Recent content by Esmon

Hi all, A small contribution to limiting the amount of e-waste due to cosmetic reasons… And since I did not find a single forum where they mention the below, I thought it would be interesting to post it here: I had multiple chargers for Macbooks that turned yellow nearby the connector. For...

It suddenly repaired itself. Can't reproduce it, whatever I try. Astral radiation or something ;-)

Hello there, I replaced the left internal speaker of a MacBook Pro Retina Mid 2012. Easy repair, not even worth to mention on this forum. But... when rebooting, the display suddenly had hiccups (or a heartbeat) every 3 seconds. The lower part of the screen jumps up one centimeter and then goes...

Thanks for the good advice! I managed to replace the connector and fix it.

I vaguely remember reading that it is a symptom of the GPU failing, caused by the capacitor. But I can not find it back anymore... Can anyone confirm or point me in the right direction? Thank you!

Thank you so much, I didn't know the existence of ChipQuick. Could have avoided a lot of misery with this... To understand correctly: the 138 degrees solder paste and the ChipQuik are alternatives to get the job done right? It is or the one, or the other. If soldering a new connector on and...

Hello there, I could use some advise / tips & tricks / do's & don'ts / confirmation with following: I have an A1398 with no backlight, the LCD works properly. The motherboard is ok, a spare screen lights up as usual. The probable cause is a short under the connector at the display side. I...