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The motherboard of my MacBook Pro 13" Unibody Mid 2010 is apparently dead. My MacBook Pro “Core 2 Duo” 2.4 13Inch (Mid-2010) features a 45 nm “Penryn” 2.4 GHz Intel “Core 2 Duo” processor (P8600) My wife owns a MacBook Pro “Core 2 Duo” 2.53 13" (SD/Firewire 800 - Mid-2009). It features a 45 nm “Penryn” 2.53 GHz Intel “Core 2 Duo” processor (P8700). On my Mid-2010 I upgraded the RAM, put an SSD. So the idea is to remplace the dead motherboard by the one in the Mid-2009 and keep the benefits of my upgrade. But I don’t know much about compatibilities; would it work ? Thanks a lot, Tom
I would focus on trying to get your current board working! To be clear you’re not gaining performance, sadly loosing! While the CPU clocking is a bit higher, your GPU’s logic is much better in the 2010 model 2009 - NVIDIA GeForce 9400M2010 - NVIDIA GeForce 320M Otherwise I would just get a replacement logic board Vs swapping things around 13” Unibody MacBook Pro Logic Board 2.4GHz, Apple P/N 661-5559 for a few dollars more 13” Unibody MacBook Pro Logic Board 2.66GHz, Apple P/N 661-5560
