I had this problem on my MBP from 2008. I spent $175 with a 3rd party fixit shop and am happy to say it's still kicking as I'm writing this. I was pretty bummed

I had this problem on my MBP from 2008. I spent $175 with a 3rd party fixit shop and am happy to say it's still kicking as I'm writing this. I was pretty bummed when it happened but I'm happy to say I have a computer from 2008 that is still useful in 2014 and runs the latest software just fine.