I doubt anyone has tried. Given the age of the system I’m not sure its worth fighting it out. How about returning the logic board and get the correct one.
Do keep in mind the NVIDEA GeForce 8600M GT GPU’s in the A1226 had major issues! So finding a good board is very rare today. [https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2009/06/nvidia-gpu-failure-fallout-continues-apple-extends-warranty/|NVIDIA GPU failure fallout continues, Apple extends warranty].
I doubt anyone has tried. Given the age of the system I’m not sure its worth fighting it out. How about returning the logic board and get the correct one.
Do keep in mind the NVIDEA GeForce 8600M GT GPU’s in the A1226 had major issues! So finding a good board is very rare today. [https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2009/06/nvidia-gpu-failure-fallout-continues-apple-extends-warranty/|NVIDIA GPU failure fallout continues, Apple extends warranty].
I doubt anyone has tried. Given the age of the system I’m not sure its worth fighting it out. How about returning the logic board and get the correct one.
Do keep in mind the NVIDEA GeForce 8600M GT GPU’s in the A1226 had major issues! So finding a good board is very rare today. [https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2009/06/nvidia-gpu-failure-fallout-continues-apple-extends-warranty/|NVIDIA GPU failure fallout continues, Apple extends warranty].
[https://everymac.com/ultimate-mac-lookup/?search_keywords=A1211|A1211]
[https://everymac.com/ultimate-mac-lookup/?search_keywords=A1226|A1226]
So I wouldn’t waste the effort as you likely got a bad board on one that will fail very soon again!