012 rMBP is on its way out. Lots of GPUpanic errors. There is a serious manufacturing defect with these computers.

If you buy one of these laptops plan on it dying years before you would expect it to.

Stesso problema macbook pro 2011 i7 core 2.0 di appena tre anni di vita è inutilizzabile, è una vergogna mi ero affidata ad Apple perchè ritenevo fosse una società seria e affidabile e no di certo per pagare 1,750 euro per un portatile che durasse solo 3 anni e per di più fanno anche orecchie da mercante facendoti pagare la riparazione per un difetto di produzione. Di certo da oggi consiglierò di acquistare sicuramente solo portatili windows perchè di sicuro sono molto più affidabili e hanno di una durata superiore ai tre anni (ne ho uno da 10 anni e l'ho pagato 300 euro).

Deluso da Apple sotto tutti i punti di vista non è più la ditta di un tempo, invece di pensare alla qualità dei suoi prodotti si occupa solo di vendere e fare soldi senza salvaguardare i suoi clienti. Se non fanno qualcosa per risolvere questa situazione non comperò mai più nulla di questo marchio come spero facciano tutti coloro che si sono trovati in questa spiacevole situazione. Ragazzi sveglia duemila euro per un portatile che dura 3 anni ma stiamo scherzano???

I am hoping for some advice from this forum. I bought my MacBook Pro early 2011, just says just failed on me - would not switch on. I took it to the Genius Bar who told me there was liquid in it and I needed a new logic board £400!! Only I have never spilled anythinI on it or near it!?! Please help!! I'm wondering if its a faulty board. I've read lots about faults from 2011?!

ciao, io personalmente so che il problema di questi macbook 2011 (di cui sono proprietario per mia sfortuna) sta nel chip grafico e nel surriscaldamento dello stesso quindi penso che il problema sia più quello che il liquido. Comunque ti consiglio di farlo vedere a qualcuno esperto al di fuori di apple perchè il loro costi sono esagerati e inoltre essendo un difetto di fabbrica dovrebbero provvedere alla riparazione gratuita e no facendola pagare. Ad ogni modo che loro ti metteranno una scheda madre rigenerata e che presenta lo stesso problema e che inevitabilmente si romperà di nuovo (conosco persone che l'hanno cambiata già 3 volte). Quini ti consiglio di vedere qualche centro esperto in di questi macbook con un prezzo più adeguato, io ne ho trovato uno dove ti sostituiscono il chip difettato con uno di nuova generazione e che consiglia d'installare questo programma per la gestione delle ventole e prevenire l'eccessivo surriscaldamento

http://www.crystalidea.com/macs-fan-control

AGREED

its really sickening and i am genuinely ANGRY at Apple for refusing to recall 2010/2011 models which are OBVIOUSLY defective. I cannot afford ANOTHER (yes another...) 350 pounds to fix my logic board when I know my laptop is doomed. This is not right and my hard work (documentaries abroad etc) had been corrupted in a previous problem with the same model where my hard-drive had to be replaced- everything lost.

There is no liquid in it

I sat for 2 hours with the managers in my genius bar until THEY ADMITTED that 2011 models were faulty and defective and my model would always be this way and that 'they really should be recalled'

After she admitted this I asked her to fix my problem for free- an Apple representative admitting to such a large corruption in their system should surely then offer some compensation? Nope....400 pounds that I cant and wont spend.

Has anyone had their MacBook Pro repaired multiple times under this extension program? I had my 15" MacBook Pro Early 2011 repaired about 7 months ago because of a logic board failure and paid $310 out of pocket. I was then contacted by Apple about the repair program and reimbursed for the full cost of my repair, and there was much rejoicing. Now, the old problems are starting to rear their ugly head again, and I am afraid another repair is eminent. The big question is, will they repair it this time for free since it is still under the extended warranty period, or is the program only good for one free replacement?

Any input is greatly appreciated!

HI, my MacBook Pro, fixed 2 years ago failed again about 2 weeks ago. Called Apple and found out the program got back on after continuos failer on logic boards. Good news: programs still good until February 2016. Got my repair for free. Good luck!

I have had this computer--MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013)--for a year and already have had to send it in TWICE.

First time the mic/audio jack stopped working and they traced it to the logic board and replaced it. This was July 7, 2015. Then, a month later, the computer started crashing. Specifically, an Apple Genius tells me it was Kernel Panicking. So I had to send it in AGAIN for a second logic board. Huge inconvenience to have the computer out of my hands for a couple weeks, not to mention all the time wasted on the phone with a rep. going through test after test after test.

Fortunately, by some fluke, I bought AppleCare and plan to keep paying for it. Do they let you renew it? I have bought and used Macs since 1985 and have never bought AppleCare before now. The salesmen talked me into it and now I know why.

I think this is the end of my relationship with Apple. The shine is gone. I plan to start unplugging from them: goodbye to iPhones for the family, iPads, iTunes. I'll go PC after this Pro dies is last death.