Or you can take the laptop to another service provider for a second opinion. The best you can do is to ask the repair shop for more details, perhaps asking to speak with the manager who may be better able to explain things. AFAIK there are no free repair programs to address an SSD or Logic Board failure for the Touchbar laptops. AFAIK there are no free repair programs to address an SSD or Logic Board failure for the Touchbar laptops. If you have a Touchbar model laptop, then the SSD is integrated into the Logic Board and is not a separate part. The public article does not mention replacing any parts.
Touch bar macbook pro logic board replacement update#
Here are the public details on the free Apple SSD repair program:Īnd if you read it carefully Apple explicitly states a special utility will be run to perform a firmware update to the SSD. This is a replacement logic board for the MacBook Pro 13 with Touch Bar released in mid 2018. Replacement logic board with options of 2.0GHz i5 or 2.4GHz i7 CPU, Intel Iris Graphics 540 GPU, & 8GB or 16GB LPDDR3 RAM for the Apple MacBook Pro 13 A1708 Late 2016 (MLL42LL, MLUQ2LL) with two Thunderbolt 3 ports.
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Not all laptops which "qualify" for a free repair program are actually affected by the issue described in the public articles. This is a replacement logic board for the MacBook Pro 13 with Touch Bar released in mid 2018.
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Plus Apple techs are given very explicit directions on what to do when a laptop qualifies for a special repair program. If you have the non-Touchbar model with just two USB-C ports, then the details for the free Apple repair program have changed since the original MacRoumor's article was published.