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Early 2006 MB logic board is dead, replacement/repair advice needed PLEASE!

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dontlosetouch said:
As stated in the advice thread as well

Got a 1.83ghz MB from early 2006 thats logic board has died and out of warranty etc. Part number for MB is MA254B/A

I've tried looking on eBay but boards like this one won't work will they? http://wap.ebay.co.uk/Pages/ViewItem.aspx?emvAD=320x356&aid=260733888405&emvcc=0

If it carries on like this where's the best place in the UK that I can get it repaired for an affordable price?

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That board should work fine, as it is for the same model family, you would just end up with a faster CPU.
 
That board will fit fine in your MacBook and will be a useful upgrade.

Energystar boards use a slightly different battery to logicboard connector to the one you have at the moment. You should be able to find one for £5-10 or so on eBay. The only other thing to check is whether the heatsink connectors are the same as your MacBook - the early Core Duos had 2 vertical connectors (also called 4 wall) some of the later Core Duo's had the same heatsink connectors as the Core 2 models (horizontal or 3 wall). You will need a heatsink with horizontal/3 wall connectors for this new board - you may have them already..
 
That second link is OK? Excellent.

With battery connectors I assume most on eBay are fine? Just looking now none of them really say much about energy star/non energy star

Looking at my heatsink it's all metal so 4 wall I think
 
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Logicboard is fine - just watch out for possible VAT and Customs clearance when it arrives (!!)

The battery connector for the energystar is this one http://cgi.ebay.com/MACBOOK-13-BATTERY-CONNECTOR-ENERGY-STAR-820-2290-A-/160452609986?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item255bb887c2

It is the heatsink connectors that are different - this is the heatsink/fan you need - http://cgi.ebay.com/Apple-MacBook-A1181-HeatSink-Fan-w-4-wall-Connectors-/290502342735?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item43a349f84f The connections to the logicboard are flat - the ones on your heatsink may well be the older vertical style that look like a smaller version of the fan connector - you should be able to see clearly if you enlarge the photo on the listing.

Other than those 2 parts everything else will be fine. Don't forget the thermal paste on the heatsink !!!
 
Just to really confuse you - that Laptopaid heatsink that is described as 4 wall connector - the photo shows horizontal connections (ie 3 wall) !!!

You will need horizontal connections for the Core 2 board you are thinking of buying.

You can check your heatsink connectors easy enough - they will either look like a small version of the fan connector and just prise up from the logicboard the same way the fan does (thats 4 wall vertical) - or else the connectors lie flat with the logicboard and you will have to prise them out with a small screwdriver (3 wall - horizontal)


The later Core Duo MacBooks (July/August) often are fitted with 3 wall connectors. Earlier ones are all 4 wall.
 
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