The MacBook Pro 15" released between 2009 - 2012 is an extremely popular and versatile model. Even 10 years after its commercialization, many users are still satisfied with it and don't plan on replacing it anytime soon. However, it should be noted that this model has a graphics card issue that will sooner or later affect the Mac.
There are numerous technical issues that can affect the functioning of your MacBook Pro 15" A1286:
Whether it's a problem or a need for a system update, you can always rely on our team of experts. Our shop specializes in Apple product repairs and is capable of resolving all types of issues on a MacBook Pro 15". This applies to all models released from 2008 to 2012.
Below, we list the repair packages for common issues of this model:
The signs that your MacBook Pro 15" & 17" 2009 - 2012 battery is at the end of its life are usually very clear : Your MacBook battery is running low fast. The battery will not last a full day or it can no longer hold a charge, you have to recharge your battery several times a day. More rarely a defective battery can take a very long time to charge. Unexplained stoppages frequently occur as soon as the battery drops below 20%. The battery is swelling and starting to deform the aluminium frame of your MacBook.
You want to repair your MacBook Pro 15" & 17" 2009 - 2012 screen? iClinique, the independent Apple repair center in Brussels offers the best quality parts for your MacBook repair as well as lower prices than the official Apple repair services. The following symptoms can be a sign that your screen is broken: your MacBook is on but you have a black screen or no backlight or display on your MacBook Pro 15" & 17" 2009 - 2012, your Mac displays dead lines or pixels.
Some symptoms (vertical lines, distortion of your image, black screen) can be very similar with a defective graphics card.
Help! Your MacBook Pro 15" & 17" 2009 - 2012 won't boot and you don't have a recent backup. So you want to recover the data on your hard drive at any cost. Don't panic. iClinique can make a backup of the contents of your hard drive, even if it is damaged. To do this, bring us your broken MacBook, we will assess the situation and offer you a data recovery package depending on the difficulty of the job. You only pay if we recover all your files. If you are lucky, a simple time machine backup of your SSD hard drive from another MacBook would be sufficient.
It is possible that the keyboard MacBook Pro 15" & 17" 2009 - 2012 has the following problems: Some keys do not respond after cleaning, for example you are typing text but a letter or space is constantly missing. The key mechanism may be worn out and the key is jammed. Some keys may be missing because you tried to remove a key to clean underneath but you can't put it back. Liquid has been spilled on the keyboard and it is stuck in upper case. Sometimes your MacBook Pro 15" & 17" 2009 - 2012 won't start because the on/off key is defective and won't allow the Mac to start
Catastrophe! Your MacBook Pro 15" & 17" 2009 - 2012 has fallen into the water, it is turned off and will not turn on again. You may have spilled your coffee or tea on it. You then put your MacBook in rice overnight but it still won't start.
CAUTION: Do not try to start your MacBook after a liquid spill. You could do more damage because water + electric current = oxidation of the motherboard components and short-circuit. The best thing to do: turn off your MacBook and bring it to iClinique as soon as possible.
Several components can be damaged by contact with liquid and it is difficult to know in advance how much the final price of the repair will be.
Your MacBook Pro has slipped out of your hand and taken a nasty fall. You realize with horror when you open the Mac that the glass is cracked... Good news: on this generation, our team can change the broken glass of your screen without having to change the whole screen.Uw MacBook Pro is uit uw hand gegleden en heeft een lelijke val gemaakt. U beseft met afgrijzen wanneer u de Mac opent dat het glas gebarsten is... Goed nieuws: bij deze generatie kan ons team het gebroken glas van uw scherm vervangen zonder het hele scherm te moeten vervangen.
A folder with a question mark on a gray background appears on your MacBook Pro 15" & 17" 2009 - 2012 at startup ? You have tried all the key combinations but nothing seems to fix this problem. Bring us your MacBook, in 99% of the cases we will propose you a change of the defective hard disk cable. Don't worry: no data will be lost.
You may need to replace the wifi card in your MacBook Pro 15" & 17" 2009 - 2012 if you are experiencing the following connection problems: For example, it is impossible to find wifi on your MacBook Pro 15" & 17" 2009 - 2012. Your MacBook no longer connects to the network, or it is connected but the internet is not working. It is impossible to switch on the wifi. The internet connection is very slow.
If the fan in your MacBook Pro 15" & 17" 2009 - 2012 is making strange scratching or crackling noises. It's time to change it. A problem with your MacBook fans ? Any noise, suspicious behavior or they don't work anymore ? iClinique can replace your MacBook noisy fan within 24 hours.
Let's go through the different problems you may encounter if your MacBook Pro 15" & 17" 2009 - 2012 overheats: The most annoying is that your MacBook is noisy because the fan is running full blast. It is hot and uncomfortable to use, plus the battery discharges very quickly. A too high temperature can also have negative consequences on some components of your MacBook. In particular the graphics card which is very sensitive to too much heat.
If your MacBook Pro 15" & 17" 2009 - 2012 overheats, it is time to proceed to a maintenance of its cooling system to clean the dust accumulated in front of the cooling radiators but also to change the thermal paste which makes the transmission of heat between the radiators and the processor / graphics processor. We recommend this kind of maintenance at least once in the life of your MacBook Pro 15" & 17" 2009 - 2012 and a dust removal every year.
Is it time to reinstall your MacBook Pro 15" & 17" 2009 - 2012? You may have problems such as: your browser is outdated and it is impossible to update it, you can no longer access certain pages, e.g. your home banking. You have big slowness, or your hard disk is saturated and you want to reinitialize it MacBook with its factory settings. You have caught a virus and would like to clean it. You want to upgrade your MacBook Pro 15" & 17" 2009 - 2012 to macOS Monterey but there was a problem. More worrying, your Mac computer freezes at startup on the apple logo and the loading bar.
Restoring your hard drive will allow you to recover a bug-free MacOS while accelerating its speed. We advise you to do this operation once every two years to have optimal performance.
Choosing a 500Gb SSD would be an excellent choice for replacing your internal hard drive in your MacBook Pro 15" & 17" 2009 - 2012. For most people this is enough to have a combination of speed and sufficient available space.
Your MacBook Pro 15" & 17" 2009 - 2012 is too slow for a normal and comfortable use. It reacts late to your requests, with a more or less long delay. A colored circle appears intermittently and when it appears the MacBook is blocked. The multicolored wheel otherwise called spinning wheel that turns as soon as you launch the slightest task is a sign that your hard disk has a software or hardware problem. You may also have a loading bar when you start your Mac computer and never get to the desktop because it crashes and restarts over and over. Your hard drive may be saturated with storage (Other) that you don't know how to clean up. More simply, you just want to speed up your MacBook Pro 15" & 17" 2009 - 2012 to optimize its performance.
Avoid programs like CleanMyMac that do worse than better. First we will analyze if the disk is in good shape. If so, a reinstallation will be enough to eliminate your problem of slowness. If on the other hand the values of the disk indicate that it is at the end of its life, we will certainly propose you to boost your MacBook Pro 15" & 17" 2009 - 2012 with a 1Tb SSD disk with ultra fast flash memory. In both cases it is necessary to make a backup of your data, if possible before bringing us your Mac.
Did your Mac come with only 2Gb ? Upgrading to 4Gb of RAM will greatly increase your MacBook's speed as well as comfort in use and this at a very low price.
The RAM memory of your MacBook Pro 15" & 17" 2009 - 2012 is regularly saturated and you have to constantly free it manually or wait for the RAM memory to free itself. You may have a regular beeping sound when your MacBook boots up which indicates that at least one RAM strip is defective. If you need more memory the best option is to increase the memory by installing additional memory sticks to your MacBook. If you only have 4Gb of RAM we encourage you to boost it to 8Gb. This will improve the performance of your Mac computer.
The RAM memory of your MacBook Pro 15" & 17" 2009 - 2012 is regularly saturated and you have to constantly free it manually or wait for the RAM memory to free itself. You may have a regular beeping sound when your MacBook boots up which indicates that at least one RAM strip is defective. If you need more memory the best option is to increase the memory by installing additional memory sticks to your MacBook. If you already have 8Gb of RAM but you have a professional use (audio or video editing) that requires a lot of RAM you will get a smoother use by upgrading to 16Gb.
The trackpad / touchpad of your MacBook Pro 15" & 17" 2009 - 2012 does not respond anymore ? Your mouse moves by itself or on the contrary, it does not move? It's probably time to replace your defective trackpad. We do this repair in 1 day and we usually have all original Apple parts in stock in our workshop in Brussels.
Unluckily, you not only broke the protective glass of your MacBook Pro 15" & 17" 2009 - 2012 but you also have vertical lines, dead pixels, areas of your screen that are unreadable. This means that your screen has also been damaged by the shock. In this case we offer you a significant discount on the total price if you do both repairs at the same time.
Do you like speed and want a lot of storage space? The 2TB SSD is for you.
The magsafe charger light of your MacBook Pro 15" & 17" 2009 - 2012 does not light up anymore. You think your charger is burned out or the cable is stripped or even torn off. A new charger is too expensive and you are tempted to order a low quality copy. We offer you to repair at low cost the original charger you already have by replacing only the cord.
The failure of the graphics chip of the MacBook Pro 15" & 17" 2009 - 2012 is a sword of damocles for this model. This failure is caused by an overheating of the Mac which leads to the failure of the Nvidia Geforce GT330M graphics chip. Moreover, Apple has acknowledged the problem and offered an extended warranty. Unfortunately this GPU failure makes your Mac completely unusable.
The first obvious symptoms: you have problems with your screen, pink or green vertical lines, horizontal, squares and distortions that prevent a good readability of your screen
The less obvious symptoms: your MacBook screen cuts off randomly, you have a gray screen at startup
The only satisfactory way to fix the problem is to solder a chip on the motherboard that disables the graphics card. You can get back to using your Mac in a normal way, although the graphics performance will be a bit worse since your Mac will use the processor as a graphics card.
You can't clearly identify the problem with your device?
We can make an estimate, charged 40€ and offered if you do the repair.
Here are some problems that may be related to a defective charging connector: Your MacBook Pro 15" & 17" 2009 - 2012 no longer charges the battery but detects the charger. The battery discharges while the cable is plugged in. Your MacBook is turned off and the battery does not charge. Sometimes a simple cleaning will recover the contact between the pins of the charger and the pins of the charging dock of your MacBook Pro 15" & 17" 2009 - 2012. But it is also possible that the part is permanently out of order and must be replaced by a new one. Think anyway to test if your MacBook charges with another cable ;- )