MacBook Pro 16 2019 Disassembly, fan cleaning and thermal paste replacement
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- Опубліковано 11 бер 2022
- Step-by-step instructions how to disassemble MacBook Pro 16 A2141 (2019) clean fan from dust and replace thermal grease. This video show you how to fix overheating laptop.
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Welcome to HowFixit! In this video, I'll take you through a step-by-step guide on how to disassemble MacBook Pro 2019 (model A2141) laptop, clean its fans, and replace the thermal paste. Our comprehensive tutorial will equip you with the knowledge of fixing laptop overheating issues. From disassembling your laptop to cleaning the fan and heatsink from dust and applying thermal paste, we've got you covered. Say goodbye to overheating and hello to improved performance!
* Laptop Disassembly Guide:
Disassembling your laptop may seem daunting, but I'll break it down into easy-to-follow steps. You'll learn how to remove the laptop's casing, locate and clean the heatsink and fans, and access to CPU for thermal paste replacement. By following this guide, you'll gain a deeper understanding of your laptop's internals and how to keep it running smoothly.
* Fan Cleaning Techniques:
Dust and debris can accumulate in your laptop's fans and heatsink over time, leading to reduced airflow and increased temperatures. I'll show you effective methods to clean your laptop using an antistatic brush and proper handling techniques. By keeping your cooling system clean, you'll prevent overheating and extend the lifespan of your laptop.
* Thermal Paste Replacement:
Thermal paste plays a crucial role in transferring heat from the laptop's CPU and GPU to the heatsink. However, over time, a thermal paste can dry out and lose its effectiveness. I'll guide you through the process of removing the old thermal paste and applying a fresh, high-quality one. This step is vital for optimal heat dissipation and temperature management. Don't let an overheating laptop slow you down! Watch this comprehensive guide and take control of your laptop's temperature. By performing regular fan cleaning and thermal paste replacement, you'll ensure smooth operation, prevent hardware damage, and extend the life of your laptop. Hit the play button now and let's get started!
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very sloppy work. still appreciate the effort.
The most thorough guide on the procedure I managed to find!
However, I'd like to notice few things:
1) The motherboard is fixed by t3 and t5 screws, which is not quite covered in the video, might leave some viewers puzzled;
2) As I see, the right (left on the screen, since the laptop is upside down) speaker is a little scuffed, and I know why: the magnet in it is so strong that it can easily pull the tweezers/screwdriver in it. So anyone who's attempting to fix thermal issues - be aware. If the scuff is small, like in the video - sound would barely change, however, things might get much worse.
Anyway, thanks a lot for this guide; replacing the certified crispy stone-like toothpaste to pretty old and cheap MX-2 did the trick for me.
Well worth it. 3.5 hours to complete. Macbook is near silent / silent now. I used Thermal Grizzley Kryonaut paste $30, liberally applied with the included spatula spreader applicator. Interestingly, the fan is now quieter even when running at the same RPM. I guess a dust caked fan is louder? I'm a previous computer repair tech (20 years ago), I had all of the appropriate tools. Bottom line, I was lucky it booted back up. So many things could've gone wrong. Dozens of tiny connectors need to be perfect. I highly recommend the magnetic mat. The phillips head screws in the fan were seized and I needed to clean the fan with a brush and 60psi compressed air, after it was removed from the computer. Beware if you're not comfortable working wit tiny parts, maybe recruit a nerd's help. Thanks How-FixIT!
Just followed this tutorial. So happy with the result! Fans are much quieter and CPU runs cooler. Almost lost hope in this laptop, Thank you for this!
Thanks a lot for such detailed walkthrough! I've followed it couple of days ago and i couldn't have imagined how much quiter and cooler my laptop can be
My first teardown of 16 inch macbook pro went well because of this guide. Now the thermal improvement is night and day difference. Thank you!
Is it really so much better after 5 months?
@@btx47 I just replaced my thermal paste (after three years). A pretty good improvement. The old paste was dried out and needed to be replaced. Apple uses OK thermal paste, but for the cost of the machines and all how hot Apple engineers them to run, they really should be using better paste.
I suggest using Thermal Grizzly Extreme. It is very good thermal paste and it lasts a long time. I have other laptops I put thermal grizzly on more than two years ago and they are still fine. Taking out the logic board is not easy and the fragile cables are easily damaged so you might as well use the best thermal paste you can so this isn't something you do often.
@@btx47 Good thermal paste should last a lifetime. (5-8 years)
Great video, easy to follow, thanks!
Needed like 3 hours to do it myself though.
I suggest that with the fan cables and some of the other cables to use slightly sticky tape and tape the cables into a less awkward position prior to putting the logic board back in.
Sadly, I damaged one of the fan cables the first time and I had to take out the logic board again to replace it a week later when I got the new part. All is good now, but with all the fragile cables that need to be attached this can be a frustrating process.
Thank you man this was life saver. Tore it down and built it up back up real quick with this video.
Great guide. One thing: like a few others in the comments I split the ribbon cable that controls half of the keyboard backlight when reconnecting it. Please be aware that that particular ribbon (5:29) is very, very fragile and treat it extremely gently.
Had the same issue.. is it possible to replace?
Thank you so much for the video! I followed step by step and my MacBook Pro runs much better now! And it no longer a throttles when gaming using bootcamp. Thank you!
Awesome! It worked for me with no problems at all. Thanks a lot!
Super vidéo, facile et claire, m'a permis de nettoyer les ventilos qui étaient très sales. je me suis arrêté là. merci pour ce chouette tuto.
A bit too deep of a dive for me. I'll probably just pick dust out of the fan from that little whole once I get the back cover off. Haha.
That’s what I used to do, getting the little ball of dust from the fans but I really would like to change the thermal paste !
That’s a bit scary but I decided to try it anyway, I’ll get back to you once I’ll destroyed my Macbook and cannot reboot it lol, in few hours…🤧
@@interneter How did it go?
@@nice2care.
As for the thermal improvements it works really great after one month, the temperature dissipates faster but performances still the same in my case.
My fans activate when my MacBook it’s on soft surfaces but really rarely while on hard ones.
It really worth the time if you’d like to see what’s inside and try to understand how it works hehe.
Hope it’ll work for you, again, take your time and be sure to save your work/personal files :)
@@nice2care pretty great !! I just broke one of the fans « shell » screws so I couldn’t clean well one of them.
It took me like 5 hours, I had to focus a lot and I took a few breaks lol.
The worst part for me was trying to get the motherboard out of the frame, because of the ribbon cables. I though I would broke one of them or the motherboard itself !
I’ll be glad to add more details if you need some.
@@interneter Thank you for taking the time to write your response. I will go ahead and change the thermal paste on my laptop. It has been running hot and the fan is very noisy. I don't know if it is just a matter of debris buildup on the cooling system, or Apple intentionally or not making the newer operating system waste process power on background task.
GRACIAS... te amo! gracias a este video logré porfin hacele mantenimiento...
This was super helpful. Thank you!
OMG Thank you for showing how to do this!!!
Just did this and my paste was crusty af. Thanks so much for this tutorial it really helped 👍
This was super helpful, although nerve-wracking. I did wreck my speaker a little bit when I took off the back cover - but a price to pay for a much faster laptop
Gracias, seguí tal cual los pasos, por ahora todo va bien 👌👌👌👌👌👌
Thankyou for sharing this video, very helpfull 👍
my gpu bench marks are up by 15%+ (35100 metal score vs reported 29000) but CPU is not doing so well. It is only up 5% multi score and down 5% single. Is it possible I messed up the screwing on bit of the cooling chamber? I did CPU side first then GPU and tightened them all like demonstrated in this video.
Thank you for the video it took me about 3 hours to do it by myself. However, the only thing that isn't too clear for me personally is how to remove the back cover but other than this Thank you It really helped me. :)
you have to lift up the front side and then slide in your direction
@@berx9554 yep ! Also iFixit offers clear explanations on their written tutorials
Hi! I went through this process and everything was smooth. However, when I booted my laptop back on I noticed the backlight for the keyboard was only working for the right side of the keyboard.
Would you have any insight on how to fix this? Maybe where the backlight keyboard ribbon is? I wouild appreciate any help on this! Thanks, and great video.
Classic Apple, making things more complicated than they need to be. I appreciate the video! My MBP needs new thermal paste soon.
What type of screwdriver is for the fans in 9:04? I'm not surethey are 00 screws, and I can't take them off. Thank you.
Would you be able to do the new M1 Pro and M1 Max MacBook Pro 14” and 16” please?
Genial, este videos funciona para una 2018 a1990 ?
Is the 15 inch model of 2019 (A1990) similar to disassemble?
hello friend, I have a 2019 model A2141 16-inch mac pro and I want to remove the bios password, do you know if it can be done and how do I do it? I can't find any information?
Thanks 👍👍👍
Hey, did this but after assembled everything when i powered on there is an X on baterry logo and the fans gradually go up in power. Any idea what mistake i’ve made?
Any difference on the tempes?
wow you make it so easy and for godsake who tought to put this many screws. it will take only one fall and its toasted even with that many screws
i've gone through this process, and while the macbook turns back on (i hear the sound and caps lock is toggleable after a few seconds), the screen does not come on :-/ dimming/brightening the screen does absolutely nothing so it's probably sitting at the login screen
@22.03 pay attention, one of the two screws for the cooling system has a thread. The other one DOES NOT HAVE
any difference in temps?
Can you fix mine? Smoker with pet and I spilled water on it.
Hello friends please could someone tell me any online store where I can get an original screen 2016 model A1707? I've seen that EBAY sells them, but I don't think they're original and I don't know if my macbook could have any incompatibility with those screens
Do you have macbook pro 2018 video?
cheers, figured out how to pop the lid open only because of this. Might get the screwdriver to make it not take 3 hours lmao
Only thing I wish is that you included average and stressed temperatures before and after. Recently bought a used macbook pro and with this being a muti-hour task I wanted to know what type of real world impact I can see from doing this.
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Hello, thanks for the awesome tutorial, it worked like charm. I have a question: i forgot to put back the sticker you removed at 12:22. Would that be bad if I didn’t put it back?
Another thing I've noticed after a while, half my keyboard backlight (left side) doesn't work anymore, so my keyboard is only half lit now, do you have any idea what I done wrong?
Great video, What processor does this specific macbook pro have? 2.6 GHz Core i7 (I7-9750H), 2.3 GHz Core i9 (I9-9880H) or the 2.4 GHz Core i9 (I9-9980HK)? I'm trying to identify a dead macbook pros processor and mine has the extra flash chip like yours. I am thinking its either the 2.3 or 2.4 i9 but apple makes it impossible to look up based off serial number
Thanks!
Normally you can remove the heat sink and clean off the thermal paste to see the die itself. The name of the chip is on there
What thermal pad thickness do you recommend?
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Everything worked out fine for me except my left fan (when facing the display) stopped working and I get a ppf003 and ppf004 error in the diagnostics😢
your tool kite availabe for india ?
I can't believe how well this worked. My 16" i9 went from idling aroud 80 C to around 35 C. This just saved my from buying a new computer.
¿Que pasta termica utilizaste?
are speakers replaceable
Thanks for the video! I went as far as brushing away the dust with the brush. Then I mounted the back cover back. Now my Macbook doesn’t turn on anymore, no matter how long I press the on button. Any suggestion? Thanks
Issue solved. I had to plug the charger and then turn it on. Even though the Macbook was fully charged before opening it.
@@coccoinomane256 Dude thanks - I just had the exact same issue and you saved me a lot of stress 😂
There are a lot of screws, it's hard work
I need help, I cleaned the speakers with a bit wet paper towel, now that I assembled everything, the bass sound weird. Can anyone tell me if I broke them?
lol why did you do that.... yes it's probably broken
what model camera you use?
7:18 T8 11:47 T5
2018 mbp cannot open the fan... wtf
How much performance improvement does it bring?
Depends on how dirty your Mac is.
Hi! I have a 2019 MacBook Pro 16” that just completely died on me 3 days ago, exactly to the date that I received it as a gift 2 years ago. After reading about other people that this happened to, I am guessing it might be a logic board issue. A $600 issue.
In your professional opinion,
is it worth it to disassemble to clean the fan, clean out the dust, disconnect and reconnect the battery, etc. to see if it could be such a simple fix?
Additionally, how in the world can I save (transfer) the data on my hard drive, if those things don’t work, and Apple has to replace my logic board?
My laptop won’t charge and it won’t turn on. One moment I was watching Hulu, closed my MacBook, and went to work on some documents the very next day, and absolutely nothing. I would love your insight, please.
Hey this happened to me exactly 1 year after I got it. Because it was literally 12 days out from the end of my warranty apple covered the repair cost after lots of back and forth. After they installed the new logic board the temps have improved immensely. It’s almost like a different laptop. It’s obviously a manufacturing issue that they won’t admit to. Anyway good luck.
you should have bring it to an Apple Store lol, that would've been replaced for free as it was part of the warranty
@@interneter my mbp16 2019 died exactly 2 days after warranty expiration, guys in apple support told me that they can't do anything except paid repair for only 1050 USD, fun part I already can buy this piece of crap for only 800 USD in a good condition on local 2nd hand market
this laptop over heated since day 1 brand new when i got it
I followed the tutorial however when i mounted it back, keyboard is not working. Touch bar works as well as backlight and everything.
Any Idea where that could Come from ? I Guess this might be a connector issue.. any help would be awesome !
I am having an issue where half of my keys backlight doesnt work, it might be related as well.
Show amigo
I've managed to take the back cover off & do a bit of dusting......
Don't got the patience for all the little screws and ribbon cables :D I'll take it in to a shop & have a technician change the thermal paste :) much safer
I am so scared right now, my macbook pro 2019 doesn’t do anything anymore after this guide please someone help me.
damn bro did you ever fix it?
Make sure to connect your MacBook to power after you’ve finished putting it back together. Mine didn’t turn back on until I plugged it in. Could be related to unplugging the battery during the cleaning process
Did you ever fix it? Mine now is stuck in a boot loop
@@HarryChoppa clean install
Can I use air spray to clean out the fans without taking all of that apart except the back cover?
You can use all that you want.
My speakers and touch bar are not working after I attempted to do this :( and it's still hot. (fans seems to be working)
Double-check that the cables are connected correctly and that contacts are dust-free
@@howfixit tried cleaning with alcohol and toothbrush. No visible damage either :/ I’ll try again
My MacBook doesn't turn on, do you have any idea what went wrong?
Ever fix it? Usually, hopefully, it’s just a bad connection. Check cables. Be sure it’s plugged in while you try to power it up.
@@onemanbanjo975 yeah I just missed the mic cable and it was the reason.
@@Null404m nice! Always good when it’s something simple
My Mac don’t turn on after this video 😅
I did It and now my MacBook didnt start without Power Adapter. If I unplug the power supply, it shuts off immediately. Any Idea?
Reconnect your battery.
@@Sumbuddysumwhere thx
I dissembled my MacBook and when I put it back together it won’t turn on. Please help.
Hey guy! I have the same issue. Did you fix it yet?
@@inhtrung6678 yes I did. I can’t remember exactly what I did though since it was ~2 months ago. Try connecting your laptop to the charger and turning it on. Might’ve been what I did to fix the issue.
Please don’t pull on antenna leads with metal tools.
I lost a CPU Flexures screw and I'm in Italy, the cheapest screw I could find was in the US at 40 dollars included shipment... Anyone can give me a help??
VERY IMPORTANT: When you unscrew the Heatsink screws ALWAYS keep down the little iron flexures guys, they will snap and let your screws fly away... I learned the hard way, I hope you don't have to :c
After two weeks, the screw arrived. I did everything once again, and when I opened my computer it booted up, the Apple logo showed... then nothing. Only the Apple logo. I tried to access recovery, nothing. I tried to reset PRAM, SMC and NVRam, but nothing, the only thing that happens is that the apple logo appears, then nothing...
None of the links to the tools/parts/thermal paste seems to work. They all resolve to some dog on an Amazon landing page, saying "Oops, something went wrong!" Can you provide updated links, or at least P/Ns for everything? UPDATE: they seem to work now ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
a million screws
2:33 i only on this step , clean all dust , I'm to afraid for next step..
*And the result my MacBook perform better than before
And what is the result?
@@sohahm my MacBook perform better than before
all went good till the moment I started to remove motherboard and accidentally teared apart the flat cord from the keyboard
Thought I’d just open the bottom cover up and apply the thermal paste with limited “engineering”. I’ll pass. 😂
I buy a second hand MacBook Pro 2019 and I want to clean the fan. After this video I decide to resell immediately this orrible laptop. How stupid can be Apple engineers? It is no sofisticated it is a really stupid design, it bring years ago when appear the first radio tube. Compliment to the author of this video for his practic he is also a bit lucky for machine restart 😂
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If you added Befor and after results would have been nice..
Why? It isn't to increase performance but to just bring it back to baseline temps.
@@captaron dude.....if temperature increases the cpu starts throttle and reduce its performance....i asked for before and after results to know that