My Problem

Went to plug in the magsafe adapter into the MBP and got a juicy static electric discharge at the connector. Battery would not charge even though it continued to work off the power it was supplying. Tried another battery and had the same problem. My fear was correct in assuming the Left i/o board was no more.

My Fix

The iFixit repair guide made this repair quite simple. Step by step directions with detailed pictures made all the difference.

Thanks iFixit!!

My Advice

Discharge your static charge on something other than your favorite MBP!!

My Problem

IO Board broke because pB dropped on the magsafe plug ;; ripped the connecters of the IO Board & blew some circuit.

My Fix

Part arrived before promised ship date; with the on-line guide replaced the board; reset PRAM and SMC and all is fine again. Very smooth dealing with Ifixit ... kudos' !!

My Advice

no as difficult as I thought it would be

My Problem

For years I've had a chronic problem with battery charging on a MacBook Pro. The laptop would indicate significant battery life remaining, yet discharge too rapidly and at some point abruptly crash as though all power was removed. Eventually, the battery would not charge at all and the laptop would only run under AC power.

I replaced the original battery only a few months after the warranty expired (with a genuine Apple battery). Less than a year later that battery failed as well and Apple replaced it with another under warranty. Sadly, the problem soon returned.

I began to wonder if the problem related to the magSafe coupler, the charging/AC power management circuitry or the AC power adapter itself.

My Fix

Enter iFixIt. I decided to make one last attempt to fix the laptop by replacing the left I/O card and installing a new battery (genuine Apple). (One thought I had was that a defect in the laptop charging circuitry was damaging the battery.)

The repair was a breeze, thanks almost completely to iFixIt's superb online manual. I have a lot of experience building PCs and know my way around a motherboard, but I've never cracked the case of a Mac before.

So far, the machine is working perfectly.

My Advice

I recommend buying the tools iFixIt suggests for the job. I have a cheapo set of jewelers screw drivers, but they are no match for the #00 phillips screwdriver I bought from iFixIt. Same for the tiny torx driver needed for this job. The price for the tools was reasonable, and as with any project, there's no substitute for having the right tool for the job.

My Problem

My computer was not charging. The power cord would short out due to a bad connection at the Left I/O Board. The cause of the problem started years ago when my daughter decided to chew on the end of the power cord causing corrosion and subsequently shorting between the power cord and Left I/O Board connection. Finally after having 4 power cords go bad decided to fix the root of the problem.

My Fix

The Repair went great just fallow the directions on ifixit and you shouldn't have any problems.

My Advice

If your power connection on your Left I/O Board looks fried replace it!