macbook pro repairs

[h00dwink]

recently my girlfriends macbook pro has died, one of those silver 2008 models.
it just shut off and wont power up.
the internet has said it's likely to be the logicboard/motherboard.
having looked on ebay these are very expensive.
there are some repair services offered on ebay that can be quite cheap, just wondered if anyone has used one of these or has somewhere they'd recommend to go to besides the genius bar as that too looks like it could get very pricey.
thanks
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[Frost]

Laptop 'repair' is like car & Bike repair, it's not actually fixing what's there, it's fitting new parts. So if the board is gone and it needs a new one they will fit a new one, charge you for labour along with a mark up on the board compared to where they bought it from (probably ebay). If it were mine i'd open it up and have a look inside. If a component is the cause buy a new one and give it a go. For all you know it might just turn out to be a faulty power switch!

[h00dwink]

yea i'm slowly coming round to it having to be like that. i'm more than confident about being able to do it myself should it come to it.
the only annoying thing is that this is the cheapest logic board i can find-
https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-15-MacBook-Pro-2-4GHz-Logic-Board-MA896LL-A1226-/160490241237?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item255df6bcd5

as you can imagine the price is hard to come to terms with.
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[Frost]

I would suspect a power supply, internal fuse, hard disc, something like that over a logic board. I'm not saying it hasn't gone, i'm just saying its not the most likely thing and it's certainly the most expensive, so it should really be a final resort.

I'm willing to bet once it's opened up it will be full of dust.

[h00dwink]

i'v already had it opened up and that's how it's sat at the moment.
it's pretty clean really to be honest.
i am hoping it's something cheaper to replace but googling comes up with people saying it's likely to be the board from the symptoms.
only chance might be the battery or magsafe but i'm unsure.
will take it to a mates tomorrow who has the same model to try those bits.
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[Welshd1k]

Does the charger light come on? could be the internal DC to Dc board (ive had 2-3 die like this)

Cheapest soloution... cup of water and house inshurance....
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[Clanger]

Have a chat with Bofh5...he might have some answers for you.

In the old days (with Macs) there used to be a small hole next to the disk drive. We used to uncurl a paperclip, and poke it in the hole for a few moments, and it use to re-boot a seemingly crashed Mac.

Don't know if it will work with the new Macbook Pro's though. And if you try it and it doesn't work it's your own fault.
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[JAMSXR]

I work for an Apple reseller. Logicboards are stupid expensive and we do mark them up allot! Best bet is to get one from from a good ebay seller.
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[Welshd1k]

Or spilla glass of water on it and pay £150 excess... as you aint getting a logic board for that price,....
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[Kickstart]

Hi

Or take the Mac to pieces and sell the parts separately. It was quite profitable for my sister and her other half when a normal Macbook died on them.

All the best

Keith
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[blurredman]

I cannot believe someone was so gullible to actually buy a Macintosh
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[Kickstart]

Hi

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[Frost]

The only good thing about mac's is the user interface. They are nice to use as they have focussed on 'touch & feel'. Their monitors are also awesome, especially on the laptops.

[Charlie]

[Kickstart]

[Frost]

Well apple stuff in general has good UI. Ipad's and iphones are both better examples of this. The desktop OS isn't quite so good, but then it's designed to allow you to do more.