2011 MBP logic board repair

[chivalry]

I'm one of the many with a 2011 MBP that has display shutting off randomly and often with no way to turn it back on without shutting down the machine. Apple Store said it was a logic board problem and google searching seems to show this as a faulty part that shouldve been recalled but never was acknowledged by Apple.

I see several cheap repair places online that offer repairs for $100 but the parts themselves are several hundred. What are they doing that I could probably do myself that doesnt cost so much?

Has anyone else found a fix for this? replace the logic board? resolder something?

 

[triplelucky]

The short answer is probably just to pay them to replace or possibly reball the GPU if you want it fixed.

This is not something you could easily do yourself.

 

[yjchua95]

I'm one of the many with a 2011 MBP that has display shutting off randomly and often with no way to turn it back on without shutting down the machine. Apple Store said it was a logic board problem and google searching seems to show this as a faulty part that shouldve been recalled but never was acknowledged by Apple.

I see several cheap repair places online that offer repairs for $100 but the parts themselves are several hundred. What are they doing that I could probably do myself that doesnt cost so much?

Has anyone else found a fix for this? replace the logic board? resolder something?

Send it somewhere else for a reflow/reball of the solder. And make sure you ask for leaded solder to be used.