Late 2011 MacBook Pro fixing project

[Dovis]

MacBook Pro 15" Late 2011, 2.4 Ghz.

It all started long time ago when it didn't want to boot into OS. First that special booting sound of Mac OS, then the loading screen, then it got distorted and stuck on that loading screen. After some research I found out that it must be the graphics card which is integrated into the logic board. That's what i read and it seemed expensive. I put my Mac away. Took out HDD, formated it, used it on another PC.

Now I would like to raise that Mac from the dead. HDD is back in. I plug it in for charging. It started automatically. I see some white light of life in the front right corner of the case. I hear fans spinning. No light nor flickering of any sort from the display. And there was no sound of OS booting (well yea i wiped the disc, what a "smart" move that was).

Any suggestions of the course of action? Is it at all possible to raise it from the dead? If this is a repetitive thread, may someone kindly point me the right direction?

I am willing to buy that logic board if it will sort the issue of display. Maybe then I could install a fresh copy of OS with a help of external USB flashdrive?

Cheers

 

[contrappunto]

hi, MacBook Pro enthusiast myself - if u r interested I have two laying around that you can use parts for - make me an offer and they are yours - one has display issue and other has logic board transistor issue - but with these u can make onesie or use parts with yours.
check apple site support as there are issues they do look at and fix for you just exorbitant pricing ime

best, aj

 

[MBAir2010]

there are cables and other small attachments that can keep a MacBook pro from that era from fully functioning.
Just be patient and others here will offer better, detailed information to get that macbook working.
ifixit com is an incredible source to fix anything, especially MacBooks.

 

[kocoman]

mines needed the 10 sec and 10 sec to force on, then have to reflash the smc, then keyboard light ok again. if it keeps shutting down set cpus=2.. hope you get yours working again, there is GPU accel support for hd3000 at opencore legacy patcher...

 

[Dovis]

hi, MacBook Pro enthusiast myself - if u r interested I have two laying around that you can use parts for - make me an offer and they are yours - one has display issue and other has logic board transistor issue - but with these u can make onesie or use parts with yours.
check apple site support as there are issues they do look at and fix for you just exorbitant pricing ime

best, aj

Hi, thanks for reply, i checked out ifixit before writing here. It seems it shows how to fix stuff, but not how to troubleshoot and pinpoint the problem.

 

[Dovis]

mines needed the 10 sec and 10 sec to force on, then have to reflash the smc, then keyboard light ok again. if it keeps shutting down set cpus=2.. hope you get yours working again, there is GPU accel support for hd3000 at opencore legacy patcher...

Apologies for my ignorance but may I ask you what you mean by:

10 sec and 10 sec?
SMC for MAC is like BIOS for Windows?
What do you mean by "set cpus=2.."?