MacBook dead, not charging, or still playing up after a spill? Usually one component on the logic board has failed. We find it and replace it, and the rest of the board, with everything on it, stays.
Service Details
Apple replaces the whole logic board. We replace the part that failed.
A new board from Apple is priced as a new board, and your files leave with the old one. The fault behind a dead or misbehaving MacBook is usually far smaller than that: a shorted capacitor, a burnt charging chip, a power rail taken out by liquid. We trace it on the bench and replace that one part.
What usually brings MacBooks in
- No sign of life, or a USB-C meter stuck at 5V, often after liquid near a port
- Charges, but won’t start, or starts to a black screen
- The screen goes dark while the Mac keeps running (the backlight circuit, or the display cable on 2016-2017 MacBook Pros)
- Restarts, kernel panics, or a dead keyboard and trackpad after a spill
- One USB-C port or MagSafe dead while the others work
Intel or Apple silicon
Intel MacBooks from 2016 to 2020 fail in well-known places, and most of those faults are repairable at component level.
On Apple silicon (M1 and later), power, charging and liquid faults repair just as well. A failed processor or storage chip is different: Apple pairs them to each other and to the board, so that is no longer a repair. If that is what we find, you hear it before any work is done, and the conversation turns to getting your data back.
What it costs
It depends on the fault, the parts and the time at the bench, so the price comes after we have looked. For a sense of scale, most MacBook board repairs we do come to between £180 and £420, with the £39 assessment (£49 if the Mac has been opened elsewhere) counted in. If the repair isn’t worth doing, or you decide against it, the assessment is all you pay.
