hi there,
i have a first-gen unibody macbook 2ghz. i came home from work a few weeks ago, and realized that the glass screen had a gnarly crack in it.
not wanting to pay $800 to apple for a new glass screen, i went onto ebay, and purchased a new one from thailand.
the screen came, and i thought everything went ok, but when i put it back together, my wifi no longer works, and the reed switch seems to be all screwy..
i can do a new wifi card no problem, but i just want to be sure it's dead before i spend some cash on a new one... any way i can test it? snow leopard is showing "no airport card installed". i've torn it back apart a few times to check it out, and the cable as well as the card both appear to be fine, and the cable seems to be seated correctly. any ideas? it worked before.
as far as the reed switch goes, i assume it's the problem. again, no issues before i took it apart... the magnet is still in the screen, as i can feel it when i run a screwdriver past where it should be installed. the reed switch itself triggers when i run a magnet over it (the machine falls asleep), but no matter what, wakes up as soon as it goes to sleep. either the magnet or closing the screen, it comes back awake, and goes into a continuous cycle of sleeping and waking up until i open the lid.
also, even more strange... when i shut the computer off, it turns itself back on (either battery or on the juice).
i know i screwed something up, but would anyone have any ideas as to what it could be? everything else is working fine, and my screen isn't cracked anymore. :)
thanks.
[quote|humboldtcorrado]hi there,
i have a first-gen unibody macbook 2ghz. i came home from work a few weeks ago, and realized that the glass screen had a gnarly crack in it.
not wanting to pay $800 to apple for a new glass screen, i went onto ebay, and purchased a new one from thailand.
the screen came, and i thought everything went ok, but when i put it back together, my wifi no longer works, and the reed switch seems to be all screwy..
i can do a new wifi card no problem, but i just want to be sure it's dead before i spend some cash on a new one... any way i can test it? snow leopard is showing "no airport card installed". i've torn it back apart a few times to check it out, and the cable as well as the card both appear to be fine, and the cable seems to be seated correctly. any ideas? it worked before.
as far as the reed switch goes, i assume it's the problem. again, no issues before i took it apart... the magnet is still in the screen, as i can feel it when i run a screwdriver past where it should be installed. the reed switch itself triggers when i run a magnet over it (the machine falls asleep), but no matter what, wakes up as soon as it goes to sleep. either the magnet or closing the screen, it comes back awake, and goes into a continuous cycle of sleeping and waking up until i open the lid.
also, even more strange... when i shut the computer off, it turns itself back on (either battery or on the juice).
i know i screwed something up, but would anyone have any ideas as to what it could be? everything else is working fine, and my screen isn't cracked anymore. :)
thanks.[/quote]
