Recent content by CRC2018

So I got the parts from China today and have done some experimenting: 1) a new keyboard with the old daughterboard = same fault 2) a new keyboard + daughterboard = works fine 3) the old keyboard + new daughterboard = works fine 4) A 2022 M2 Macbook air keyboard + new daughterboard = works fine...

Given i'm the first person to open it and haven't replaced either of those I think we can be sure that what is fitted into it at present does match the machine model! Looks like i'll have to order the keyboard and daughterboard from China and hope that fixes the problem. I'm unimpressed with...

This I know but in this case trackpad is clean and hasn't seen a drop of liquid - I took it out and examined it carefully under microscope. The daughterboard which the keyboard connects to however was liquid damaged but all other functions work - lid sensor, audio jack etc. Are you saying that...

So would you change the keyboard or the daughterboard or both? None of the keys work trackpad is clean no liquid damage and works normally? I'm trying to avoid charging the customer for more than they need!

So I got one of the latest A3240 air's in for repair this week. Fault is liquid damage and whilst I have cleaned up everything the keyboard is not working. Areas of Liquid damage: Board where keyboard plugs into 820-03638 Audio Jack LAS Sensor Cable Power Button / Touch ID Cable I've checked...

Thanks for the link - currently it has 6 NAND Chips on the board in total - presumably that's 1TB - I can just order 1TB, fit and run a DFU restore and it'll work?

So i got a Macbook Pro 16 in last week with no power (5V 0.30A). Diagnosed it down to PP2v5_NAND_SSD0 shorted - injected 1V onto that line saw U9580 heating up - under close microscope inspection can see U9580 had exploded - removed U9580, replaced and now got 20V 0.30A draw and looping. One of...

I had the same problem with an A1989 and it turned out to be a faulty touchbar - if your touchbar isn't working then i'd try and unplug it then see if it'll let you load the OS. If your successful a replacement touchbar will be required.

I just had the exact same issue on A1989 - a faulty touchbar caused the issue - try to disconnect it and then reinstall the OS.

As a final update to this turns out the problem was the touchbar - it was not lighting up and after replacing it with a new one the machine no longer reboots and works normally.

Diagnostics run - no issues found. The machine is randomly turning off and rebooting however - guess i'll take the board out and inspect it under the microscope.

Ok so after beating Mac OS into submission with it refusing to image the target mac I managed to finally get it to image my catalina image across from recovery mode on my M2 Macbook Air. It refused to do it within the normal OS. I really do hate that Apple broke imaging completely with Big Sur...

Well as for ethernet connection it refuses to acknowledge the existence of Ethernet when its connected and still asks for wifi! I took the macbook home with me to try on a different faster internet connection - it actually got all the way into internet recovery once and then shut down part way...

So i've got an A1989 2018 year model in - stuck on flashing folder with ? Internet recovery I have tried with multiple different wifi networks and it doesn't start it gives the 2003F error every single time. I tried to boot to external drive with Mac OS on it - you can't do that because of...

Well this story at least has a good ending - I tried the revive on another Macbook - Apple configurator said it needed an update which I said yes to - it closed Apple configurator then offered the revive or restore through Finder. I chose Revive on finder and this time it went all the way...