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My MacBook is having a kernel panic, i want to know if i can simply swap the i7 logic board into the i5 mac. It will be the same year logic board i want to put in, not trying to upgrade to anything newer. The connections look the same as far i can tell. Thanks
Here is a listing of the possible logic boards your system can use MacBookPro6,2 Any one of these will work swapping out your current board. With that said, are you sure you are getting a panic due to a hardware issue? More often I see OS or software as the real issue. Why don’t you try creating a bootable external drive and then boot up under it. Are you still getting errors? Reference: Mac startup key combinations
If you have in your area someone into Mac repairs at component level the board may be fixed, as it’s due usually to a well known fault along the graphic buffering line. The repair itself is quite straightforward. You can surely upgrade to an i7 board if you prefer, prices have come down and the board, if you find one, has better performance and better graphics too. Besides CPU and graphics, boards are just the same, therefore both iterations share the same issue in the long run. Thus it would be better to buy from someone who offers a decent warranty or had just fixed the board as a prevention measure.
