kevinleroy

you MAY want to check SN of the mac just on the odd chance that its still under Warrenty ( highly doubtfull) . new systemboards are not cheap for macs but also not impossible to source a refurb ..

Well since we cant get the OMNICLEANZ here anymore ... homebrew something almost as good as follows . You REALLY should avoid anything that contains the likes of ammonia, acetone, toluene or ethyl alcohol , as these are solvents and while great at disolving oil based fingerprints , they are also quite good at disolving oil based plastics and removing Uv and other coatings on your LCD/LED screen ( glass covered screens have less issues with your windex type stuff, But most of these things still leave a bit of residue behind , which will require buffing out anyway , and any oilphobic , uva , glareproofing ect coatings are at risk with chemical ,or physical friction, for this reason use minimal pressure while cleaning ) so, IMO better to have the safest option on hand to aviod potenial mistakes when in a jam) . I find the smaller atomizing bottles desgined for lens cleaner (like what you get for camera lens or eyeglasses) easy to carry in my geek bag , but DO rinse well prior to filling up with something...

if anybody has a teradown of the top case for kb replacement that d be awesome

After compleating this repair , my mac had the normal hard drive noise then a chime did not even grey screen . almost instantly I smelt fire and saw smoke pouring out of the case.. maac was on battery at the time .. I opened it up and disconected the battery and then I saw the video display cable (Step 21 ) it had glowing embers on the tape and tottally melted one side of it ... the connector to the logic board has black marks , but i do not know if the damage is extened to the logic board or if I can get away with a new dispay data cable , dont even know where to source one here in NZ .. any help would be great