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I have a 13’ mid 2010 version of the macbook pro. I was wondering if it would be possible to swap out the logic board of my 2010 macbook pro with the 13’ early 2011 version. If you could provide a seller that would be awesome!
unfortunately no, you see its not just the logic board that was changed in the new 13", the camera is now an HD cam, and has a very specific port on the new logic board that your older camera cannot plug into. the way the bluetooth and airport card connect is entirely different too. the new macbook pro use an airport card and bluetooth card that are integrated into the sub-woofer, where as the old ones were located under the clutch cover and next to the webcam, respectively. your airport and bluetooth share the port of the webcam, where as the new logicboard dedicates a plug just for bluetooth and airport, and a plug just for the hd cam. these would be the obstacles you would have to endure if you were to change your logic board, which means you would need to buy a whole brand new display case with the hd cam, a new sub/speaker system (right speaker changed slightly as well) with the new airport card, and a new bluetooth card. it would probably cost you more to buy all these parts than to buy a new macbook.
I have the same problem i have 2009 they are selling me a 2010 can i use the new one?
Its theoretically possible, but due to other factors such as new ram, new I/Os, different Operating System Build on MacBook Pro (10.6.7-2011 MBP specific version), it would be near impossible to successfully do the transplant!
Is it possible to do the reverse of this? As in, install a logic board from a 2009 macbook pro in a macbook pro 2010? I have a water damaged 2010 13 inch pro, and found a good deal on logic boards for 2009 13 inch pros.
