good question, Jon if you take a picture of the contacts when you find them I'll do the same, I think its an important tip that almost no one knows about
Ah yeah I know its totally unfeasible, but if I were to do it, I'd probably try to fix or upgrade other people's macbooks, this one is about 2000
http://www.jovy.avrepair.com/bga_rework/
but this one is actually really affordable http://www.pcb-s…
took me awhile of searching but I found a person that actually managed to do it. its going to be awhile and a lot of practice (and equipment) before I can unsolder, reball (remove the pins from a retail cpu too), and resolder a chip back in place. i…
Awesome, using tweezers is a great tip; I'll find or buy two pairs of nice ones while I'm waiting for the new upper case to arrive. By the way, do you know if its possible to replace the processor and gpu on these boards? I was looking at it and I t…
Hi, thanks for your reply it was very helpful. I ordered a top case for $100 on ebay, I have a MB466, and this is an exact match, and all the keyboards kits for sale had backlit keys which my macbook did not come with. Is it possible to retrofit a m…