If they did “reflow” the GPU then I would expect them to use a proper rework station. We’d be surprised if the company you used simply put your motherboard in an oven to “reflow” it. We can replace the solder on your GPU but these chips have a die in the center where the solder can’t be replaced and often it is this part that fails. Due to this, the replacement chip is, in effect, no better than the chip you already have on your motherboard. On top of this, it is nearly impossible to buy a brand new GPU for these nowadays- all the ones sold through China are salvaged from dead boards and had their date code ground off and replaced to make them look new. The underlying problem is the cooling inside the MacBook is not suitable for the device and it forces the MacBook to run hot and damage the chip.
We have repaired many of these devices and the repair can last anything from 1 week to 1 year. Unfortunately, as of mid-2018, we are no longer offering this repair as there is no long-term solution to this problem. (Edit Please note that this article was published in early 2015, and we are no longer able to offer this specific repair for the reasons given in our comment below). This significantly reduces the chances of heat damage and increases the likelihood of success in repairing the MacBook Pro’s blank display.Īs always, this isn’t a complete guide, and we’ve missed out some secret tips and tricks we learned the hard way (and expect our rivals to do the same!) That’s something that isn’t as easy as it looks here we use a specialised, temperature-controlled reflow machine that only heats the parts we want to heat, and includes specific temperature profiles for different equipment and tasks. This means firstly desoldering the old 216-0809000 chip from the motherboard. As usually happens with problems due to the chip itself, we replace the 2011 version of the chip with a newer upgraded- and fixed- 2013 replacement version of the same chip. This week’s look behind the scenes of a Disc Depot repair is the repair of a faulty AMD/ATI graphics chip (model: 216-0809000) on an Apple MacBook Pro (A1286 15″ 2011 version).Īs you can see on the first photograph, this MacBook Pro isn’t showing anything on the screen- it’s totally blank.
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