[Fishticky]

Hey,

Recently I came into possession of a macbook pro with a broken logic board. Everything else works fine, and even though I haven't opened the computer up yet, the logic board may not even be in terrible shape.

I'm trying to think of what to do with the machine. I have my own macbook pro, so there's no reason to repair it and use it for myself. I know I can repair it and sell it for some good money, but that seems so boring. Really what I want to do is mod it.

So, any of you got any creative ideas of what to do with this macbook pro? I'm very computer literate, and have modded some computers before, so give me any ideas, no matter how easy/hard it would be to actually implement them.

It's pretty rare when such an expensive machine just drops into my lap like this, and I want to really use this chance for something creative, so please, help inspire me.

-Thanks

[seanc]

What's broken about the logic board? Does it not work at all and is there any reason for it being dead?

I understand your wish to mod it, but I don't think there's anything you can do unless you can fix the logic board first so the rest of it will work.

People have made digital photo frames before out of old clamshells and the like with impressive results, I'll see if i can find the thread(s).
It could also be a nice quiet server, I've seen an iBook chopped in half before to become a bookshelf server, I'll see if I can find that also.

[seanc]

Here's a link to the Flying Toaster machine which was made by sine http://forums.macnn.com/73/mac-modif...sters-machine/ and a link the iBook Booklet Chaosprojects » iBook server booklet

[peeb]

Add it to the BrokeMac Mountain?

[Fishticky]

Hey,

The computer was apparently dropped about a year ago, and just stopped working recently. When the original owner took it into the mac shop, they said there was some problem with the logic board, and that repair costs would be around $1500. There are some external marks of the computer being dropped, but the fact that it took so long for the computer to stop working makes me wonder if the internals are mostly fine, with perhaps something minor causing the computer to stop functioning.

Those are some good ideas seanc, exactly what I'm looking for. I'm not quite sure what kind of project I'll want to undergo, or even if I'll have room for something like the toaster project, but these are definitely creative transformations!

[olePigeon]

This is going to seem like an obvious question, but, are you sure it's not under warranty?

[Cold Warrior]

You could try to sell it with the caveat that it suffered a fall, worked a bit afterwards, but then stopped, and that some tech said it was the logic board.

For people in the repair business, they may be looking to get it and part it out. If you can find that sort of buyer, you may be able to get more for it than you could otherwise.

[Fishticky]

Hey,

So I finally opened it up, and found out that indeed the logic board was dead. In fact, there were physical signs of damage on it... I'm not sure if I'll be able to create anything useful out of the machine anymore, so for now I'm really leaning toward selling the individual working parts.

Also, to reply to the above question, no, it's not under warranty. It was one of the first intel macbook pros. I'm not really sure why the original owner didn't buy an extended warranty, especially after they dropped it a couple of times, but I get the impression they didn't want to mess with this current computer, and just wanted to buy a brand new one.