enieves137
Weaksauce
- Joined
- Oct 4, 2009
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- 126
Had my nephew's MacBook Pro A1226 to fix from last year. The usual Nvidia graphic chip. I found a Ebay seller in China that sells the IC at a good price. Goldenchipset for $25 and bought the re-ball template for $7, just in case I have mounting issue. Shipping took 1/12 weeks.
The original motherboard/logic board was defective beyond repair so I waited until an Ebay seller wants to off load his broken MacBook Pro for a decent price. I was picky and price. Won the bid for $70 and $15 shipping but he was local to me so I still gave the shipping, he brought it to my apartment, nice. I knew he had a Nvidia chip problem, yet he posted LCD crack. Took a chance and made a deal.
After the Nvidia chip was replaced, tried and dang I was successful. I work on advanced sat communication equipment so I had the hot air machine with laser guidance available. And the rework operator did it for free. All company equipment, not mine.
My next problem, learning curve on hard drive wipe/format with Apple OS X. Not as intuitive as Windows to do a wipe and fresh install.
The original motherboard/logic board was defective beyond repair so I waited until an Ebay seller wants to off load his broken MacBook Pro for a decent price. I was picky and price. Won the bid for $70 and $15 shipping but he was local to me so I still gave the shipping, he brought it to my apartment, nice. I knew he had a Nvidia chip problem, yet he posted LCD crack. Took a chance and made a deal.
After the Nvidia chip was replaced, tried and dang I was successful. I work on advanced sat communication equipment so I had the hot air machine with laser guidance available. And the rework operator did it for free. All company equipment, not mine.
My next problem, learning curve on hard drive wipe/format with Apple OS X. Not as intuitive as Windows to do a wipe and fresh install.