Late 2007 MBP Logic Board Replacement (MA896LL/A)

Hello all,
I have a Late 2007 15" 2.4Ghz MBP (MA896LL/A), and the graphics have just died. I'm considering purchasing a new logic board, and I would like to know where you guys have gone to purchase one. How was your guys' experience with the vendor? How long did your replacement board last? Any suggestions are welcome.
I have done a small amount of research, and I know that there was a 15" 2.6GHz model. The 2.6GHz logic board can fit in my computer, but it looks like it'll be about $100 USD more. Is it worth the upgrade?
Thank you very much,
LittlePlanet

Bumping this thread. Any advice will do!

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Replace MBP logic board

Hi,
I have a MacBook Pro late 2007 17" model number A1229.
Since a few weeks, my graphics card is bad.
So my Mac doesn't work anymore but it's still a good computer.
I wanna fix my Mac so I can use it again!
Because the graphics card is soldered to the logic board, replacing isn't an option.
So I was wondering to replace the hole logic board.
The problem is, where can I buy it, how much will it cost & in what condition will it be (used, new,..).
If I buy a used one, how can I be sure it will work for a while??
Please give me some sites where I can buy a logic board!
I hope you guys can help me!
thanks

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/APPLE-MACBOOK-PRO-17-2-4-Ghz-LOGIC-BOARD-A1229-free-fi tting-/150880709604?pt=UK_Computing_Other_Computing_Networking&hash=item232130eb e4
This service is very good and cheap in my eyes.. If you send them your logic board they will send you a fully working one for £89.

MBP 2007-dying Logic Board #2 and out of warranty.

My Macbook Pro (2007) has had too many problems to count. I have had to replace two batteries so far. Recently the old thing started running really slowly and freezing a lot. I got the hard drive and RAM replaced but the technician said that my logic board was dying and would have to be replaced soon if I wanted to keep using the computer. Here's my problem. I've already gotten my logic board replaced once by Mac about two years ago! I got it done for free last time luckily, but since I'm past my warranty date I'll have to pay around $1200 for that. I could go and get myself a very nice PC for that (which I am seriously considering now). Is there any way that I could get this replaced without paying such a large fee?

I have. Getting the image board replaced costs about $1200. That's what they told me they could do when I went in. Unfortunately with the amount of problems I've been having I don't think I will be an Apple customer for much longer. I am certainly never buying another Mac again.

Any free logic board replacements in 2007?

I got my logic board replaced on my iBook G3 once before under the replacement program. Imagine my surprise when it died again.
I've read here in the forums how people have successfully lobbied for a logic board replacement past the 3 year window. Has anyone been successfully recently in doing this? I called Customer Relations and they told me there was no way I could get a replacement. Any tips on how to get this done?

Hi, and welcome to Apple Discussions.
The most recent report I've seen was this one, received last month from Europe.
You may want to try calling Apple again at (800) 767-2775 and ask for Customer Relations (NOT Customer Service--they can't help you) and ask them to please make an exception to the three-year limit in your case.
If the answer from Apple is absolutely, positively, "NO!" you may want to consider trying the shim fix suggested by John Sawyer in the Apple Discussions iBook G3 (Dual USB) Displays Forum:
[Y]ou can often fix this yourself by removing the iBook's bottom housing, and placing a shim of any sort, about 1mm to 1.5mm thick, onto the raised square on the bottom shield. I use a Scotch mounting square--you can get them in hardware stores and many grocery stores. When you reinstall the bottom case, it will press against this shim, which will press against the graphics chip, and may allow the chip to come into better contact with the logic board.
John Sawyer
CJS Macintosh Repair
Instructions for removing the lower case:
iFixit.com
If Apple doesn't come through, and the shim fix doesn't work (or you're leery of trying it), DT & T Computer Services in Fremont, California offers the cheapest repair I've found. They have a six-month warranty on the repair.
Once you get it fixed, try never to pick it up by the left front corner alone. Rumor has it that can contribute to logic board failure when the case flexes, causing the graphics chip to come loose from the logic board. If you're picking it up in your left hand (as I often do mine), pick it up in the center under the trackpad.
Good luck. Let us know how things go.

I'm giving my MBP 2011 to Apple tomorrow for a logic board replacement. Will they format my hard drive?

Hi,
I'll start with the issue. Sometimes randomly my laptop goes to sleep while im using it. It is impossible to wake up from this sleep and forces me to force power off the device. Apple did some tests and concluded I need to replace the logic board.
I have a few questions.
I understand they use refurbished logic boards, is it possibly I end up with a worse logic board.
The hard drive does not need to be formated, will they format it? I have backups but I understand time machine can become troublesome after a logic board replacement. I have a very specific set up and I would need it just as it is.
Thanks

They very likely will, and they may return it with the version of OS X originally installed.
We are users like you, so we are in no position to tell you about such hardware repairs.
You should have a full backup available. Time Machine will not recognize the computer as your old one neither to restore or to backup. Time Machine will start a completely new backup. My advice is to make a bootable clone you can easily restore:
Clone Mavericks, Lion/Mountain Lion using Restore Option of Disk Utility
Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
     1. Select Disk Utility from the main menu then press the Continue
         button.
     2. Select the destination volume from the left side list.
     3. Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
     4. Select the destination volume from the left side list and drag it
         to the Destination entry field.
     5. Select the source volume from the left side list and drag it to
         the Source entry field.
     6. Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
Destination means the external backup drive. Source means the internal startup drive.

MBP 15-inch 'Logic Board Replacement'

I just got my MacBook Pro back from the repair center (sitting at the Genius Bar right now). The machine was sent in for heat/whine, keyboard & battery replacements, and a buzzing right speaker. The Genius I talked to initially recommended that they replace the main logic board, keyboard, battery, and right speaker assembly. The repair techs at the Houston repair center ended up replacing a lot of parts, but I suspect that they didn't actually replace the main logic board. Here is a list of the parts used to service my MacBook Pro:
593-0290 CBL,TEMP SNSR,RT FINSTACK,M1
593-0233 CBL,TEMPT SNSR,HEATPIPE,M1
616-0260 BAT,LITHION,60WHR,PLYMR,SMPLO/ATL,MBPR15
609-0170 SPKR ASSY,PURCH,M1
630-7249 PCBA,LIO/AUDIO (M1) MBPRO 15"
632-0366 FLEX ASSY,LIO/AUDIO,M1
658-0290 ASSY,KYBD,M1
I'm still at the store so I haven't yet tested whether all these repairs actually fixed my problems; keyboard works great though! At this point I am just wondering whether the logic board was replaced or not. Does anybody have the part number/description for the main logic board on a 15-inch MacBook Pro with 256mb of VRAM?

I've been home for about five minutes now, and in this quiet environment I've determined that neither my whine problem nor the right speaker distortion were fixed. I still get the whine, which goes away when I run PhotoBooth, put a moderate load on the system, or disable one of the cores. The right speaker still distorts, possibly worse than before.
Not sure yet whether the machine is running any cooler, though I suspect the new battery may cool things off by a few degrees. On the plus side, after the temp sensor replacements I am at least able to monitor the internal temps (couldn't do this before because readings in Temperature Monitor never updated).
So I guess I'll have to send my pride and joy back in for repairs again, hopefully for the main logic board replacement I was promised last time. Those b*stards!
BTW has anyone succeeding in getting a fix for the right speaker distortion? This is certainly off topic and I'm guessing the answer is "No," but it never hurts to ask.

Logic board replaced, now network settings won't save

Got the black screen, Apple replaced the logic board on my MBP for free (yay, Apple!), but now it won't remember my network settings. I have to run network diagnostics, type in my pswd, etc., every time I wake from sleep.
When I first got it back from Apple, it couldn't find the network at all, and Apple gave me free tech support (again, yay, Apple!) because I successfully argued that the logic board replacement had caused the problem. I didn't realize in that support session that setting up a new network, while it would be saved in the system, would not automatically stay "on" -- otherwise I would've dealt with that then.
Running: 10.5.8 on 2.2 ghz late 2007 MBP. Cable modem and Airport Extreme. Others in house have no problems with wireless connection. The only thing that's changed is my logic board.
I read through several discussions, which talked about editing system files and such that I'm extremely uncomfortable doing, and there doesn't seem to be a definite solution for this problem stemming from logic board replacement.
Thanks for any help...

Hi Kren,
It sounds like just a setting: Open System Preferences > Network > click on Advanced > click on Remember networks this computer has joined > you may wish to uncheck all the boxes for Require administrator password > click OK (I don't remember if you have to click Apply on the next screen, but if it's highlighted, you need to; if not, close Network and you should be good to go).

Macbook Pro Mid-2012 Logic Board replacement, Apple Dragging feet?

First some background:
I have a macbook pro 13" Mid-2012 non retina covered under applecare until Jan. 2016. Starting in late march, i had noticed some performance issues but never took it in as the issue would subside within a day or two. Going into the final two week of my college semester, the macbook started freezing and tacking almost 5 minutes to boot. Suddenly it would take 5 tries just to get it to boot. due to this, i had been unable to get the time machine backup to work as it would freeze for 12 hours on average.
So thenI took my macbook pro into the local authorized apple service center (on April 29th) as i suddenly got 'open error 5: input output error' errors and my mbp wouldnt boot at all. When i spoke to the servicer, he and I agreed that at minimum the hard drive was failing. The servicer made a time machine backup of the data on the hdd and got the backup on my external drive. He asked to keep the external drive as it has a partition that is a USB install disk of the latest Mavericks. Soon after he got the data backed up, the hard drive showed signs of failure to happen soon. So we agreedto have him replace the hdd. He hoped to have my macbook to me by May 5th. Well on May 5th, i got a call from him that with the replacement hard drive, the computer still had similar issues and was able to track it down to logic board issues. We agreed that since he had the macbook pro already and since it was applecare covered, we should go ahead and replace the logic board. Anyways, he ordered a new logic board from apple last monday (May 5th, 2014). I called on Thursday for an update and the servicer was frustrated with Apple that something is going on and he hasnt received the part as Apple usually gets him these parts within 1-2 days of request.He said he will call me once Apple gets him the part as he will get on the repair once the part comes in. He hasnt called me back yet.
This is rather frustrating for me as my macbook had all my college files on it and this problem happened right before college finals (i technically lost about 2 months worth of web design files and class files) where much of what needed for finals was on that computer. if he could have gotten it back by the 7th as he'd hoped, i would have been fine. Instead, i was forced to go back to my PC laptop and try recreating some of the files that were made by mac only applications into something similar on windows. i was unable to recover the web design files as they were on the macbook and i couldnt remember right off which folder it was in. So i had to scrape together things to be able to submit for my finals so i wouldnt totally bomb the course. My web design instructor understood how frustrated I got from losing all that work and having to settle for a final design that just met the requirments rather than the one on the mac that was well past it.
He is not sure whats going on as the last time he ordered a logic board for the same model, he had it by the end of business the next day. He is apoligizing for everything . I am not frustrated with him, rather I am frustrated with Apple as they had recommended me to take it in ASAP, yet they are seemingly dragging thier feet on getting him the parts.
On top of this, I am helping a neighbor modernize her business website, and am doing a project with the state unemployement office to help them redo thier videos. Both of these are things i would always use my mac for as it is like 5x faster than my pc on this stuff. It's more than just an inconvience now. I need my mac badly as the PC is just not fast enough to do what i need in the itme i am given (which i why i switched to mac as my primary computer).
Is this common for Apple when it comes to logic board replacements for macbook pros or what?
Has anyone else had this issue?

Applecare was no help at all. I called and did the complaint. They confirmed that it is registered to me and everything but essetially told me that they cant give me answers as to what is taking so long. They knew a repair was in progress but wanted to set me up with an appointment at an apple store? (the nearest Apple retail store is Billings which is 240 miles away, or about 4 hours). i tell them its at the repair place and they go on to tell me they can send me a box to mail it in and have it reapir by them.. They are trying to shift the blame to the AASP and his rep. But he said he has been trying with very few answers from Apple as well

Random crashes (Late 2007 MBP)

Hi there,
I have a late 2007 MBP and recently have been experiencing random crashes which I am unsure of the cause. Looking through the console logs following the crashes I haven't been able to notice any common themes, but then again I'm not quite sure what I should be looking for. This computer has gone through numerous repairs (3 logic boards, 1 superdrive, 2 batteries that failed, my right fan went out...). The issue is random and occurs when normally using the computer, as well as during start up. I feel like it may be heat related, although I have never seen the temps of the CPU get above 180 during this, and the computer has never been very hot to the touch. Using it in a room with an ambient temp above ~70 F seems to amplify the problem, although sitting outside in 60F weather in the shade has resulted in no problems for the last hr.
To date I've tried PRAM and SMC resets, reinstalled 10.6, and was going to try and run the hardware test, but my superdrive won't boot the cd (is there any other way to run the hardware test save for borrowing an external disk-drive?) Also, should I accept that this computer is at the end of its tumultuous run? The only other thought I had was opening it up and checking the thermal paste.
Thanks for any help.
-John

Since AppleJack came back clean, and your temps are reasonable, it doesn't sound like your drive is going out. It is possible that you have some corrupted files on your drive, but I would have expected AppleJack to have found something too if there were. The only other thing I can think of that might cause what you are seeing is bad hardware (RAM, GPU, etc). In general my temps are simiar to yours except my CPU is about 95 cooler, but it is also running much closer to 15% utilization right now. Out of curiosity, what is your HD temp? Most notebook drives have a max operating temp of 55C (about 130F). If your drive is close to that it may be throwing intermittent errors.
I would tend to lean towards drive or RAM as the most probably hardware components to cause what you are seeing. I'm sure there are other possible causes, but from my personal experiene, those two tend to be the most common. If you can get an appointment at a Genius Bar, they might be abe to run some hardware diagnostics to see if they can detect any problems for you.

Has the NVidia GeForce 8600M GT logic board replacement program been extended by a year?

I have heard that the logic board replacement program for MacBooks Pro with the failed NVidia 8600M GT chip has been extended from 3 to 4 years after the date of original purchase. However, a local AASP had no knowledge of such an extension. Is this true? I have a MacBook Pro 17" 2.6GHz that was purchased in 2008.

eww wrote:
when you took it in, it had been more than four years since your 2007 machine was originally sold, that's why you got the response you did.
Actually it was within the time frame, it felt like it was just last month, when it was like several months ago.
Just dragged the 15" recently out to see to use it for testing *cough* and low and behold it's worthless now.
The problem I have is I told them at the Genius Bar the video was going, but couldn't prove it as it was very rare it occured.
But they ran their little tests and gave me a load of crap, now it's dead. $2500 down the toilet.
I know what did it, Lion. Lion was the cause, it ran like a fine machine under Snow, fscking Lion, I'm glad I didn't put that POS on my new 17"
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-20091204-263/graphics-issues-plaguing-os-x- 10.7-lion-upgrades/
My word the OP, don't let the Genius Bar screw you with the same crap they gave me, call corporate and raise ****!

Win7 x64 Installation on late 2007 MBP+Mountain Lion

Dear All,
As a long time mac and bootcamp user, I've never expected to face this problem but I've been trying to do this for 3 days.
I'm having trouble installing bootcamp (win7 x64 ultimate) into my late 2007 MBP (2.4GHZ core 2 duo)
Pretty much use the bootcamp assistant from start to finish, tried using install dvd and create boot-able USB stick (by changing the plist.info on the bootcamp assistant package, as my MBP isn't supported.)
With USB stick created by bootcamp assistant, my mbp just simply won't read it even during startup and rEFit startup.
Sometimes it goes into the blank state and says no bootable device.
With win7 install DVD, whenever I use built in superdrive, it got ejected after 2-3 mins,
When I tried using Samsung external dvd burner/player, in place of who-knows dead superdrive, it went into blank screen with only a dash blinking (just like when the first time you start a PC) then disc stop spinning after awhile.
Burned few copy DVDs from extracted ISO (from the orginial install disc) and came up with same results
Recent changes, current condition,etc:
- Changed the stock 160gb harddrive into WD500GB blue scorpio.
- Installed fresh OSX Mountain Lion downloaded from App Store (was Lion) and updated everything.
- Had the very same win7 on bootcamp 3 installed on snow leopard few years ago and keeping it even with Lion (the exact same dvd!)
- Superdrive cannot be used to write but can read normally (install DVD shows up normally in OSX environment.)
- With USB created by bootcamp assistant, rEFit shows "legacy booting" and can't find files inside the USB
- Installation is working flawlessly on my 2011 iMac.
- Can still boot into bootcamp on old internal stock hdd (using external case)
- DVDs burned are Verbatim DVD-R and Sony DVD-R, both are top brands.
- Burner I tried to burn them are 2011 iMac's, 2012 MBP's, Samsung external dvd burner (all fail to boot on my 2007 MBP)
- Tried the method to create usb stick on windows 7, still can't boot.
- Burned DVD using Nero and alcohol 120% on windows 7, still fail.
I wonder if you guys can help me, I'm a designer and I really need to install Corel Draw on bootcamp so I can work on some CDR files on my MBP. And other stuff such as office's finance control program that can only work under windows.
Thanks in advance!

Found a workaround, to sum it up, it's pretty much my dead internal superdrive (as for unbootable USB, that's still a mistery). What I did was moving the HDD to my 2012 MBP and install from there. The problem is now that since I installed it on another machine (with ofc all different hardwares) I got blue screen whenever I tried to start Windows7 (in 2007 MBP after moving the HDD back there).
Next step will be replacing the superdrive on 2007 MBP with 2012's. Or if someone got a suggestion like installing the drivers via target disk mode etc, please advice

Logic board replacements: supply shortage!

I've seen a lot of threads on here encouraging anyone with a whining MBP to send it in for no-questions-asked logic board replacement, so I wanted to post a quick caveat...
My MBP has been in the repair queue at the Apple Store for a week and a half, and they're still waiting on shipments of logic boards; from what AppleCare can tell, it looks like supplies are hugely diminshed at this point, and the only stock of MPB logic boards is what the individual Apple Stores have on-hand.
Maybe I'm just unlucky, but chances are that if you're hoping for a one-day turnaround in a shiny yellow DHL box to stop the whine, you'll have to wait a bit longer...

My condition with regards to work isn't quite as bad as yours, however I did realize that as soon as I dropped the machine off I had forgotten to commit my last day and a half of work back to Subversion, so I've been just idly touching up things here and there as I don't want to waste a whole day and a half re-implementing something that's stuck on a 2.5" chunk of steel. sigh
Although, if there is a shortage, I'd better get cracking on re-doing that day and a half of work or I'm going to be even further behind on my projects. Thanks for the confirm.
My MBP is CTO, so I'm pretty much screwed on trying to get a replacement before the logic board comes in. I don't think I'll have lost any clients (I've been doing new stuff on my old PB) but I'm definitely not in a comfortable position wrt my existing work. Ah, the perils of computerization.
There is good news: I remember this happening back in the day with the problem-plagued old G3 iBooks, and many of those were just replaced with more recent boards as they became available. Maybe I'll get a 2.16 out of it.

Has anyone here had their logic board replaced yet?

I am going to take my MBP to my local Apple store tomorrow to hopefully get the logic board replaced due to the whine and some crashes. Has anyone had the board replaced? Does it fix the issue? I am just wondering if it is dead silent after the switch...

Yes, I just received mine back today for logic board replacement. It did get rid of the whine, I must say that apple's service was first calss. I placed a call last Wednesday, received a shipping box next day, prepaid I might add. DHL picked up the box on Friday, apple service center received, repaired and shipped it back on Saturday. Amazing, never experienced this kind of turn-around on anything.
Thanks Apple

Logic Board Replaced -Nvidia Control Panel Missing

Hello kind readers and helpers,
My laptop had to have the logic board replaced (twice) because of a faulty Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT card.
Upon its return, the Nvidia Control Panel was missing from the System Preferences and I'm now limited to the
adjustments I can make to the screen. The Nvidia Control Panel used to be there before the board got replaced.
I really need access to more detailed adjustments as I edit photos and video on my laptop and the current
display setting adjustments available in system preferences are just not cutting it... I need my Nvidia Control Panel
back!!
Can anyone tell me how to achieve this? I went to the NVidia website to try to download the drivers, but they
have no support for laptops!! Ough, faulty graphics chips and no laptop support!! Really?!
Please help me guys!!!
Thank you so much! =)

Laura Carlos wrote:
Hello guys,
Just FYI, with the Nvidia Control Panel the resolutions available to me were much higher than those available in the display system preferences; 2048 x 1536 at 85Hz (VGA) and 2560 x 1600 at 60 Hz (DVI). Now, the highest resolution available is 1920 x 1200.
Thank you for your time and support! =)
Ahhh, now it's making sense. You have a 17" (I have a 15"). 1920x1200 is the highest resolution possible on the built-in 17" display. Your MBP can output 2560x1600 to an external display, but that's dependent on the external display's capabilities. I wonder if that Sys Pref you're asking about only shows with an external monitor? Would that fit your experience?

Refused Logic Board Replacement?

I was wondering if anyone sent in their MBP 15" to replace the logic board to get rid of the whine and was DENIED of that service? Thanks. Also, what are the chances they will wipe your HD?

You can't really request for them to replace the logic board, but if you have enough issues that makes it sound like the logic board needs to be replaced then I don't think you'll have any problems. For me, I complained that the computer was too hot to comfortably type on and that it had just crashed that same day I brought it in to the Genius bar. I implied that the crash was heat related (I thought it was) but when the Geniuses tested it at the store, the computer never felt uncomfortable. Nonetheless, they still obliged and sent the computer in. The repair center replaced the Logic Board with the new revision and, like others have said, it works well.
Secondly, my 2 experiences with Apple repairs have been that they won't wipe your HD for a Logic Board replacement. Instead, they'll almost always perform an archive and install of OS X.
iMac Intel Core Duo & Macbook Pro 15" Mac OS X (10.4.7)

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