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The Apple Core: Anatomy of a MacBook Pro repair

MBP-logic-board.jpgLast week I wrote about Apple addressing problems with some early MacBook Pro models suffering from inverter whine, CPU whine and high temps with updated logic boards. Serial numbers starting with W8611 and later are reportedly “Revision D” boards, while earlier numbers are Revision C. (There’s more on decoding your MBP serial number here.)
After being plagued by inverter whine on my MacBook Pro 2.0GHz (serial W8607) and extremely high temperatures I finally called it in.
Read the rest of the story on my ZDNet Blog: The Apple Core.


MBP-logic-board.jpgLast week I wrote about Apple addressing problems with some early MacBook Pro models suffering from inverter whine, CPU whine and high temps with updated logic boards. Serial numbers starting with W8611 and later are reportedly “Revision D” boards, while earlier numbers are Revision C. (There’s more on decoding your MBP serial number here.)
After being plagued by inverter whine on my MacBook Pro 2.0GHz (serial W8607) and extremely high temperatures I finally called it in.
Read the rest of the story on my ZDNet Blog: The Apple Core.

By Jason O'Grady

Founded the PowerPage in 1995.