2017 non touch bar Bad SSD

[KC Micro Tronix]

I ran across a 2017 MacBook that showed no signs of life. I identified that a short existed and traced it down to the actual SSD drive. I did some reading online and discovered that apple had a recall for these and were replacing the LB and the SSD free of charge. Thermal Imaging showed the short to be on one side of the flash memory modules inside the SSD. I checked the SN of the machine and Apple said it did not qualify for the apple recall.

So the customer's data is toast and he will end up spending $350 and have to reload his machine.

Are people seeing a lot of these out there? This was my first one.

 

[2informaticos]

Is a flash chip shorted, or just a power supply from SSD area?

 

[KC Micro Tronix]

I tracked it down to the flash chip on the SSD. I was hoping I could fix it. Those are very expensive to replace. I still have the machine in the shop waiting on the replacement SSD.

 

[KC Micro Tronix]

Replacement SSD arrived. Repair went smooth and reloaded the OS on the new drive without incident. Apple should of included this SN in their supported machine list. Customer paid the price for defective crap. Their repair bill was $389.00. Apple should of covered it!