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Hello everyone! I have MacBook Pro 13 mid 2012 and it stoped working. No green/orange led on magsafe no fan noise nothing. So I disassembled it and saw this. This TDK 6T216HFA 1205r chip looks kinda burned, so I think it is the reason. So I ask you to answer me two questions. Is it crucial for...

Hello, I'm having an unusual issue with my 20th Anniversary Macintosh. I've replaced electrolytic capacitors on over a dozen macs before with 100% success. However, this TAM seems to have the [Apple] key continually pressed down in MacOS. I even confirmed this behavior via the "Key Caps"...

While working on my G4 Cube, I accidentally broke a very small (roughly 7mm across) part of the power distribution board. As a result, the machine no longer powers up properly. I have attached a macro image of the tiny part that has broken off the PDB. I've circled the areas that need to be...

I just got an old used mid 2011 mac mini. I popped it open to take a look around and accidentally ended up ripping off the surface mounted fan connector. Ive been in my 2013 macbook pro and replaced a few parts and given it some upgrades, so I didnt think I would mess up so fast haha Luckily...

This is still some time down the way, but in the planning for a BGA remove-and-replace of the PPC750CX chip on my clamshell 466 (or another 466 down the way) to a PPC750CXe, this post on another thread steered me toward looking at the availability and pricing of PPC750CXe standalone chips...

Please note that everything below is theoretical at this point, do NOT desolder your RAM just yet ;) I'm still in love with my by now classic Macbook Pro early 2015 13". It's a wonderful little Macbook but two specs are becoming a bit... outdated and that is the disk-size and the amount of RAM...

I have 2 missing copper pads under pins 3 and 6 where my LVDS connector mounts to my logic board. I have seen some videos where folks run jumper wires when this happens. If this is the correct way to proceed I need help finding where they need to go. I have the schematic for my computer and have...

Hello! I'm relatively new MacBook user - I've switched from ThinkPad in 2015, when mid-2015 Retina models came out. I really like the computer, mostly use it for a data science tasks - data-intensive algorithms, programming, data visualization etc. Apparently, my Apple Care period has ended now...

I purchased a Mid-2011 iMac 27" a few months ago for a very good price due to the fact that the video cable inside was broken and has been removed. The replacement part is very cheap on eBay. Here is a link to to the cable...

About a year ago I got an iMac G5 20" ALS, which wouldn't boot, for a steal Since it could be a caps issues I went for it. Sadly enough it wasn't. It seemed a logic board problem. Recently someone offered me an other broken iMac G5 which had fallen from his desk and the casing was cracked. I...