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What do you think about the probability my logic board came already damaged?

Netsurfer said:
He just answered he did use the heatsink with thermal paste and sent me this pic...
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Since the processors are on the other side of the board, yes, that is what would be seen of the heatsink.
http://www.powerbookmedic.com/xcart1/images/D/IMG_0718L.jpg

I highly doubt the guy is trying to make a living off scamming people on replacement macbook parts. He demonstrated it works as far as he can test it, he took the return when the auction stated otherwise. From the seller's perspective he has no idea how competent you may be at repair, if you are using it in the right model, etc etc. So it isn't necessarily fair for him to be out € either.

Personally I would have returned half the shipping out of goodwill and customer satisfaction, but that is neither here nor there. Ultimately you are trying to repair 9-year old hardware with 9-year old parts, and any number of things could go wrong.
 
Yea you're right... I should have bought it "brand new" from the States but you know... shipping... eventually customs fees... but I was wrong... I was definitely wrong... :/
BTW I just would like to know this from you guys:
did those pics in the first post demonstrate beyond any reasonable doubt that the logic board has problems? Or something on my side might have caused that? Just this and we can say this CSI episode is over for good :)
 
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Netsurfer said:
...did those pics in the first post demonstrate beyond any reasonable doubt that the logic board has problems? Or something on my side might have caused that?
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no there is no way from those pics to say beyond any reasonable doubt where the fault lies one way or the other.

You could get another logic board and it could work fine. The seller could put the board in another macbook and it could work fine. It is probably just some bad luck random combination of factors, who knows.
 
austinpike said:
no there is no way from those pics to say beyond any reasonable doubt where the fault lies one way or the other.

You could get another logic board and it could work fine. The seller could put the board in another macbook and it could work fine. It is probably just some bad luck random combination of factors, who knows.
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Ok... but I'm sorry... there are no connectors that can cause this problem to happen!
That's what I mean...and that's what is on my side...
Only the RAM might cause problems on my side...as Bomb Bloke said...
BUT those pics are tipically the pics related to the GPU problem as another expert user said before...
You can't say: you can't say it beyond any reasonable doubt... or... if you say it, you should add: it might happen because of this, this and that...
I don't know if I explained myself...sorry for my English...

Another very weird reason might be something related to the lcd panel and then some sort of mirroring... but again... those pics are TIPICALLY the pics related to the very well known problem... so what I think is:

it doesn't matter if the logic board "boots" 100 hundred times smoothly in 3 days... because if ONE time you can see that problem, that means it's not ok...

BTW ok... let's get over with it...I don't want to bother you anymore guys : )
 
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