Trying to Fix 4 Broken Macbooks - Extended Cut
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- Опубліковано 15 кві 2024
- Trying to Fix 4 Broken Macbooks - Extended Cut - There were a variety of different issues I had to face during this project, including faulty batteries, WIFI issues, liquid damage, broken keyboards, and broken screens. But, considering the repairability of Apple devices, I went into this project knowing it might be a bit of a challenge. How many of them will I be able to fix?
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One of my past jobs, I used to refurb Macbook's including doing battery replacements. Don't be afraid to use a lot more IPA to breakdown the adhesive on the original battery (I used to pre-soak it) and using a larger plastic wedge is better to get leverage on it and will significantly reduce the dangerous possibility of piecing the battery with your removal tool!
Having TechTools Pro installed on a bootable USB flash, NVMe Stick or USDB SSD/HDD (with compatible macOS version) saves alot of time when testing them ;-)
With the Macbook Air that had corrosion, test the board out of the housing (nothing connected - inc. battery) to see if you get fan spin and also see what current draw you get with a USB power monitor.
I once had a keyboard (not from a laptop, but anyhow), which I accidentally spilled with coke. Evidently, after a few days, it was all crunchy and not working just like the one on your video. Being just a kid back then, I decided a good wash would fix everything, so I took a bucket filled with soapy water and sunk the keyboard in there for a while, I rinsed it on the sink, then let it dry completely for a day or so. To my surprise (and pride), I plugged it back into the computer and it worked like a charm. Today I know I did it wrong, I should have taken it apart and at least save the board before doing anything, but, as a prove of concept, the idea of my 16-year-old-self still holds. You could fully remove the top cover and all components, clean it up fully and then wash it with soapy water, rinse it, then let it dry completely. The keyboard is already damaged, so, if it doesn't work, all you lost is a little time.
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Apple: screw you!
Yeah Apple is the worst. I will give it to them, that they have created a lot of things that have revolutionized the industry, but I just can't stand their business practice or how little freedom they give you as a user. I feel like on Windows PCs it's super straight forward, but on Mac I have to jump through 50 hoops to get stuff working the way I want it to work
a tronicsfix collab with louis rossman for macbook repair would be pretty cool. 2 highly intellectual people using it for a good cause
I came here to suggest the same thing. I'd love to hear Louis opinion on these machines.
I remember when replacing a macbook battery was a 30 second swap.
yep I miss the 2008-2012 Intel line of macbook pros where and still are some of the best laptops apple put out there and are easy to repair/work on.
@@CecilTheDarkKnight234 Yea, had a Macbook from late 2008 and you could just pop the battery cover off and have immediate access to the battery and hard drive. Miss those days.
Love the long channel. I enjoy these repairs videos. Especially since I'm one who does the same kind of repairs as a side job. Seeing how you do certain things. Help give me ideas on how to improve my ways of doing repairs.
Glad to hear that you're enjoying the videos and that they help!
hope you feel better soon ,i know the treatment can be rough :)
Love these long videos, really therapeutic after a long day :)
Glad your doing well still uploading keep fighting
Thank you!
21:00 me and my aibo(robot dog) bothering me while I’m on zoom. 😂 Can relate hahaha. TeChNoLoGy.
Yay! I LOVE these! Keep'em coming my friend!
We'll keep posting them if people keep watching them!
Seeing CNC in your username makes me believe you have one. CNC are used to mill out the chip that keeps an apple ID linked to their notebooks. It's soldered on with a pretty strong solder and that's the quickest way to get rid of it. What a stroke of luck!
@@handlemissing I do have a CNC (just a small 4030) and am building a custom 4’x8’ machine and documenting it on my channel. Feel free to check it out! I just posted a video a few weeks ago and have another in the works. :)
@@CNC-Time-Lapse by the looks of it, it's perfect for what I described above.
Love these longer videos! Thanks for taking us on the journey
Glad you like them!
The best technique I’ve found for removing MBP batteries is to use dental floss. It’s easy to wiggle in, and releases the glue very easily without using IPA, which will absolutely destroy the trackpad. I learned it from another UA-camr with a really small subscriber base.
me too - about 5 years ago! Worked a charm…
Shouldn’t get so high from glue stick Bruh. LMFAO
41:28 damn that's an amazing sounding mechanical keyboard, almost sounds like a typewriter. lmao
Sweet Jesus what a horror to replace a battery!
For the Locked mac... I mean it officially is bricked but is there not a way to like wipe it and install hackintosh or even windows or linux on it so it could still be used but just not as a "macbook" ?
Loving the long form videos, would rather watch 2 of these than any of the garbage Hollywood puts out these days!
would something like goo gone or other adhesive removal liquid be better than ipa for the battery removal bit?
Whait what!!! how is this possible i just watched this video a week ago and now it's up for 6h ???
I think they glue down the battery as a way to 'add' flex-strength to the laptop - to give it that 'high quality feeling' - and so you have to trash it - instead of replace the battery.
i had replaced my old iphone5 battery in 2013 i was told 'it may fall out if u dont use the same tape, but years later and the basic adhesive tape was still holding in the battery
Activation Lock can be removed with some meddling with the ROM chip on the board, for the T2 Macbooks its slightly harder but it is possible - the laptop isn't just parts!!!
regarding the sticky keyboard. Could you just remove the screen and logic board(s) so that only the keyboard and case were left, then slosh it around is some hot water for a few minutes to remove the sugar / syrup and then rinse it in 99% alcohol so it displaces residual water and evaporates and dries out quickly.
MacBooks can make your hair grow!! Just kidding. We love you Steve, hang in there buddy.
i am curious about your stock of spare parts tho
Use zippo fluid on strong adhesive. It's more powerful and evaporates very fast.
butane is insanely volatile and should not be used for this purpose
Hi the one that’s ID Locked you can unsolder a resistor and will stop the ID lock iv seen it on a UA-cam video or maybe swap the chip that holds the info to the ID ?
Oh my god. I’m so glad I bought a framework lmao
Also try checking the screen brightness, it might have been turned all the way down.
It should be illegal to have to remove so much as a single screw just to replace a battery
You can install a Linux distribution on the MAC that is protected by the user account and it will work perfectly, so it doesn't become scrap or parts.
Cant you reinstall the software back to factory settings to bypass the account linked
Maybe it’s easy to you to Use thermal camera to find shortages
30:37 Apple doesnt care about repair because they dont want people to be doing anything to their products unless it involves payng Apple more. Their anti consumering is built into very fabric of their ecosystem and business practices and it is absolutely disgusting things like EU having to force them to do things that would benefit the consumer are needed for any change to happen.
missed the opportunity to install some perfect amount of thermal paste :( (you could have serviced the cooling system.)
I have this exact macbook pro which has 835 cycles and it's dying, but I'm just gonna sell it I think and get a new machine, battery on this thing is so difficult
That mac with the ID problem, throw Linux Mint onto it. It'll be like brand new
so this is about macbook 3. do you have a ultrasonic cleaner ? take the screen and battery off ,and see what a ultrasonic cleaning will do
Great Attempts and Video! That macbook air needs an exorcism. Thank You. 😀
As many tears that I have had laptops I have never had much use of the battery.
Wouldn't soaking the entire bottom end with the sticky keyboard in IPA be better than buying a new casing & keyboard set?
It is possible to remove the locks on Macbooks under M1 versions. I think even M1 is possible now, a repair shop owner told me that
i usually use aircon putty to stick it back, best substance in the world, like duck tape but only softer
duct tape. DUCT. It's tape for duct joints, not birds at the pond :D
@@Zaudunyani Unless you're using DUCK brand DUCT tape.
Wouldn't it have been easier to plug in an external screen on the damaged MBP, at least to see what is going on?
You can do icloud bypass
I love these videos. But I have to say... all the time it took to "shortcut" is about the same time it would've taken to remove the mainboard. Don't know how much of that "effort" was cut out of the video, but probably best to avoid shortcuts
I was able to change the battery on my MacBook without removing the motherboard (even though the directions said too).
just disconnect the flex cables on the keyboard and other accessories and try again on the macbook air.
keyboard strip it down and throw it in the dishwasher lol
If you have nothing to lose why not try putting crunchy keyboard into an ultrasonic cleaner? =)
21:09 cat tax?
Apple CEO probably thought glue is free ..
1st its true Apple does not want you trying to repair their hardware they rather prefer that you either go to their repair service or just buy a new one, not to mention their repair policy which makes most problems even the easy ones to fix "unfixable" and after you buy a new piece and leave the broken one with them they will fix and sell it again.
2nd it's possible to remove the AppleID I cant tell you how but a quick internet search will teach you how to do it
Really is a bugger that apple's so anti repair, but ill give the same argument for the repairability as for IO (a particularly strong case for the macbook pro): most pro users don't care about it being razor thin, or light as a feather. That's the air's purpose. People buying the pro want it to be able to do everything they need, including plugging into external devices, and being able to be used until the thing's within an inch of its life.
I think most most users buy Apple because of the software or the design. The laptops are not that bad. Just overpriced and difficult to fix. And of course the lack of usb ports is super annoying. The good thing about apple products is the high resell prices on ebay if want to get rid of your old laptop.
use vinegar as it eats away at corrosion
if you get rid of an apple device or sell it or whatever REMOVE IT FROM YOUR ACCOUNT. most people i dont think they even know that a device is still attached to an account.
There is a way to remove the icloud lock with a programmer
It's worth soaking the keyboard with isopropyl alcohol, the thing is a brick anyways
Boom the battery explodes we see a mushroom cloud and next thing we see Steve with black dirt on his face and his hair is a mess
Lol
Try just for fun to soak the keyboard in IPA
The board doesn’t need removed Iv done it without removing it
I hate so much the "security" poliics from Apple. Bcause of that, i never had a single device... They are ( or were) great developers, but now, they are only cash hunters.
Apple made real machines during the g3-g4 era. They lost me after that. I had a pismo I did the g4 upgrade to then a 667 g4 titanium. Didn’t like the direction after that.
IPA and a tooth brush
The EU brought Today the right to repair law. We will see how apple and the other takes this pill. Well done Eu
: copied from the eu page:
Manufacturer has to repair a product for a reasonable price and within a reasonable timeframe after the legal guarantee period
Access to spare parts, tools and repair information for consumers
Incentives to opt for repair, such as repair vouchers and funds
Online platforms will assist consumers in finding local repair services and shops selling refurbished goods
NORTHRIDGE FIX vs MacBook
Nfix = hold my AMTECH FLUX😂
I can't stand Apple and this video just further deepens why I dislike their products. 😂😂
Taking out those batteries is actually a 10 minutes job. Take an old credit card. Insert it under the battery. Drip IPA on the card so it flows under the battery. The glue is now soft and you just cut it with the card.
Placing the battery is much harder. I usually stick the new battery to my clothes to get the adhesive "dirty".
Remember to fully charge the new battery *and then leave it under charge for two more hours*. Use the computer on battery power until is fully discharged, then connect the charger and do a full charge again.
Apple is not a great company when it comes to fixing their things! 🙄
Not great is an understatement
Apple is great at all full stop
Darkweb: LMFAO
This is why I don't buy anything Apple!
Would never buy a Mac
Wow you still use film lol Do you still buy your film at Kodak . lol
Film has become a generic term now for recording video
Movie makers still use the term film, even when they shoot it digitally
@@mobrocket i was kidding i was joking around lol
Any battery that isn't from china is better
I farted 🤭
Im sorry to say but , honestly you are a not a genius repairman, just a parts replace repairman 👨🔧
You can learn board repair to become a real repairman. Cheers 🥂
That's why I refuse to buy Apple, you cant replace parts.
Repairs aside...
Why would anyone buy this garbage in the first place? Any, and I mean ANY PC would be far of a better choice. To start you can choose the OS, the configuration, the color even!
I don't get it, I tried to use these machines as well as their phones, which are awful unintuitive to use, and I still don't get it! Why would people choose this brand?
Use iremove tools they can bypass the Apple activation
Im glad the EU decided to force apple into using the USB-C charger same as everyone else. It was a hassle to keep getting new ones with every phone. I have a box alone dedicated to my familys chargers its ridiculous lmao. I hope we see some changes in the area of repairs as well. Basically every brand of cars is also purposely making repairs harder to make us spend more money on their mechanics. Should be illegal.
Apple ID? Is it perhaps like inserting a password in the BIOS _(I ask because I know just enough of Apple products to stay the hell away from them and little more)?_ If so, whoever bought that laptop first, before selling it to you, SHOULD have asked about it from the seller. Shoddy trafficking, theirs.
Im sure this is an older video
It is, the main difference between the original TronicsFix videos and these videos is that these have more cleaning/repairing content for those who want to see it
@@TronicsFixLongs 💯💯👌🏽👌🏽
they don't need the device to remove the same device. they can sign in to icloud on any device and go to devices and remove the device from their account.. when someone steals your $1200 device believe me, you won't feel the same. Especially when your tracking, knowing they are waiting me out in hopes I remove it. NOT A CHANCE IN HELL. If I don't get it, nobody gets to use it. Throw it in the trash cause your not using it.