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Just to confirm my sources, we recycle thousands of Macs a year, and of 188 15' 2011 machines we've recycled in the last few years, i'd say that we've had about a 70-80% failure rate with the GPU fault that apple did an extended exchange programme on. The Mid 2012 model doesn't suffer from the same fault, so i'd class it as the most stable MacBook pro available, and it is the last model before it went retina, so is the most recent and upgradable machine you can buy currently.

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The are some component similarities, but the display is completely different (the LVDS cable is not interchangeable for starters), so you'll end up sending loads more money buying not only the later logic, but all the other parts that also need replacing to upgrade it for compatibility. Just to confirm your other question, the Mid 2012 logic board will Not work in the 2011 machine. Or you can sell that machine and upgrade to a later model.

In essence, if you have the common GPU fault with your logic, you can replace the logic, but it may get the same fault after some time. But its not a cheap component level repair to have done. We've had a number of these boards repaired by a specialist, and have not had any reoccurrence of the fault. The only sure fix is to 'reball' the GPU, which is a complicated process involving removing the current GPU, removing all the solder and replacing it with leaded solder. (this involves heating the board up to 'reflow' the solder under the chip) Many tried the 'reflow' process of the board, which is only a temporary fix. This solder dries out and cracks, causing the GPU to lose contact with the logic board.

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The issue is when they swapped to lead free solder for their GPUs, with the aim of being more environmentally friendly. Unfortunately, Apple never actually solved the problem, so the boards they were fitting as replacements and the same likelihood of reoccurring with the same fault. The problem with this range was so bad, that Apple actually accepted responsibility for it and did an extended replacement programme for the logic boards that lasted 4 years after the date of purchase. Its typical for the machines that are dropping the components into place to not fully clean this up, but it doesn't cause a problem. The 'liquid' or corrosion you see by the Magsafe board and LVDS cable looks more like liquid flux residue, which is used when building the boards.

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Could this be preventing proper logicboard operation.įirstly, i just want to note that its impossible to be 100% certain of any diagnosis without completing a full hardware test and swapping parts in.īut with this 15' 2011 model having just a notorious graphics fault, i can say that it is nearly certainly a GPU fault with the main logic board. There was dust present on other parts of the logic board. I opened up the computer and noticed a bit of discoloration in the right hand corner small part of the logic board (see image). I will attach images of the Verbose mode information at a later stage. I've used the '/sbin/fsck –fy' command in single user mode and seen 'the volume appears to be ok'. I've connected the macbook pro to an external display and saw a similar screen (gray with vertical lines) on the external display. Sometimes the macbook loads up and is stuck on the gray screen and other times it reaches the gray screen and restarts itself. I've tried to reset the PRAM and SMC multiple times. (note: I can hear the optical drive running) The recovery DVD worked once in the first few weeks of the gray screen but now also only loads to the grey screen. I can't boot past the gray screen into anything, including safe mode, recovery mode. I've run advanced apple hardware diagnostics and the only problem that it picked up was a known problem with the airport (wifi only works for a bit when I reconnect the cables and then it no longer works (Wifi not connected error)). The hard drive is fine in target disk mode (ran first aid and disk repair) and I've been able to access data from there. I have had the grey screen of death for quite some time now. Hello all, thank you for taking the time to read this.