Hi, just to give everyone a quick update, I am in the middle of doing a logic board swap from a 13” mid-2012 MacBook Pro into an early 2011 body.
I just purchased a early 2011 in perfect physical condition and my mid-2012 has lots of dents and scrapes. I have done 20+ logic board removals for reposting, I have swapped the mid-2012 logic boards into late 2011s with no problems. After reading this post I decided to buy an early 2011 and try it out. Anyway, everything is swappable EXCEPT the display assembly. The LVDS cable from the early 2011 does not fit into the mid-2012. I tried many different positions with quite a bit of force.
It’s not worth it. I have ready some people have squished it in, to have it die later on. Please do not attempt this.
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@mr_fix_it - Be careful here! This is a very cheap thermal paste. I would recommend sticking with Arctic Silver 5 & ArctiClean. Laptops need a good paste, a desktop can get away with a cheaper paste as the heat transfer system is larger.
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I upgraded my 2011 13" macbook pro logic-board to a mid 2012 13'' macbook pro logic board, I followed a tutorial on youtube (https://youtu.be/swQIx4VqmLM) hope this helps
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