Logic Board Fix Needed

What did they end up replacing or repairing? The entire board or the GPU chip or what?

Good to know someone was able to do that. That's usually dicey.

I have a forty year old room fan that I've kept in working condition. Just lube it at the beginning of each summer. Vacuum cleaner is twenty two years old. Only worry now is finding the bags for it.

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I was in a similar position to you a few months back where my macbook pro 2.7 i7 would not charge the battery or work off the mains. I was referred to http://www.tctouch.co.uk/macrepair/ by a friend and was glad she did. I was able to get an instant quote for the repair on the site which turned out to be very affordable. And all i had to do was book the repair online, and my mac was collected, repaired and returned to me within a few days. The main thing that topped it for me was the service offered at a very good price. Its been 6 months now and my mac is still kicking fantasticly. If you are looking for an economical repair option i will recommend you try them.

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Of course, not without its risks, but then someone skilled in SMD rework should be able to do a repair.

What was making me hot under the collar was not finding someone who could do that work. We live in a throwaway/replace society now, and few things ever get repaired.

The same goes for cars, it is mostly replacement parts rather than repair.

I do admire some of the 3rd world countries that have a repair determination, they keep stuff going well beyond what we would, and I think that is good.

That's exactly what companies want you to think, and the reason they don't offer any kind of repair work themselves outside of the factory. They don't even want thier employees to know how to repair thier hardware so that the information can't be spread. Luckily, the VGA chip is made by AMD and you can buy thier part for $70 and transplant the needed chip. I know the job that needs to be done, but don't have the tools that need it or the experience to diagnose it for Apple hardware myself. Trust me, the fix is as solid as the one Apple would have done themselves, with the only difference being that Apple would have sold your part as part of a refurbished Mac and given you a new one to save you waiting.

my adventures with apple's logic boards

- eMac G4: logic board died

- iMac G5: logic board dies, replacement board also died

- intel iMac: logic board died last week

So all my desktop macs from the last 10 years had great design, but zero durability.

My MacBook Pro i7 seems to be ok...

I am now having this same problem. My laptop is a beast and I have sunk a lot of money to make it that way. Had zero problems till yesterday. Unfortunately no apple care.

I took it into a local shop and they are working on it right now. My laptop is worth $2800 and to hear the technician tell me it will be worth next to nothing with the logic board failure. I know apple likes to mash all the hardware together but it just boggles my mind that this is a very common problem. So much money being lost.

I didn't take my laptop to apple itself, but they are an authorized repair shop. I really don't want to shell out THIS much money.

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How much would it cost to replace a Logic Board 2.7 Ghz ??

Whatever Apple wants, considering it's the entire computer minus the screen and case.

For the people out there saying that it's a recurring fault, of course it is. In the Windows Technitian world we have a saying: Reset and reinstall (or Refresh as they call in in Apple-land) is giving up, becasue it's not fixing the problem, it's binning the system (and it's data) and replacing it.

This is effectively standard procedure on a Mac. Wipe and reset if anything goes wrong. Same with the hardware, bin and replace all the internals instead of the single part at fault. Like putting your car in the dump because the tyre is flat.

Apple will charge you anything between the amount it costs them (probably around $250 for a 27" iMac) to that amount multiplied by thier retail profit margin difference plus installation (we're looking at around $1200 for the same item).

Why don't you ask them?

My Mac book pro Logic Board dead and the Authorised agency in my town is asking almost the cost of a new mac book pro. I am confused what to be done.. So sad. Just one component the whole value of a laptop.. What can be done on this??

Kishore

Kish ranganath which macbook pro do you have? I might be able to help you.