So that GPU has to be dead and proper before you go o the store. This is how Apple works, the focus is on their wallet and bottom line not what is fair to the user that gave them three thousand dollars. You have to murder it because they will sell you a GTFO and use ANY EXCUSE AT THEIR DISPOSAL to not cover you under the extended warranty program. I strongly suggest going the route of properly murdering your malfunctioning machine, then giving it to Apple to fix for free, then reselling it and using that money to buy a Retina. In this case you are spending $700 of your own money for a minor upgrade, which I do not think is a good idea at all. The only jerry rigging required here is trying to get the older LVDS cable to fit into the newer connector properly, this is a nightmare. Quietly unveiled without a press release, the MacBook Pro 'Core i5' 2.4 13-Inch (Late 2011) features a 32 nm 'Sandy Bridge' 2.4 GHz Intel 'Core i5' processor (2435M), with two independent processor 'cores' on a single silicon chip, a 3 MB shared level 3 cache, 4 GB of 1333 MHz DDR3 SDRAM (PC3-10600) installed in pairs (two 2 GB modules), a 500. You can fit an 820-3330 board in there, which comes with a next generation ivy bridge processor(upgrade from sandy bridge processor), a superior GPU that doesn't die for no reason, and a much cooler system with better battery life. You spend $2000 or $3000 for a top of the line product, you do not deserve to be stuck with a lemon piece of trash board just because Apple wants you to buy a new machine.

Then the moment you get it back fixed, at no cost to you, you sell it and put that money towards a new machine. You run GPUtest and prime95 all day long until the GPU dies, then you take it to Apple for them to replace this board for free. No we do NOT pay to replace the board in this machine! This is a waste of money! Apple MacBook Pro A1286 Late 2011 15' Genuine i7 2.4GHz Logic Board 820-2915-B 177.64 Was: 186.99 10.99 shipping Apple Macbook Pro 15 A1286 2.2GHz Logic Board 820-2915 2011 GPU DISABLED 129.00 Free shipping Apple MacBook Pro 13' A1278 2011 i5 2.3GHz Logic Board 820-2936-B 89.

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