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and if you do find one it’s crazy expensive. does anybody know where else to find some?

Probably because manufacturers are not in the business of selling parts, they want to sell their devices. The aftermarket world realize that the logic board would be a last ditch effort to resurrect a device and thus charges us an arm and a leg. Supply and demand rules the business world, got to love capitalism ;-) Anyhow, it might help to tell us where you’ve looked so far and what the average $$$ was.