Moving a logic board from 2008 black Macbook to 2010 White Macbook

[JdiennoPSU]

So last December my laptop got smashed and everything works except for the backlit screen. In fact I can still use this laptop it is just extremely hard since the screen does not light up. The person that smashed it ended up buying me a new laptop so I have this beat up (and I mean the shell is destroyed) laptop with quite a lot of functioning parts.

Now a few weeks ago my girlfriends Grandad spilled a beer on his brand new 2010 Macbook. The logic board is shot so it is almost cheaper for him to buy a brand new laptop.

Would it be possible for me to take the logic board out of my 2008 Black Macbook and put it into his 2010 White Macbook??

 

[spinnerlys]

Not likely, just for the different port layouts alone.

 

[Synchromesh]

It's not possible without major case modding. All connectors, mounting points and port cutouts are different. You are better off selling that board on eBay to fund a purchase of the board for the newer machine. The latter will be hard to find since they're fairly new and not many are being parted out yet.