#MID 2012 MACBOOK PRO LOGIC BOARD MANUAL#
#MID 2012 MACBOOK PRO LOGIC BOARD BLUETOOTH#

The new board does not seem to need them. If you are still worried about the small heat sinks, don't be. Make sure to follow the thermal paste guide link. The only precautions I consider worth mentioning are those already listed in my original post above.

#MID 2012 MACBOOK PRO LOGIC BOARD MANUAL#

I do some pretty hardcore gaming on this machine up to 6 hrs at a time (Battlefield 4 on Windows and Minecraft with a very resource intensive texture pack on macOS), where the GPU and CPU will heat up to 80-90 (at times to 100+) вЊ, and no problem! I do use a manual fan control application (iStat Menus), because Apple doesn't increase fan speed until CPU reaches 100В°. So the answer to whether an early 2011 logic board (15' MBP) is swappable for a mid 2012 non-retina one is: It absolutely is, and don't let anyone else tell you otherwise! These new 'anti-glare' displays have nothing on the matte!

I just really like my matte screen, and cannot believe they don't make them any more. as you see, just about everything in my laptop has been changed.

#MID 2012 MACBOOK PRO LOGIC BOARD BLUETOOTH#

Oh, and my bluetooth module has been changed a long time ago, to allow AirDrop and Handover to work. Everything is within normal ranges during various workloads! I have also swapped out my DVD Superdrive with my original 750GB 5200RPM HDD, replacing the main drive with a 1TB Samsung 850 Pro. Actually super, because of all the upgrades! I have installed iStat Menus and have been monitoring my temperatures. So over a week later, my laptop has been running completely fine. Both of these ways seemed a bit barbaric and unclean to me, so I just left the two controllers be figured they would have the screw mounts if they needed the brackets, but they don't. Another person reported superglueing the heat sink directly to the controller. I've read that one guy butchered his old board and superglued the screw mounts onto the new board. The only other difference is that the new boards do not have the small heat sinks over the USB controller and one other controller (not sure what they are). The display cable was a tight fit, but working carefully and with a gentle yet firm hand, I was able to fit it into the logic board port. I purchased a mid 2012 non-retina logic board (without the heat sink в†’ reused my original one) and installed it successfully, upgrading my USB ports, Thunderbolt port, CPU, and GPU. I have an early 2011 model 15' MBP with a matte screen. What gives me the right to say I know? Well, I just did it last week! I see a lot of mixed or unclear answers here from people who claim to know what they are saying.

Mid 2012 macbook pro logic board