A fixer inspired by a gearhead father and a love of old things. Clocks and bicycles were early interests. I reached the next level in my tinkering after asking my father if he knew of a way to determine in advance whether clockwise or counterclockwise turns would loosen a given screw. I became more efficient upon learning that there is a way.
Married to Mac®, for better, for worse or for world-wide safety-related recall. Not a buyer of extended warranties, I'm averse to betting when the other party knows the odds and I don't. The amount of money I don't spend on extended warranties will, in the long run, be greater than what I spend on repairs, as long as Apple® and other manufacturers have good underwriters on staff.
Thanks for videotaping this repair. Do you have a version that does not look like abstract are, though? I hate to complain but it is hard to make out exactly what's going on in this video.
were you vacuuming the solder that had to be removed?
What is the spec for the wire?
thanks for any illumination you can provide on these topics.
Here’s some “low hanging fruit” to get out of the way before considering the more mysterious possible causes. Do you have any Bluetooth input devices like a mouse, trackpads or keyboard in the vicinity of the computer? If such items are powered on, they can interfere with even wired mouse clicks. Remove their batteries and wait a few seconds and then see if your mouse works.
Dear Pierre:
I’m not able to envision a successful implementation of this step. I don’t have a bench vise handy so I can’t just mess around until it works. If the needle-nose pliers is just sitting on the vise, and I’m holding the adaptor, what forces the pliers to pry the case open instead of clattering to the bench? Got photos?
Carrie aka El Crashitan
Steven, could you elaborate on your suggestion? I think you’re suggesting we use a spanner bit, which looks like a a flathead screwdriver with a notch in the center of its straight edge. But spanner also means wrench in British English, so clarification would be helpful.
Where is the near corner of th space below the clips. Could that also be described as “one of the side seams, right where it terminates and the depression that accommodates a tidy hook that’s not in use not in use begins”?