[Cialug] Off topic: Mac repair?

[Will]

Seconded on DC's response on cascading failures.

-Will C

On Jan 11, 2018 12:54 PM, "David Champion" <dchamp1337 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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