The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Anyone put a mid 2012 MBP logic board into an older model?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Brenden Weaver, Feb 27, 2019.

  1. Brenden Weaver

    Brenden Weaver Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    45
    Likes Received:
    5
    Trophy Points:
    16
    I found a 2011 MBP for super cheap and with all the BS I'm reading about the gpu headaches with amd I am going to just buy a 2012 logic board with an ivy bridge.

    Anyone tried this on here? And if so do I need to do anything special? So far I'm thinking I just need the motherboard and heatsink.
     
    Brenden Weaver, Feb 27, 2019
    #1
  2. saturnotaku

    saturnotaku Notebook Nobel Laureate

    Reputations:
    4,879
    Messages:
    8,926
    Likes Received:
    4,707
    Trophy Points:
    431
    Long as you're not trying to put a Retina logic board into a classic chassis, I don't see why it wouldn't work. The only real concern would be if the location of the LCD cable were drastically different, then you might have to pick up a new one of those.
     
    saturnotaku, Feb 27, 2019
    #2
    Brenden Weaver likes this.
  3. Brenden Weaver

    Brenden Weaver Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    45
    Likes Received:
    5
    Trophy Points:
    16
    yeah thats what I thought, as long as its non retina, looks like all the holes line up. Thanks
     
    Brenden Weaver, Feb 27, 2019
    #3