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The GPU of my MacBook Pro (17-inch, Early 2011) crashed, leaving the it unable to boot after hanging on a screen with green vertical stripes. Apparently a lot of MacBooks from 2011 share suffer from this (https://www.change.org/p/timothy-d-cook-…) I was wondering, since the entire logic board needs to be replaced, if it can be replaced with the logic board of the Late 2011 series. It’s only a minor upgrade of the CPU and GPU: Early 2011 Late 2011 Processor Number: I7-2720QM I7-2760QM Processor Speed: 2.2 GHz 2.4 GHz Video System: Radeon HD 6750M Radeon HD 6770M
‘“Apparently it should be possible, sorry for reposting.’” Which MacBook Logic board should I purchase? “The boards are the same within model years… including early to late ‘11 so if you can find the faster (2.2GHz-2.5GHz) board it would work.” http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/ma…
Thanks. That was helpful.
Although it has been a couple of years since I last used this MacBook, I recently tried to fix the broken GPU again. I see this article still has some traction, so I’m posting what I did here. A new Logic Board was too expensive, but I was able to temporarily fix the GPU issue with a specialized reflow heating machine from my univerity college. This however only lasted for about 4 or 5 moths, (untill the end of the my semester). The only workaround I found that makes the MacBook usable again, is by disabling the GPU in the EFI vars, more info via: https://realmacmods.com/macbook-2011-rad… OR https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/for… Be aware that any external screens will no longer work! (Even AirPlay screen sharing doesn’t seem to be an option) I hope this can help someone.
