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Hi all, I Have a MBP (A1707) that is not powering on and user wants to save their data on it. Don’t know what’s wrong and can’t swap any parts, so was just going to try swapping the whole mobos in case the charging mechanism is broken, it may power on.. Just so I can try to copy the data. The mobos look very similar, same mounting holes.. If you’re replacing the whole mobo, shouldn’t be too much compatibility to worry about, no? Would appreciate if anyone has some insight! I just ordered a Torx set (needed smaller sizes anyway), so just looking into it before I try.. Thanks!
Sorry guy swapping logic boards won’t help you as the persons stuff is held within the logic board. Then to add to that the power button is married to the logic board and is the key to even access the data held within it. Checkout the MacBook Pro 15" Touch Bar Teardown for all of the details on the system. Even still you do have an out (a small one) Apple did design this system with a special port to gain access to the flash drive (SSD) using a special tool Special tool to recover users data The rub is finding the tool and you need a second MacBook Pro to use the tool. So instead of moving the logic board, I would review what is the problem if it’s not a bad logic board. Maybe by figuring out what’s truly wrong you might save the bacon! 😏
