Can A Core Duo MacBook's logic board be replaced with a c2d?

[AppleEnthusiast]

When my black 13" core2Duo board burned out, I replaced it with a plain coreDuo board ($800 to replace it with a core2duo! no thank you)

A couple things to watch out for are that the fan headers are different. If I remember right, one had a 3 pin, while the new one had a 4 pin connector. I had to remove the plastic connectors and solder the fan wires to the board, but it worked perfectly (including the rpm sensor).

Other issue I encountered was that when I closed the lid, it would not automatically go to sleep. The reason is that the reed sensor that tells when the lid is shut is a tiny bit different. I had to buy the older 'non-energy star compliant' hard drive /reed sensor here to fix that. The laptop has worked for 18 months since with out a single incident.

Hey BubbleBoy450,

Glad I found this post. A friend of mine just gave me his fried 2.16 Core 2 Duo BlackBook for parts. I'm trying to figure out the best way to get the internals from my 2.0 Core Duo MacBook into it, while retaining the upgrades that are compatible (Airport card, Superdrive - mine is busted).

Do you think I should just switch over my fan headers, and reed sensor?

Is that all I need, in addition to the logic board of course?

Thanks,
Craig

 

[bubbleboy450]

Fan and Reed Switch

It's hard to say whether you should replace everything because there is a trade off between quality and cost. If you have a motherboard with fans and a reed sensor that already work, I would recommend just pulling them.
Otherwise fans can cost $50 and the reed sensor is $15. Note that the reed sensor isn't mandatory, only if you want your laptop to know when the lid is closed. (Don't quote me on that though).

Hard drive, airport, superdrive, bluetooth, and keyboard should all still be compatible.

I think I answered your question.