MacBook Pro 2011, I replaced the logic board but can't get it to work
Hello
I have a Macbook Pro from early 2011 and I had problems with the video, I took it to a technician to reball it and it supposedly worked, at the same time it failed again and this time they told me they had changed the video chip.
In the end, it failed again and when I took it to repair it again it did not work again.
I finally bought a used logic board in china and was able to successfully install it as a replacement for the deceased one.
But I have the following problems:
1 The battery or battery charger does not work so the fans run at full speed.
2 I was able to get it to boot but it does not recognize the SSD.
3 I put the original hard disk (unfortunately it had been used for a windows pc) and tried to install different versions of OS
- Yosemite USB installation (failure to finish preloading the USB, the computer restarts and the installation begins again)
- Installation via USB of El Capitan (failure to finish preloading the USB similar to Yosemite) but then I was able to install it with "Clover" and the installable image of El Capitan. The installation was successful but when the mac tries to start it reboots before finishing the progress bar with the apple at the start. This installation only works failsafe and I cannot start the diagnostic mode (D, cmd + D, option + D) nor the recovery mode (R, command + R)
- Recovery using time machine, since I have a copy of High Sierra, I recovered the complete installation but the behavior is the same. Fails to start unless in safe mode.
- Currently installing a minor version (mountain Lion) install the first stage, restart and start installing the second stage. it always restarts after 30% and starts again.
4 In the El Capitan version I uninstalled the drivers for the dedicated video card, hoping that was the problem, but I never got it to boot normally.
I also did all the possible updates and only the installation of "MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update 2.7" fails because when the Mac restarts to do the update, it restarts again and again and only continues in safe mode. when I look for if something needs to be updated, "MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update 2.7" reappears
Please if you can tell me what steps to follow or some guide would be saving me.
I am in Argentina and the prices to take this equipment to an official service are exorbitant and unreliable.
Update (08/31/2021)
Hi @danj , you really blew my mind!
First of all thanks for your help and advice, in my many searches I found many of your contributions and they were always very helpful.
I read quite a bit about it and to try and rule out that this was the problem and did the following:
Using my other computer (macbook pro early 2013) and internet recovery I installed mountain lion on a 16Gb pendrive. I put it in the macbook pro 2011 and by pressing option I told it to boot from it.
To my surprise and for the first time it managed to start!
I even managed to install the update "EFI Firmware Update 2.7" ...
My joy ceased when it rebooted for no reason while trying to install the Safari update. (started downloading update and failed)
The mac rebooted again and while loading the OS it rebooted again! This behavior persists as long as a reboot failure occurs and I think I manage to stop this reboot cycle when I hold the power button and turn on again while pressing the option key to choose usb as startup.
As you had indicated to me that the cable could be the cause of the failure. Disconnect the hard drive cable from the logic board. I started again and it rebooted again :( again trying to update Safari.
Just in case, also disconnect the cable from the optical drive.
With both units disconnected it continues to fail.
Currently, it only has a 16 Gb USB as a hard drive.
Since I couldn't update Safari, I downloaded Chrome and managed to install it.
But as soon as I want to start Chrome and the icon starts jumping on the dock while loading, it restarts again ...
Here's my suspicion: Could this be a matter of memory? Currently, it has two 4Gb memories and before doing all these tests I had changed them for two 2Gb and it also failed.
Update (09/02/2021)
Here it is the report I got booting into safe mode
Anonymous UUID: FA68BE48-FBB3-5DF7-60AE-31C84802DD15
Mon Jan 1 13:45:58 2001
- Panic Report *
panic(cpu 7 caller 0xffffff800578687f): Kernel trap at 0xffffff7f87f37964, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0x0000000000000033, CR3: 0x00000000092ca000, CR4: 0x00000000000626e0
RAX: 0x0000000000000000, RBX: 0xffffff801e685580, RCX: 0x0000000000000202, RDX: 0xffffff80e614b77d
RSP: 0xffffff910ff7a890, RBP: 0xffffff910ff7a8c0, RSI: 0xffffff910ff7a960, RDI: 0xffffff801e685580
R8: 0xffffff910ff7a700, R9: 0x0000000000000008, R10: 0x0000000000000010, R11: 0x0000000000000000
R12: 0xffffff801e685580, R13: 0xffffff7f87fa7658, R14: 0x0000000000000000, R15: 0x0000000000004006
RFL: 0x0000000000010202, RIP: 0xffffff7f87f37964, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000000
Fault CR2: 0x0000000000000033, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Fault CPU: 0x7, PL: 0, VF: 1
Backtrace (CPU 7), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff910ff79d10 : 0xffffff800566ae76
0xffffff910ff79d60 : 0xffffff8005794484
0xffffff910ff79da0 : 0xffffff8005786654
0xffffff910ff79e10 : 0xffffff800561ce60
0xffffff910ff79e30 : 0xffffff800566a8ec
0xffffff910ff79f60 : 0xffffff800566a6ac
0xffffff910ff79fc0 : 0xffffff800578687f
0xffffff910ff7a130 : 0xffffff800561ce60
0xffffff910ff7a150 : 0xffffff7f8636f553
0xffffff910ff7a290 : 0xffffff8005cb7ea7
0xffffff910ff7a2e0 : 0xffffff8005cb79b3
0xffffff910ff7a320 : 0xffffff8005cb5662
0xffffff910ff7a360 : 0xffffff800566ad31
0xffffff910ff7a3b0 : 0xffffff8005794484
0xffffff910ff7a3f0 : 0xffffff8005786654
0xffffff910ff7a460 : 0xffffff800561ce60
0xffffff910ff7a480 : 0xffffff800566a8ec
0xffffff910ff7a5b0 : 0xffffff800566a6ac
0xffffff910ff7a610 : 0xffffff800578687f
0xffffff910ff7a780 : 0xffffff800561ce60
0xffffff910ff7a7a0 : 0xffffff7f87f37964
0xffffff910ff7a8c0 : 0xffffff7f87f4f054
0xffffff910ff7a900 : 0xffffff7f87f4edbc
0xffffff910ff7a950 : 0xffffff7f87f4ed03
0xffffff910ff7a9b0 : 0xffffff7f87f4c4b1
0xffffff910ff7a9f0 : 0xffffff7f87f516d8
0xffffff910ff7aa20 : 0xffffff7f87f55d54
0xffffff910ff7aa70 : 0xffffff7f87f76e08
0xffffff910ff7aaf0 : 0xffffff7f87f781ad
0xffffff910ff7ab30 : 0xffffff7f87f78e9e
0xffffff910ff7ab80 : 0xffffff7f87f70360
0xffffff910ff7abc0 : 0xffffff7f87f74ac1
0xffffff910ff7ac20 : 0xffffff7f87f2cf23
0xffffff910ff7acb0 : 0xffffff7f8635ce99
0xffffff910ff7ad00 : 0xffffff7f8635c34c
0xffffff910ff7ad20 : 0xffffff7f87fffa71
0xffffff910ff7ad60 : 0xffffff7f880230b9
0xffffff910ff7bd20 : 0xffffff7f880244b6
0xffffff910ff7bd70 : 0xffffff7f88025f91
0xffffff910ff7be10 : 0xffffff8005c6b2c6
0xffffff910ff7be60 : 0xffffff7f88009240
0xffffff910ff7be90 : 0xffffff7f880093de
0xffffff910ff7beb0 : 0xffffff8005c6e685
0xffffff910ff7bf00 : 0xffffff8005c7135b
0xffffff910ff7bf50 : 0xffffff8005c73076
0xffffff910ff7bfa0 : 0xffffff800561c557
Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
com.apple.driver.AppleSMC(3.1.9)[0249444C-80D4-3184-9060-F70DA3BEB17D]@0xffffff7f86364000->0xffffff7f86380fff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily(1.4)[95DA39BB-7C39-3742-A2E5-86C555E21D67]@0xffffff7f8635b000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[F763C275-306F-358F-B6B0-0FD93486BD5F]@0xffffff7f85e94000
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform(6.1)[B0282791-F78C-3A3D-A829-629AD847C7EA]@0xffffff7f87f27000->0xffffff7f87fc2fff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily(1.4)[95DA39BB-7C39-3742-A2E5-86C555E21D67]@0xffffff7f8635b000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[F763C275-306F-358F-B6B0-0FD93486BD5F]@0xffffff7f85e94000
dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleSMC(3.1.9)[0249444C-80D4-3184-9060-F70DA3BEB17D]@0xffffff7f86364000
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task
Mac OS version:
17G14042
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 17.7.0: Fri Oct 30 13:34:27 PDT 2020; root:xnu-4570.71.82.8~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 5E83A13A-32F5-3604-8591-50E2F2F70DC6
Kernel slide: 0x0000000005400000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff8005600000
__HIB text base: 0xffffff8005500000
System model name: MacBookPro8,2 (Mac-94245A3940C91C80)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 23321620454
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EOF
Model: MacBookPro8,2, BootROM MBP81.0047.B27, 4 processors, Intel Core i7, 2 GHz, 8 GB, SMC 1.69f1
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 3000, Intel HD Graphics 3000, Built-In
Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6490M, AMD Radeon HD 6490M, PCIe
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1333 MHz, 0x0198, 0x393955353436392D3034362E4130304C4620
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1333 MHz, 0x0198, 0x393930353436392D3130362E4130304C4620
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0xD6), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.102.30)
Bluetooth: Version 6.0.7f22, 3 services, 27 devices, 0 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en1
Serial ATA Device: KINGSTON SA400S37240G, 240,06 GB
USB Device: USB 2.0 Bus
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: IR Receiver
USB Device: USB 2.0 Bus
USB Device: FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
USB Device: BRCM2070 Hub
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Thunderbolt Bus: MacBook Pro, Apple Inc., 22.1
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Hi there!
Once again @danj and @mayer thank you very much!
I have great news!
It was just a matter of putting in the battery and the computer just worked perfectly!
I was able to install High Sierra without any problem.
All programs work fine, only the battery drains extremely fast so I am going to contact the seller tomorrow to ask if there are any charging methods that I am not doing correctly.
door Jose Rodriguez