Well done! Where did you source your capacitor - I'm thinking of doing the same repair.

even possibe with just a soldering iron how ever it wont look pretty :D

Which capacitor exactly have you used?

how many ohm was it?

It can be done with just a soldering iron. As a matter of fact, many techs on the Louis Rossmann forums suggest you should not use hot air at all (as it's near the GPU).

Good question.

​@@Dan-TechAndMusic Thanks, good to hear that! I have a soldering iron so will try it.

Where did you buy the capacitor?

can you tell us where you bought the capacitor?

@@thegreatguysp2403 Rossman has EM. That’s where I bought mine for $8

Onde comprou o capacitor aqui? obrigado!

@@cesarbalzer eu tirei de uma sucata de placa de notebook...eh bem comum

doesn't works... Already tried

Where did you find the capacitor? I ordered from China and it took 3 months for them to tell me it was out of stock. I ordered from other places too with the same problem.

Apple shouldn't really be expected to support a very niche repair on a 10-year-old computer. This is just for those strange ducks among us who hold onto computers WAY past their prime.

@@DavidEasthope sometimes old stuff is just better. Expecially when you you easily upgrade things vs all this new stuff that have soldered Memory and Soldered Hard drives. I can understand why there doing it though. For space. Cause they don't need to have connectors and stuff. But still. Let's make the new stuff last more then a couple years.

@@kpaxxapk6397 “Every year model has some fatal flaw that keeps failing” Any electronic product can glitch, and usually the numbers of affected units are low. That capacitor flaw wasn’t unique to Macs. The capacitors got OLD fast because they were flawed from the supplier. If Apple had a crystal ball, they’d have used a different style of capacitor, but of course, they can’t see the future. They did cover repairs for laptops three years out. It’s farther than most manufacturers will go. The problem was, only a brand new logic board had a brand new capacitor on it... It was six years until someone identified the capacitor as the problem instead of the GPU. The irony? Reheating the logic board in an oven also rejuvenated the capacitor, gaining about nine months.

@@Jkirk3279 "The capacitors got OLD fast because they were flawed from the supplier." I thought it was due to them using too small of a capacitor. "If Apple had a crystal ball, they’d have used a different style of capacitor, but of course, they can’t see the future." Yeah, but they also could have had a useful repair program that supported more than a few months of machines. "They did cover repairs for laptops three years out. It’s farther than most manufacturers will go." Yeah, and it only supported machines bought within the last three years. Came out in December 2013, and went three years back (dec. 2010). See any problems there? "It was six years until someone identified the capacitor as the problem instead of the GPU." True, but it shouldn't have been a problem to begin with. Since it was a problem, it should have been handled less terribly. I love my Macs (currently typing on my MacBookPro13,3), but Apple is nowhere near perfect. Apple was not innocent in this situation.

The GPU is failing, ver common issue on that model. You can temporarily disable the dedicated GPU via software, using my guide at dosdude1.com/gpudisable, but the best thing to do is to permanently disable the AMD GPU, via hardware, as shown in my video here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rMiIlZOYy7jcdY0.html

What capacitor did you used?

Yeah what capacitor did you use and how much was it?

The capacitor you need it’s a: 330uf 2v

Да буквально на днях, тоже поменял конденсатор и нет проблем больше!

@@alfaromeo4344 what happens if you replace it with a 330uF lets say 25v? It should work right?

I use around 300 - 350 degrees C on the hot air station.

dosdude1 Great video. I have the same year 2010 MacBook Pro with the same issue. Unfortunately, I do not have the Soldering equipment or an old board that I could strip to fix. I was hoping to get this MacBook going for my daughter who is turning 10 soon. Would you ever be opened to repairing my faulty logic board if I sent to you?

dosdude1 hi bro, I use 400c and its so hard to melt.how long did you desoldering that cap?

@@Fahmad12 I use 400C and it takes seconds. You close enough?

Elvira Mota Sierra very close. it finally melt on about 10 minutes

It's a widely known issue on this model, however if you were to measure that rail with a multimeter, the voltage would be much lower than the 1.8V it's supposed to be.

That's OpenBoardView.

Duke who was running the Louis Rossmann forum for a while has figured it out many years ago, and the typical issues and solution are spreading all over the internet

user user than why no solution that doesnt require such a hard job?! 😩😩

The cap is also labeled "C9560" on the 17" board as well.

@@dosdude1 Could this cap be causing issues even if it reads 1.850v on the multimeter constantly right after bootup?

congrats, you bricked your GPU with software before fixing the hardware. I was using any program to avoid switching to dGPU in software, easy to disable again, we dont even know what "gpu disable" you did

I think I can answer my own question. I unchecked Automatic Graphics Switching and I still get daily GPU panics. I don't understand that based on the explanation in the video.

Nope, I wish! I have two 2011s all using the integrated GPU. The AMD GPU's in these are trash.

The best solution is shown in my other video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rMiIlZOYy7jcdY0.html

330uF 2V tantalum cap.

@@crashbandicoot4everr Thank you very much!

I believe what he is using is whats called "ASD" or Apple System Diagnostics and was available for download on Louise Rossmans website last year but is no longer available now but you can download from torrent websites.

@@lightwarriors7778 Thanks for that much appreciated

@@djnickparco no problem best of luck man

I've done this before (check my Axiotron ModBook upgrade/modding video). The best CPU you could solder onto that board is a 3.06 GHz Core 2 Duo T9900.

If you ever feel like making the worlds fastest Mac mini 2010, I wouldn't mind shipping you mine. I think the processor costs 50-60 so the most expensive part would be your labor. It may not be worth it financially, but it would be cool as hell.

iFixit is your friend man...

To remove the board: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bpqohM-gssW1YJc.html

Yes.

another way which works (only MBP mid 2010) github.com/julian-poidevin/MBPMid2010_GPUFix

Me too

I can fix it.

Optimize Logic Repair where are you located?

Canton Michigan

you could replace the LB, but this is a pretty easy fix.

and its a 10x or 20x cap? could i use a 2.5v like this one here >>> produto.mercadolivre.com.br/MLB-880752091-10-x-capacitor-tntalo-smd-330uf-25v-nec-tokin-ps3-_JM?quantity=1 Thanks for the video!!!

Ditto. Mine does it ALOT more than it used to, especially with the current OS I'm on. (High Sierra) Its still a perfectly usable computer for me. 2.4Ghz i5, 8 gigs RAM, and a 1 TB SSD. The SSD REALLY woke this thing up, made it feel like a new computer again. I replaced the old swollen Apple battery with an eBay battery, only issue I have now is the nvidia GeForce GT330M kernel panicking. I use gfxCardStatus to manually switch to the integrated Intel graphics, but I wish there was a setting I could type into the terminal to permanently disable the nvidia. I'm a complete novice with soldering, especially with the tiny capacitors in these modern computers, otherwise I'd try it myself.

djhaloeight yea I use gtxcardstatus to keep it on integrated on Mac OS Mojave also running 8gb ram, i7 but still have the 1tb 5400rpm hdd

@@djhaloeight Hi there! With v1.8.1 of gfxCardStatus you can actually do that: start it, configure, switch auto.update off (which you can in this version), and tehn you can even chose to statup and stay with the intel GPU, which prevents it from ever swithcing to the Nvidia (you could also do it vice-versa, but in this case it's not you want :-( ). Have been running my MBP for wees like that now withou a single crash!

I did it @ 400C

@@laurenta.eppinger1822 Thank you so much, I was able to fix my Mac:) your info was very helpful.