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logic board failure

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    Life of my 2012 rMBP 15

    Back in June 2012 when I gazed upon the newly released MacBook Pro with Retina display, I know that it was the machine I wanted to purchase. It ticked all the boxes; had good battery life, great screen, CPU, GPU and all I wanted back then. Sadly the demand was rather strong and I waited for 2...
  2. SMGreenfield

    Should logic board fail on iMac (Late 2014 27 inch Retina 5K)

    My father has an iMac (Late 2014 27 inch Retina 5K) where he was experiencing screen flickering. He brought it in to his local Apple Store (in Florida), where they initially said it was the power supply, which they waived the $67 part cost to replace. But after replacing, they said the issue...
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    Late 2014 15" rMBP (high end) logic board prob.

    Greetings, lately i went to an Apple Store to see what was wrong with my rMBP because the battery appears to be at less than 80% capacity and it turned out that it might be the Logic Board. The issue is that it fails to pass the test, but everytime it is run it gives a different error (like one...
  4. Hila87

    Logic Board Failure - MacBook Pro Late 2015

    Hey guys, *long post for background story- question on bottom* In December 2015, I got my new MacBook Pro 13" Retina display (Late 2015). It was a gift for my birthday from many friends and family that gather for that matter. It came right on time after my old Mac (Early 2009) died on me, in a...
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    My USB ports got fried

    Hey guys... I have a mid-2012 MacBook Pro and recently had a faulty USB hub short out. It fried all of the USB devices that it was connected to and it fried the USB ports on MBP. All other ports and functions are working fine. Genius Bar offered a $500 logic board replacement, which I can't...
  6. AppleMacFinder

    MBP 1,1-10,2 Force 2011 MacBook Pro 8,2 with failed AMD GPU to ALWAYS use Intel integrated GPU (EFI variable fix)

    If you don't have time to read my story (which also describes some interesting technical approaches) just scroll down this thread until a "100% WORKING SOLUTION" text Discrete AMD GPU of my 2011 MacBook Pro 8,2 has finally failed because of the reasons mentioned here (...
  7. JonCosman

    2008 iMac bad graphics card cause failure to boot?

    Hello everyone. New to to the forum. I just got a new logic board off eBay. Doesn't come with the Graphics Card but I have one. I cannot seem to get the system to boot unless into Safe Mode. I can do things like surf web but there are purple lines and pink screen at startup / very slow...
  8. JonCosman

    Signs of corroded Logic Board?

    Hi everyone, I just took out the logic board in my 2008 iMac 20" EMC 2210. I thought i had a problem with the GPU so I removed it and cleaned and put thermal paste back on. Everything went well putting back together. Start it up and hear the chime... then black screen with 2 LED's showing on the...
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    2012 27" iMac logic board failure

    Why do logic boards fail when installing El Capitan? I seem to have had an instant failure on my 2012 27" iMac. Any ideas? Machine is not used frequently and am quite disappointed. Plus the fact my 17" MacBook Pro just had a logic board failure. Getting tired of this.