New Logic board? MC373LL/A

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New Logic board? MC373LL/A

Hi Guys,

I've been looking for an answer for a while now but just seem to go round in circles any help would be great.

I have a MC373LL/A Macbook Pro Core i7 2.66 15" MID-2010

I have developed a fault with the graphics card I believe this was quite common on this model, the laptop will just black screen and then reboot, I have installed gfxCardStatus which does help a little but its not a solution.

I love the macbook and I have upgraded the ram and got a 1TB SSD now, and can't afford to buy another one just yet.

My question is, can I upgrade the Logic board / motherboard or something to by pass this issue, I would rather upgrade to a better spec than replace with the same, but if thats all I can do where do I go to get it done?

Many thanks in Advance

MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2010), OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)

Posted on Dec 21, 2015 1:45 PM

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OGELTHORPE

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Dec 21, 2015 1:55 PM in response to gazzagee

A 2010 15" MBP came with 2.4, 2.53, 2.66 and 2.8 GHz CPUs. A 2010 Logic board with any of these should be compatible. That is an educated guess. Check with iFixit.com or Powerbookmedic.com for a definitive answer.

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my ginger

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Dec 21, 2015 2:10 PM in response to gazzagee

Turning off graphic switching is also known to help. I do not think changing the logic board to a newer one will help. Even if it would interchange. Which I doubt. And the newer ones ,the 2011 and 2012 had graphic issues too. If you are willing and up to changing a logic board it would be better to see if you can find one. Ether used as on Ebay or new. Apple as far as I know would not sell you one even if they still had them available. Unless they installed it. I found two on Ebay,both used. one at $299.00 the other at $399.0. Saw a place that claimed to repair them for $189.00 plus shipping, but cannot recommend as you would need to research the company.

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OGELTHORPE

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Dec 21, 2015 3:54 PM in response to my ginger

my ginger wrote:

Energy saver

Turning off graphic switching is also known to help.

I am curious. Since turning off Automatic graphics switching in System Preferences>Energy Saver results in selecting the discrete GPU to be engaged all the time (or disengaging the discrete GPU) and since it is the problematic one, how will that help?

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202043

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my ginger

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Dec 21, 2015 4:17 PM in response to OGELTHORPE

Here is where I got it from. http://www.macworld.com/article/2062783/cures-for-a-panicking-mid-2010-macbook-p ro.html If this is en-deed wrong then I am wrong.

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gazzagee Author

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Dec 22, 2015 1:50 AM in response to my ginger

Thanks for the input guys, but I don't think this helps, in fact I had to disable the NVIDIA card and switch it to the Integrated (using gfxcardstatus) to run FinalCut Pro, otherwise it just would just crash within 3 secs of running.

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