If your post isn't visible it's probably because of an short/affiliate Link. Comments should be on-topic and contribute to the conversation.Ĥ: No short, ref and affiliate links. We typically lock approved links to sales to enforce the no-discussion rule.Ģ: No sensationalized, misleading or non-descriptive titles.ģ: Keep discussions civil and respectful. Discussing a sale in comments is not allowed - Take it to PMs or to the linked sale medium. We are not a trading subreddit, and do not want to have to deal with the fallout of potential sale issues in our community.ġa: You are allowed to promote your sale of eGPU equipment via ebay, /r/hardwareswap, or other means, via a link to your sale. It took me many hours of research to work this out, and so I hope that this message will help some of you to repair your laptops more quickly and at a lower cost.0: Posts must be related to eGPUs (External Video Cards).ġ: Please no selling/trading of eGPUs, video cards, power supplies and other hardware. The fix is therefore to replace the solder for the logic board, rather than replace the board itself. This meant that the solder melted at lower temperatures, and over time this caused faults to occur. What I have been told (for others to verify), is that between 20, Apple used a solder for their chip boards that did not include lead.
The work cost £180 - much less than the £350+ to replace the logic board…if there were any available. I did eventually find a solution which did not require my logic board to be replaced, and I have had a fully working laptop since.įor anyone in the UK, I really recommend these guys. Apple told me that the laptop was effectively bricked. MacBook Pro 2017 model A1708 I noticed that the macbook was running slow so I thought that maybe charging it would help but it said 100 and when i unplugged the charger it still read that it was charging, So I reset it and nothing changed and then I completely turned it off and the display showed it needed battery so i plugged it back up and. Hi, I had this problem a couple of months back - ‘panic'‘ issue resulted in my laptop crashing intermittently.Īll of the official Apple repair places I went to said that the logic board was defective, and that it was no longer possible to find a replacement as Apple had stopped making them in spite of acknowledging that they were defective between 20. Other 'fixes' offered disable the brightness control whereas ours will mean you can continue to change it with no issues. Our solution is the best around and will mean you can use your machine as normal without any issues. This best person to look at will be Louis Rossman. The 15' MacBook Pros from 2011 had manufacturing issues causing failed graphics. I'll do some research on this today to see if I can find a competent company that will do a repair on this board and replacement of the chip.
The problem is that because of supply and demand (so many failures of their board) they are in short supply. MacBook Pro 15" Unibody Mid 2012 Logic Board Replacement
Please tell us what is happening with it. Did you get it writing? Did they charge you for the diagnostic? What exactly did they say failed and why did it fail? What a peachy deal! Then in2018 they're going to tell you its a "legacy machine" and they aren't allowed to even work on it.įirst let's not trust what Apple told you as far as what's wrong with it. That'll fix it even if it is just a $1.00 fuse and they don't have to even think to do it. Why would you trust these guys with doing the repair? They don't plan to fix it but sell you a new logic board and the labor and charge you through the nose for it. Of course they say they know exactly what it is. I wouldn't take it to Apple for the repair as the problem was theirs in the first place but they were so unethical as to not admit it or fix it. MacBook Pro Repair Extension Program for Video Issues
In my opinion it should have been included in both the class action law suit and ensuing
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