This is a used part from a recycled computer. No refund will be given for logic boards damaged during fitting. Thermal paste is available from the Tools section. If you remove the heat sink from the logic board, the seal must be re-made adequately when the new board is fitted to ensure the MacBook Pro does not overheat.
This is a highly static-sensitive device and replacement should not be attempted without suitable experience and anti-static precautions. Where as the function key model is known as the 2 TBT3 model, which stands for 2 Thunderbolt 3.0 ports. This listing is only for the touch bar model which is known as the 4 TBT3 model, this stands for 4 Thunderbolt 3.0 ports. The Touch ID function is linked to the main logic board therefore the Touch ID and power button are sold with the logic board. By default this feature is disabled on all logic boards before they are stripped and will need to be re-enabled once fitted to a machine. These machines have an auto boot feature which must be disabled before any work is carried out on the machine. Please note the following three pieces of information:
This logic board will come with a fresh install of 10.12.5 (Sierra) or later.
This logic board has a integrated graphics card, Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 with 1.5GB of VRAM which is shared with the system. This logic board consists of a 3.5GHz Core i7 processor chip with 16GB PC3-17000 (2133MHz) integrated ram, and 1TB of integrated flash storage. I recommend looking at eBay before Aliexpress since you will have purchase protection through PayPal.This is the Retina MacBook Pro 13" ETSI Logic Board for the Touch Bar mid 2017 model only. Shipping from China to Canada can take up to 2.5 months. I have purchased salvage machines from local buy-and-sell websites like Craigslist, Kijiji, and Letgo. In Canada, authorized repair depots cannot sell OEM parts without installing them for the customer. Original Apple parts can only come from AASP. I think the vendors are salvagers/refurbishers.
I have never purchased a board from Aliexpress. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Apple MacBook Pro 13-inch A1278 2011 I7 2. A good alternative to the Samsung appears to be the Adata sx8200 and Intel 760p. For Macbook Pro 13 A1278 Laptop Logic Board i7 2.9GHz Motherboard. The Samsung drives have excellent performance however, people in this thread have experienced increased heat and reduced battery life from using the Samsung drives. Laptop Motherboard for Macbook Pro 15.4 A1286 2.6 GHZ i7 logic board 820-3330. My "franken Macs" have been gifted to relatives and friends for daily use. I have put together some Macbook Pros and Airs that wound up saving me a lot of money. Thank you also like to make re-use parts whenever possible. Now based on your opinion, would you prefer to buy from this site, or do you have any idea's on where to find a reliable board & website? Are these companies making logic boards, or they just make those boards from scratch? There are some questions about the logic board that I have found in AliExpress, it states that their logic board are brands from MIXUSP, KEFU, Reboto. The only downside for this is that we could not utilize the true performance of 970 Evo Gen 3.0 x4.
I am aware that 970 Evo is PCIe Gen 3.0 x4, NVMe 1.3, but I believe it is backward compatible with the MBA 2017 SSD slot PCIe 2.0 x4. So I will go for the Samsung one by using an adapter from Sintech. So coming back to the topic, I find the original Apple SSD & OWC to be quite expensive and their performance are not as good compared to 970 Evo. Some people would just suggest to purchase a new one instead of repairing the current one, even though it is still repairable. You know some people like me, we appreciate the old stuff and we like to salvage anything that are still good. Wow I feel comfortable speaking with you rather than other people in another website forum.