My Problem

"MacBook Pro won't charge," he says. Well there's the problem! Laptop had been dropped. Left side of case slightly bent. I removed the back and the whole motherboard was bent out of shape. All the ports were damaged.

My Fix

Great! Using your online tutorial I pulled the motherboard from the damaged machine, and one from another machine that had other damage, and swapped them. Took time but all went well.

My Advice

Removing the battery helped. Hence the need for the tri-wing screwdriver.

My Problem

Wine. Wine was the problem. A glass of wine all over the trackpad. Munted it completely, cursor was randomly zipping everywhere opening apps and windows.

My Fix

Replacing the Trackpad was easy-peasy lemon squeezy. All works fine now.

I think the guide says it's moderately difficult but I found it easy.

My Advice

Just print out the guide and follow it. Use an ice-cube tray to store the screws

My Problem

Order this on monday had it by thursday now mac book is back in business. Saved money by dyi.

My Fix

smooth sailing

My Advice

always shop on line and find solution here

My Problem

A coffee spill caused the keyboard to stick up and a quadrant of the keyboard wasnt working.

My Fix

Really very easy based on the detailed guide provided by iFixIt.

My Advice

Dont spill coffee on your keyboard but if you do and cant recover from it this a valuable resource to repair the issues

My Problem

A family members iPhone 4 decided one day to literally just turn off (or so it appeared anyway) forever and wouldn't respond to any button presses or charging attempts. Nothing physically happened to the phone to produce this problem, it just shut off.

My Fix

I figured I would swap out the battery with one from another 4 and see if it would work... AND IT DID! So after looking at the "dead" battery I decided to put that back into the phone from which I took the working battery from and tried to boot up the good phone and that worked too!?!

My Advice

The only advice I can give here is to try removing and reattaching the battery and try booting the phone before deciding the battery is dead. My assumption of what happened is some small hardware hiccup that caused the buttons to become unresponsive or the battery somehow had a loose connection or something. I'm not totally sure what happened but I am glad that all phones are working without the need for a new battery.

My Problem

My mechanical hard drive was working very, very, very slowly.

Everytime I was opening a new file, the waiting cursor appeared, when I wanted to read a file, it was very slow, etc..

The mac was not "usable".

My Fix

Perfectly, in 30min, it was finished !

My Advice

Take your time, go step by step, and be careful.

My Problem

Root beer happened to my keyboard. Though I immediately shut the laptop down and inverted it on paper towels — thus probably saving the rest of its innards — the N, H, Y, 6, F5, /, -, and + keys all went kaput in the end. Removing the keycaps and cleaning with rubbing alcohol was to no avail — something was fried, so my only option was to replace the keyboard.

My Fix

The repair went very smoothly, and everything is back in working order now. It was quite stressful, though. I made sure to take breaks frequently so that I could relax and to prevent myself from rushing. If you're careful and methodical, this repair is definitely quite do-able. And in the end, the machine booted without a hitch! Huzzah!

My Advice

There were a few things which I wish I had known before starting:

- The Phillips head screwdriver shipped by iFixit as recommended for this repair is too large for some of the Phillips screws which need to be removed. I was lucky that I had a friend with another set of screwdrivers. All the other screwdrivers worked just fine.

- There is a part which is not mentioned by the instructions which needs to be removed from the original upper case and transferred to the new upper case. It's a vertical spar which supports the logic board and optical drive, and can be seen clearly in the photo for Step 35. You should take this out at this point and move it to the new case.

- ZIF connectors are very tricky. Make sure you read the directions and look carefully to see which way you should pry on the retaining lock; they can chip very easily if pulled from the wrong direction.

- The magnetic project mat is a life-saver. If you don't have one, get one. Make sure to put screws on it head-down, as this makes them stick more firmly to the surface. Take advantage of the whiteboard surface to make good notes about step numbers and locations of screws.

My Problem

My girlfriend had spilled nail polish remover on the keyboard rendering the uppercase and keyboard not exactly usable. I told her I could fix it. As soon as I got the money I ordered the parts. I was able to keep the laptop since she had gotten a new one.

My Fix

I've been in plenty of MacBooks and I know the struggle you have to go through. It took me over 2 hours only because I took breaks and sorted the screws and read the steps for the replacement and to put it back together.

I had only ran into one problem which happened to be a stripped screw on the charger. I took the Torx screwdriver and was able to loosen the screw. I recommend using the T6 Torx for those types of things.

My Advice

Take your time and be patient and take breaks. I am an impatient person but I know these things aren't easy. Keep organized with the screws and be tender with the spudger and cables. It is not as hard as it seems, just a bit time consuming.

My Problem

Battery was dying after only 30 mins :( and I love this compute; I didn't want to replace it, despite some friends' and family recomendatoins...

My Fix

It was great; I googled how to replace a battery; I called some stores and about changing it and they were unhelpful and expensive, so I said !@#$ it, I'll try replace it myself!

A youtube clip came up of a very compentent and encouraging young woman; so I went to website and it really couldn't have been easier and more encouraging.

My Advice

Go for it; this is a very very easy repair; and total came to 151 dollars including shipping!

Thank you ifixit!!!

My Problem

My daughter was using the Macbook with sticky fingers and the trackpad began sticking and became unresponsive.

My Fix

The repair was quick and easy. I will always consult ifixit's tech maintenance instructions in the future.

My Advice

Inspect your children's hands before you allow them to use your laptop.