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Then you just have to start troubleshooting the components in the effected zone. Many times you can visually see the bad part under magnification. The comment about reverse engineering above is exactly the way to figure out what the "good" part is suppose to be doing. Then when you have a video problem, you look in the video zone. Video area, drive controller area, memory area, etc. The easiest way to figure it out, is to assign "Zones" to a logic board. Oh, I tried every way to Sunday to do it by hand, and actually fixed a few, but the ratio was so bad that we had to get the machine if we wanted to do this and make money at it. We bought a 50 thousand dollar machine that replaces these chips for you. (look up BGA if you don't know what one is). Replacing, say a BGA chip, can't be done by hand. Figuring out the component problems is the easy part. So back on point, the main thing you need to do this is the tools. What they do is called a "Repair Extension." They'll fix your unit up to 1 year after the warranty expires "IF" it exhibits the said problem. And anyone that knows Apple, will also know that for them to do a recall is pretty much non existent. When it got big enough, it was time for them to decide if they should do a recall or not. By doing so many units, I saw the individual problems and actually was in direct contact with Apple to let them know if there was a similar failure on a specific model. The volume I did at one time ranked our service center top 5 in the world. Thats why they are always coming out with new stuff. From what i've learned over the years, Apple doesn't do a whole lot of in depth testing on their products. Every apple product has a unique problem based on what the product is. But once I figured it out, it was all similar afterwards.
Compare macbook pro logic board replacement program trial#
It took a lot of trial and error to learn how apples work. Thats all I had going into the Apple side. You should be familiar with basic circuits and how individual components actually work. I did a lot of electronic work in the military but that was a whole different ball game. I repair anything that says apple on it at the component level.
Compare macbook pro logic board replacement program how to#
I can tell you that you don't need a degree to learn how to do this. Perhaps I'm just not efficient, but it takes me quite a while to diagnose problem (that steps generally easy), find a replacement, replace and test. I repair component-level issues as a hobby. Granted, they only get like 20% of the materials, but it's something I suppose. Apple takes those parts back and "attempts" to reclaim the materials in a recycling process. It's not cost effective for 99.9% of the repair centers out there. The reason is component-level PCB repairs aren't consistently reliable.
Apple requires non-working parts to be pulled and replaced. They do NOT authorize component level repairs. Regardless, repairs taught were at the level of replacing entire parts (MLB, DC-IN BOARDS, etc.). Apple froze the program over a year ago except to universities. Apple is no longer accepting applications to be a self-servicing account. Hi there: Just FYI - I was apart of the self-servicing account base.