An M1 Max Was “Transplated” To A Donor Board Using Skilled Hands, Knowledge And Patience, Giving A MacBook Pro A New Lease On Life

OSTN Staff

An M1 Max was transplanted on a working logic board to breath life into a new Mac

A logic board with water damage is generally regarded as e-waste because, unless some people can salvage the components, it’s as good as useless. However, one Redditor didn’t lose hope when his M1 Max motherboard suffered a burn hole as he decided to perform a “transplant” of the Apple Silicon using a donor board. The problem is that these chipsets are typically locked to their original board, but luckily, the adventurous tinkerer had a workaround for this obstacle. The donor board would not recognize the M1 Max, so every important component on the original board was transferred to the new […]

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