[Cialug] Off topic: Mac repair?

[David Champion]

I'm a member at Area515 http://www.area515.org we do have equipment to do
that.

You will have to get trained on the equipment (for a small donation) and
learn how to do it yourself. If you're not a member you can come during
open house nights, Tuesdays.

We do have a "how to solder" class taught by me, on Saturday 2/3 at 2pm.
Will be covering simple through-hole soldering, not SMD. There has been
talk of doing an advanced SMD class but that hasn't materialized yet.

If you're not an expert at doing SMD repair and troubleshooting
motherboards, I'd be skeptical about replacing a SMD on a laptop
motherboard and coming out with a working unit when you're done. Often if
one component goes bad, it's caused by, or causes cascading issues in other
components.

I've done several laptop motherboard replacements myself on Dell and Lenovo
laptops, you can sometimes find inexpensive motherboards on ebay.
Personally, that's what I would try.

-dc


On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 11:35 AM, Will <staticphantom at gmail.com> wrote:

> If you are really nice, contact a local hacker space. If they have a hot
> air station it can be done especially if the replacement chip is already
> balled. I'd help you out personally with my setup but I am not local enough
> to make it worthwhile.
>
> -Will C
>
> On Jan 11, 2018 11:37 AM, "Guy Helmer" <ghelmer at palisadesystems.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I checked recently, and there was a recall (although I wasn’t aware of it
> > during the recall period). Probably worth me taking the time to make an
> > appt with the Apple store to see if they will help without charging
> $$$$$.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Guy
> >
> > > On Jan 11, 2018, at 10:08 AM, Rob Cook <rdjcook at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Do your research, if there was a recall on that board. I've had Apple
> > take
> > > care of repairs that were under recall quite a while past the due date.
> > >
> > > On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 9:51 AM Tim Champion <timchampion at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >> 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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