Has anyone had any progress on this? I've got a 2009 2.66 C2D that I'd like to get some more speed out of. I hate to revive an old thread, but this thread could help lots of people if it happens to be possible. In the meantime, everything works fine and looks great except for the WiFi and I know a lot more about how these machines are put together. Since the price difference between the 2009 2.66 that I currently have and the 3.06 that was available was about $1000, I think this is a reasonable upgrade. I have found a C2D 3.06 GH logic board with the 512 MB video card for as low as $450.
It is either the logic board or the Airport card. Unfortunately I had connected the Airport card incorrectly and currently have no working WiFi and am currently looking for a fix. I remover that part not knowing that it was standard to the 2010 model and everything went together fine. The used case was advertised as being for a 2009 model but had the antenna for the airport / bluetooth mounted under the left speaker grill. My two year old went to town on my laptop with a Maglight flashlight I mistakenly left lying around and bent the hell out of the case parts. Oddly, I got a great deal on a used upper case for $89. I guess the answer to the original post is that it can be done with additional upgrades. Sawtooth, this thread is the only one I could fine regarding the topic.
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