My Problem

My Magsafe plug would get so hot I could barely touch it. Also it would only charge if you jiggled it jsut right. I thought it was the Magsafe charger and took advantage of Apple's recall of them but it did nothing to fix the problem. So checked around and the replacing the Magsafe board in the computer was the next step. Scary.

My Fix

But the instructions here were excellent. Ifixit sells the board for about $35.00 so with that and about an hour. I had my Mac back in operation and I thought the problem might have been terminal.

My Advice

Get a good set of jewelers screwdrivers as some of the tiny screws are really tight. Also I used little pieces of blue tape labeled with the step numbers to keep track of what goes where.

My Problem

I thought it was the magsafe connection, but i believe i am wrong.

My Fix

good and bad, as i got the part installed, but it didn't fix my issue.

My Advice

The sorting tray helps a lot to keep everything in line. That, and pictures help a ton too!

My Problem

my step-brothers girlfriend dropped the laptop on the corner where the power plug is, shattered part of the interior frame and damaged the charger

My Fix

easily, the photos took me gracefully through all the steps

My Advice

i used some crazy glue to put the piece of frame in place since a chunk of metal had sheared off.

My Problem

computer had stopped recognizing that it was plugged in..eventually leading to it dying

My Fix

Not bad at all, maybe a 1.5 hour job, just has lot's of screws to take out

My Advice

keep your screws separate, they're all different sizes so its important to know what goes where

My Problem

My 2006 Macbook would not charge and the magsafe port had burnt out. I tried using another cvharger and nothing would work so I called around to different repair stores. I was quoted $200 to repair ir and another $200 for another battery and charger so I didn't think it was worth it.

My Fix

I found this website and ordered the part and had it in in about 30 minutes. It was really easy and now I can use my old computer.

My Advice

Its easy, just be careful with the screws and making sure what go where.

My Problem

See title

My Fix

Pretty chill. Your guides were very easy to handle. I am a little crafty but I didn't think I could go through with it. Yet I had nothing to lose and put it all in the line.

I found out that my macbook wasn't loading properly but hadn't thought about it any longer since it was still working. Some weeks later the issue got out of hand and it was a facepalm situation. Legit facepalm... Time to take matters into my own plummer hands. After opening the pandora, wich is my macbook late 2006 (i guess) I quickly realised, that it was indeed possible to fix this issue on my own. With my hawk vision I quickly spotted the device of failure and immediately ordered a new one von the safehouse of nerd glory, wich is iFixit.

Found it. Ordered it. Received it. (Incidently - since I live in germany, not being able to track the shipment was pretty annoing.) Received it after about 10 days - to my surprise.

Opened that bad boy up once more. Implemented the new Magsafe thing. DONE. Works like a charme.

TL;DR: Ordered MagSafe and fixed old macbook like a boss. Thanks to ifixit.

My Advice

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