All Things Mac/ Apple
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We bought Tommy a 2008 MacBook Pro from ebay for £350 as part of his Christmas gifts, it's been totally upgraded with a new processor, 4GB of RAM and it dual boots with Windows 8.1 and Mavericks. It's a 17" and runs faster than my 2012 MBP.
On Friday he went to use it and got no response when he turned it on other than a sound from the DVD drive and a white light to say it had power. After scratching my head and doing every solution I could find of forums all over the internet I finally decided to take it completely to pieces. I found that the main connector in the centre of the computer (under the keyboard) had become loose, due to the tape holding down just being old. The connector sends power to the display, the RAM, the keyboard and the trackpad, so no wonder we were getting no response. Re-postioned it, and it's back to normal.
Pretty proud of myself for sorting it, the damn thing was an absolute nightmare to take to pieces.
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From memory it involved …...
16 small size 001 Phillips screws
4 long 001 Phillips screws
2 small Torx screws on the battery compartment....the hardest part was separating the casing after all the screws were out. Well, that and doing the whole thing with Tommy coming into the room every 15 seconds and saying "is it done yet?"
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Some of the best money I've ever spent. I usually keep my tools in the garage, but this particular set is always close at hand
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000NPUJTO/ref=wms_ohs_product?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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Mega you replaced the processor? Aren't those soddered down to the logic board in that model (and I think all models)? What did you replace it with?
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Some of the best money I've ever spent. I usually keep my tools in the garage, but this particular set is always close at hand
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000NPUJTO/ref=wms_ohs_product?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I think I have the little red insert part of this and it's great, though it is missing a torx I need to replace the scales on my Southard Spydie.
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Ahh, I zoomed in and copped immediately when I saw the rest of the bits, thanks for the tip.
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Failing that, I have a Prime membership and get free 2-day shipping, so can also proxy.
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Mega you replaced the processor? Aren't those soddered down to the logic board in that model (and I think all models)? What did you replace it with?
No soldering required (I'm English, and a military electronic engineer, trust me it's soldering not soddering, that is another word for buggery :o ). I simply repositioned the connector which supplies power to the display, keyboard, track pad and RAM which had worked it's way loose. The damn thing is right in the middle of the computer though, you literally have to take it all apart to get to it.
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