Each and every single repair center stated that they are unable to perform this for two reasons. I stated that I had a early 2011 Macbook Pro logic board failure and I would need to get it replaced and installed. After speaking with the repair centers, and explaining my issue, all of the conversations ended at the same point. I ended up calling the repair centers that night to see how much this repair was going to cost and how long the process would take. They then gave me Apple certified repair centers that were in my area to contact to repair this issue. They then proceeded to tell me that because my Macbook is early 2011, it is now considered 'vintage' and they are not able to work on such a computer. After a few hardware tests, they determined that the problem was a logic board failure. I scheduled an appointment at my near by apple store the following day and had them review my Macbook. It would simply boot into a gray screen with a apple logo with a loading bar beneath it, and then would slowly load until about half way, and then the screen would just go to the gray screen of death.Īfter many hours, they decided it was best to take it into an apple store to have them diagnose the problem. I ended up spending multiple hours online with phone representatives working through various troubleshooting techniques (most of which I had already tried on my own) and could not get the computer to boot normally. I decided it was best to contact apple to see if this issue could be better assisted by them. So again, I went online for some trouble shooting techniques to see if I could solve this issue on my own. So I tried the SMC reset again but this time it did not solve the problem. Again, this time the force shut down and reboot did not work. About a week ago, I was using the computer as normal, and the same issue happened. I ended up looking up some troubling shooting techniques online and ended up resetting the SMC and it seemed to do the trick. However, after a force shut down and a reboot, this would usually solve the problem.Ī few months back, this issue occurred again and the usual force shut down and reboot did not work this time. While I would be using the computer as normal, the screen would randomly go blue or gray and I would have to force shut down the computer. I have not had many issues with the computer since I have purchased it except the occasional blue/gray screen issue. In the case of a functional part, it has been fully tested prior to putting in stock and is guaranteed to be fully functional.I have an early 2011 Macbook Pro running 10.10.2. This is a used part from a recycled computer. No refund will be given for logic boards damaged during fitting. Thermal paste is available from the Tools section. If you remove the heat sink from the logic board, the seal must be re-made adequately when the new board is fitted to ensure the MacBook Pro does not overheat. This is a highly static-sensitive device and replacement should not be attempted without suitable experience and anti-static precautions. (If 8GB of ram is installed the VRAM will be upgraded to 512MB) This logic board has a 2.3GHz Intel Core i5 Processor with a integrated graphics card, Intel HD 3000 with 384MB of VRAM.
This logic board is fully interchangeable with the Late 2011 model of MacBook Pro Unibody.
EARLY 2011 MACBOOK PRO 13 LOGIC BOARD MAC OS
These refer to the Mac OS version that will be downloaded and installed if the laptop is forced into internet recovery mode and this is set in the logic board's firmware. There are two version of the logic board the original (10.6) and the revised 10.7 version. This is the 13" MacBook Pro Unibody Logic Board for the Early 2011 model, 10.7 version.