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MacBook Pro 'unibody' 17-Inch

Early/Late 2011

MacBookPro8,3

A1297 emc????

The ROM is a SOIC-8 chip (64Mbit) that can be read or written by the Medusa-3 with a Pomona clip.

The ROM in on the top (easy to reach) side of the motherboard.

The SPI connector is a Molex-30 but is hardly ever mounted by Apple.

Incase you have a dead GPU in this model you can get the Mac back to life by mounting our Tiresias GPUkiller.

Battery: A1383

Battery Port Tester: A4586

This Mac runs slow (about 1/4 of the normal speed) when no battery is connected.