The similarities between the two machines prompted YouTuber Luke Miani to see if he could simply swap the chip between the two machines.
Unfortunately, attempting to upgrade the M1 MacBook Pro to an M2 MacBook Pro wasn’t as successful.
Many of the chips inside are the same as in the M1 MacBook Pro, and even the connectors match up.
But despite the many similarities, there are just enough differences to make the process of upgrading the M1 chip to the M2 chip untenable.After swapping the M2 chip to the machine, the MacBook Pro fails to boot.
Miani tried a handful of other tricks to get the upgraded MacBook Pro to boot up, such as using Apple Configurator to enter DFU mode, but all without success?After failing to get the upgraded M2 MacBook Pro to boot, Miani was able to successfully swap the components back to their original machines.