[Cialug] Off topic: Mac repair?

[Tim Champion]

I've watched this guy's videos on Youtube
https://www.rossmanngroup.com/board-repair/

He will actually fix the board instead of replace it. He's in New York, but
there aren't many people willing to do this kind of work.

Tim Champion
timchampion at gmail.com

On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 9:22 AM, John Moder <jmoder at crispsolutions.net>
wrote:

> Thanks for the mention DC.
>
> I don’t really have anyone in town that I would trust.  Depending on age,
> I usually go through Apple for hardware repair, though they will likely
> send it to TN,  and they will replace the entire logic board.
>
> If it is of an age where the Apple Store won’t work on it, for most
> intents the hardware is likely not worth the cost of the repair…
>
> I know there are a couple people in town that service hardware, but they
> aren’t listed with Apple, nor would I implicitly trust them.  I’d prefer
> not to mention them on a list, but you can email me direct at
> jmoder at crispsolutions.net<mailto:jmoder at crispsolutions.net>.
>
> Did you run diagnostics on it?  How did you come to the conclusion it is a
> bad SMC?
>
>
> John
>
>
> On Jan 11, 2018, at 09:12, David Champion <dchamp1337 at gmail.com<mailto:d
> champ1337 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> I don't know of a local shop that does chip level repair like that. You'll
> probably need a motherboard replacement.
>
> Guessing John Moder (on this list) may have some resources for you, he's an
> Apple consultant, his company is called Crisp.
> http://www.crispsolutions.net/
>
> -dc
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 9:05 AM, Guy Helmer <ghelmer at palisadesystems.com>
> wrote:
>
> Sorry for the fruit-focused question but this is the most technical,
> regional group I’m in: looking to get a MacBook motherboard repaired
> (probably a bad SMC chip). Good shops in the area?
> Thanks,
> Guy
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