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Home repairs... replacing the top panel

Singin Hobo

Singin Hobo

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Jan 16, 2008
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Is it possible to purchase a new macbook top panel and install it yourself?

My sister just took her spider-webbed Macbook screen into the Apple store and they told her it was going to be $800-something to fix it. She's got another monitor at home that she can plug it into so it's still usable, but obviously she would really like a laptop, but she's not going to pay 70% of the price of the computer to get it fixed.

Any hope for the hopeless?
 
Singin Hobo said:
Is it possible to purchase a new macbook top panel and install it yourself?

My sister just took her spider-webbed Macbook screen into the Apple store and they told her it was going to be $800-something to fix it. She's got another monitor at home that she can plug it into so it's still usable, but obviously she would really like a laptop, but she's not going to pay 70% of the price of the computer to get it fixed.

Any hope for the hopeless?
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My experience with Apple laptops leads me to say yes you can replace it, but you better have some laptop disassembly experience. Usually to get to the point where the display can be removed, you have to dig in pretty deep to the rest of the laptop due to wiring and mounts buried inside.
 
Well, I checked eBay and found one unit for $250 that apparently comes with instructions for installing it. Does anyone know of a website where such things are traded or sold? A special Mac site where people sell their scraps or something?
 
Singin Hobo said:
Well, I checked eBay and found one unit for $250 that apparently comes with instructions for installing it. Does anyone know of a website where such things are traded or sold? A special Mac site where people sell their scraps or something?
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ifixit.com sells parts and has step by step instructions on installing
 
Yes, this is the way too go. Buy it cheap on eBay and do it yourself. I did that and used iFixit's guide and I was in business.
 
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