Early 2011 MacBook 8,2 with R8911 removed…can I upgrade from Sierra?

Hi everyone,

I have an early 2011 MacBook 8,2 running Sierra. It had the dreaded GPU issue years ago and I had the R8911 resistor removed along with a SW update. It has been running great since.

It runs well for what I need it for which is basically light web browsing and an occasional email.

I was trying to backup my iPhone but apparently my iOS is out of date.

I was wondering if it is possible to upgrade the iOS to say Catalina?

I wasn’t sure if the resistor removal would cause an issue during a OS install.

Any help would be appreciated!