Logic Board Failure?

I have a question for you guys. I'm into parting out/fixing macs and I have someone offering me their '09 13.3 inch MBP for 275. He said that he isn't sure what is wrong with it - it starts the boot sequence but nothing happens (I am waiting on clarification as to WHAT does happen). He said there is no water damage etc. and that it worked perfectly before this. To me this sounds like a failed Logic Board - I don't know what else it could be. If so, I'm not willing to pay 275 for a MBP w/ a failed logic board. Would anyone here have an idea as to what else it may be?

What he told you could mean many things. Until you personally check it out for yourself, anything from us is an educated guess at best. It could be anything from a bad hard drive to a defective logic board.

As chscag advises. If it is the logic board just not worth that money. A used board, if you find one in A1 condition will set you back a couple of hundred. If you go this way make sure you get the correct part number.

I may not purchase a logic board for it - I might part it out. I'm waiting on more info on here to see what you guys think. I would imagine that if it was the HD - it would boot up correctly and display a "?" mark, correct?

kribensis12 said:

I have a question for you guys. I'm into parting out/fixing macs and I have someone offering me their '09 13.3 inch MBP for 275. He said that he isn't sure what is wrong with it - it starts the boot sequence but nothing happens (I am waiting on clarification as to WHAT does happen). He said there is no water damage etc. and that it worked perfectly before this. To me this sounds like a failed Logic Board - I don't know what else it could be. If so, I'm not willing to pay 275 for a MBP w/ a failed logic board. Would anyone here have an idea as to what else it may be?

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Let me give you a piece of advice regarding buying used/broken computers. MANY folks selling used-broken computers know a heck of a lot more about the broken computer than they pretend to. They know how it happened...they know what caused it...and they know what the computer does do & doesn't do.

As I said...many folks do know more than they say that they do. Some sellers may really be "clueless"...but many aren't.

If you want to test this computer a bit further...go check the computer out, and bring either an external hard drive with a bootable OS on it (a version this computer can run)...and/or bring an OS install DVD to boot the computer from via it's optical drive. If the computers logic board is fine...it should boot from either of these without a problem.

Good luck,

- Nick

I realize that some people play dumb. I like the idea of using an install disc to boot and see if it works. I will try and meet with him this next week - If I get any more information regarding this computer I will post it.