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  1. Dozer_Zaibatsu

    Macbook Air (M1) screen turning off. Anyone have advice?

    This started today. I'll run down the symptoms. tl;dr The Mac does not think the lid is closed. The monitor itself does not seem to have any damage or distortion to it. Brightness settings make no difference. Details: Suddenly, even while listening to a podcast, my laptop screen simply...
  2. J

    MBP 2011 13" 8,1 Internal Keyboard Startup Keys Not Working

    Does anyone have issues with their MBP 2011 13" 8,1 startup keys (cmd+R, option, etc)? I found this issue years back when I tried installing Bootcamp, but the system wouldn't recognize the installer USB so I needed to get back to my macOS. I tried the option(alt) key for boot loader, but it did...
  3. Galavital

    Screen damage

    Hello, I hope this is the right place to post it. So my MacBook Pro screen suddenly starred to have lines on it. In the beginning it wasn’t that big, but now it’s really annoying. I’m not living in USA and in my country they ask for around 920$ to replace the internal screen. Is anyone know...
  4. lydiak

    Dropped my mac-- flickering & broken screen

    I dropped my mac and now the screen is flickering and there is a white bar going from top to bottom. Is this fixable? If so, where is the best reasonable place to get this fixed? I hope it won't be too expensive to fix this issue.
  5. G

    Backlight and sleep not working

    (macbook pro 15 inch, late 2008 2.4 GHz) I reapplied the thermal paste for my macbook pro- have (had?) zero experience with messing around w/ the board so may not have been the best idea. I somehow managed not to brick it and it now runs 20 c cooler- but the back light for the keyboard does not...