I read all the commentary on how difficult this repair was, and also read the people who did not do steps 5-25, which essentially takes out most of the computer including the motherboard. I am no pro, and I bypassed steps 5-35, and it was a breeze. If the acetone worked faster, I would have been done in less than 20 minutes. Taking out the motherboard is such an extreme risk, given screws, parts, delicate boards etc, that I would never ever do that. Just remove the battery directly and bypass all of the aforementioned. I would suggest the following: make sure when you use the acetone, that the laptop is tilted, and tilted also away from the internal components such that any excess acetone moves towards the computer front; be careful when removing the center batteries as the trackpad ribbon is there and very delicate; I found that using 5-6 drops on each battery, waiting three minutes, using the card to get slightly under it, then adding another 5 drops, waiting another 2-3 minutes, works best.
Why do you need to remove the entire logic board??? Seems like if you detach the appropriate cables, remove the speakers, that that should be enough. Removing the entire board doesn’t seem necessary - what am I missing?
Why do you need to remove the entire logic board??? Seems like if you detach the appropriate cables, remove the speakers, that that should be enough. Removing the entire board doesn’t seem necessary - what am I missing?
I don’t know about everyone else, but this fix was a pain process. The screws are so small you need an electron scanning microscope to see them. Then the magnetized screwdriver heads are great, but then when putting screws back in, it is really tough.
I read all the commentary on how difficult this repair was, and also read the people who did not do steps 5-25, which essentially takes out most of the computer including the motherboard. I am no pro, and I bypassed steps 5-35, and it was a breeze. If the acetone worked faster, I would have been done in less than 20 minutes. Taking out the motherboard is such an extreme risk, given screws, parts, delicate boards etc, that I would never ever do that. Just remove the battery directly and bypass all of the aforementioned. I would suggest the following: make sure when you use the acetone, that the laptop is tilted, and tilted also away from the internal components such that any excess acetone moves towards the computer front; be careful when removing the center batteries as the trackpad ribbon is there and very delicate; I found that using 5-6 drops on each battery, waiting three minutes, using the card to get slightly under it, then adding another 5 drops, waiting another 2-3 minutes, works best.
Why do you need to remove the entire logic board??? Seems like if you detach the appropriate cables, remove the speakers, that that should be enough. Removing the entire board doesn’t seem necessary - what am I missing?
Why do you need to remove the entire logic board??? Seems like if you detach the appropriate cables, remove the speakers, that that should be enough. Removing the entire board doesn’t seem necessary - what am I missing?
I don’t know about everyone else, but this fix was a pain process. The screws are so small you need an electron scanning microscope to see them. Then the magnetized screwdriver heads are great, but then when putting screws back in, it is really tough.