Do I need to buy both a logic board and a SSD hard drive replacement to fix my MacBook Pro A1708?

JadeDoo wrote:

• I bought my laptop in 2018 from MusicMagpie in 'pristine' condition. But just over a year later, it stopped working. At the time, I got a local computer engineer and an Apple specialist to look at it, and they said the following:

diagnosed fault as being corrupt SSD Hard drive - was unsuccessful trying to reformat it

• Apple centre specialist said they revealed a faulty logic board too, and advised using a USB stick to run OS from (the local computer engineer tried this and I don't think it worked)

I kind of gave up on the laptop at the time, but I am now returning to it and looking at fixing it myself. My question is...do I need to get both a new logic board and an SSD hard drive? Or do I just need a new logic board? Does anybody know which one(s) I should get? Should I replace them with the same one(s) that are installed in the laptop, or should I look at getting one(s) from a newer MacBook model that are compatible?

I would not spend any money on this old MBP

SSD is solderd to the logic board— it comes as a unit

2016 and 2017 were a LONG time ago in terms of computers.

You will also need a board that has MORE than 8 GB RAM soldered to the board, or it won't be able to run Apps in an appropriately responsive way.

These Intel models are able to run up to MacOS 12 Monterey, never later. The new MacOS to be issued later this year will be the LAST that supports Intel Macs at all.

Working inside MacBook Pro is unbelievably "fiddly" and everything is tiny and seems flimsy. You run a strong risk of turning expensive working parts into electronic waste.

ANY newer Apple-silicon Mac with More than 8 GB RAM, even the MacBook Air models, can run circles about your old one.