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  • Hi Jon! Sorry to hear the soldering didn't work. I always test beforehand by touching both ends with either side of a pair of metal tweezers...that way you can power on with the tweezers in place and tell beforehand if soldering would work. That'…
    in Dead Logic Board? Comment by John February 2011
  • Wow, that is definitely a great finding! This is exciting...you're teaching me some good stuff! :-) It reminds me of a lot of the 12" iBook G4s, mostly the 1.2GHZ version I think -- they have a microfuse just like what you mentioned that con…
    in Dead Logic Board? Comment by John January 2011
  • WOW, thank you so much for posting the pictures! This info will definitely come in handy, since a bad keyboard/power button, and the need to test the board by jumping it, is turning out to be a critical repair test for unibody machines. Thanks aga…
    in re: your macbook keyboard replacement tutorial Comment by John January 2011
  • Hi Jon! Sorry for the delay getting back -- I've been away. I've also been able to recover several MacBook Pros simply by replacing the keyboard and power button. Personally, I'd go so far as to consider it a design flaw that you have to have a g…
    in Dead Logic Board? Comment by John January 2011
  • It's hard to say...it could be the board, the battery connector, or the battery itself. The only real way to tell, unfortunately, is to start swapping parts.
    in 13" Macbook Pro issues, water damage.. Comment by John January 2011
  • Hi Ana! Thanks for the post. My first question would be, where on the computer did the liquid spill occur? Was it near the DC-in (the port the AC adapter plugs into)? Also, when you connect the AC adapter, what color is the light, and is it a st…
    in 13" Macbook Pro issues, water damage.. Comment by John January 2011
  • Please e-mail me at john@rdklinc.com. Thanks!
    in Mid 2010 MacBook Pro 13" question Comment by John January 2011
  • I apologize, I somehow didn't realize that you posted the last few responses. If you are still interested in G3s with the video issue, please e-mail me at john@rdklinc.com, and we can discuss it offline. Thanks for the links on the rework stations…
    in re: your macbook keyboard replacement tutorial Comment by John January 2011
  • Thanks for the question! Unfortunately I don't have examples of either machine to look at currently, however, for what it's worth the latest MBP 13" service manual only shows it having four sensors, and they appear to be roughly in line with t…
    in Mid 2010 MacBook Pro 13" question Comment by John January 2011
  • Oh OK, so they are soldered to the board as I thought, but you're considering doing soldering. That would require a decent rework station that costs $10K+, as well as a lot of practice, like you mentioned. Doing it manually with a heatgun/solderin…
    in re: your macbook keyboard replacement tutorial Comment by John December 2010
  • Hmmmm...isn't the processor integrated? Most all Mac laptops I've worked on have had integrated non-removable processors. I could be wrong about that specific model, but I thought the processor was part of the board. Even if not, it's arguable wh…
    in re: your macbook keyboard replacement tutorial Comment by John December 2010
  • I don't believe it's possible to retrofit a non-Pro unibody with keyboard illumination, because I don't think the keyboard illumination connector (for the cable coming from the keyboard) exists on the logic board of that model. Granted, I have neve…
    in re: your macbook keyboard replacement tutorial Comment by John December 2010
  • Hi! Thanks for the post. Yes, the liquid sensors turn red when wet. Generally, replacement parts do come with new sensors. On the unibody non-Pro MacBook, the contacts for jumping the board are right above the trackpad plug, a slightly different…
    in re: your macbook keyboard replacement tutorial Comment by John December 2010
  • Hi Trevor! Unfortunately I haven't installed the OS on a Blackberry in years, so I don't have any specific information. I'd suggest Googling "xxxx os reinstall", where "xxxx" is the model of your Blackberry. I'd also give your…
    in Blackberry Bold 9000 Comment by John November 2010
  • Unfortunately no, I wasn't able to find many other solutions...have you tried reinstalling the OS? Is it under warranty, and therefore could you have your provider swap it out for a working one? Were you doing anything specific when the screen tur…
    in Blackberry Bold 9000 Comment by John November 2010
  • Hi Trevor! Thanks for the post. From searching some message boards, it appears a lot of people have found success with this problem by removing the battery for 30 minutes to an hour, and then re-connecting it and powering on. Apparently there's a…
    in Blackberry Bold 9000 Comment by John October 2010
  • I could be wrong, but I think it's the same part, and you just need to leave out the parts related to illumination (from what I remember, the non-Pro version doesn't have illumination?) I would look underneath your computer to get the model number …
    in Problems with my macbook unibody Comment by John October 2010
  • Hi Hugo! Thanks for the post. When you state that you've tried another keyboard, do you mean another internal keyboard, or an external USB keyboard? I'm assuming probably external. But the answer either way is probably to just replace the keyboa…
    in Problems with my macbook unibody Comment by John October 2010
  • Do you really intend to get a Mac for the purpose of gaming? I just mention this because PCs are geared more toward gaming than Macs, not to mention there are more PC games available. Also, the video cards and processors in Macs tend to be a few s…
    in Mac for gaming Comment by John October 2010
  • Wow, very cool. Hopefully it won't also double as a heater for your apartment.
    in Laser Printer printing gunk after refilling Comment by John October 2010
  • Are you kidding? :-) I typed that in 3 minutes, whereas it takes 37 minutes to replicate my iPhone via iTunes. So anyway, I'm now on 4.1. If you want to accelerate the testing process, give me a call.
    in upgrade to iPhone 4? Comment by John October 2010
  • I will have a verdict for you on this shortly. The reason for this is that up until now I would have said no, you should not upgrade because the proximity sensor issue has not been fixed, and I've not experienced a single call on my iPhone 4 which …
    in upgrade to iPhone 4? Comment by John October 2010
  • Sounds like some toner got outside the cartridge and onto the rollers? Sometimes when that happens you just have to let the printer run until the toner stops appearing. You can try "printing" a couple hundred blank sheets, and hopefully …
    in Laser Printer printing gunk after refilling Comment by John October 2010
  • Since the time I posted this question, I've run across a few other unibody machines that also were not so seamless at detecting my backlighting needs. If I owned one of these computers, I think I'd end up turning it off as well, so as not to waste …
    in Backlit keyboard on 90% of the time Comment by John August 2010
  • Sogand, did the problem ever get resolved?
    in Question about My Macbook Comment by John August 2010
  • That's cool. It may be functioning fine...I suppose the level of lighting in my house is probably pretty low in general. I was just trying to determine if there was something wrong or not, but at the end of the day, even if it's malfunctioning som…
    in Backlit keyboard on 90% of the time Comment by John June 2010
  • Very cool! They probably just do that so you don't get any ideas about starting a class-action lawsuit (leave it to me to be a cynic).
    in Dead Time Capsule Comment by John June 2010
  • That's a great idea! I wish I could convince a lot of my customers to do it that way, but it's probably too difficult a solution for someone who isn't technical. Often I'll have customers who think their wireless card is not working, and they gene…
    in Dead Time Capsule Comment by John May 2010
  • Just be careful using your Titanium with a new generic router, because more and more often I find that WPA2 is enabled as the standard encryption method, and that won't work with a standard Airport wireless-B card (you need to use WPA Personal).
    in Dead Time Capsule Comment by John May 2010
  • Just curious, does the Time Capsule offer any substantial benefits over similar devices? I bought a 1TB external firewire drive for $90 that I have connected to my Airport Extreme, so for the money it's always seemed that the Time Capsule's price i…
    in Dead Time Capsule Comment by John May 2010