Macbook Fell whilst plugged in - broken?

[jerryk]

Oh my god!! I actually fixed it - with thanks to everyone here!! Thank you so much...I followed ifixit, bought the part for about 12 pounds...and its worked!!!

Congrats!

 

[jammer19]

Thank you!!! im stunned! I'm just charging it now, but it switched on, the mouse worked, there were visuals, the right noises etc...am just hoping it stays that way! Thank you so, so much! And I learned so much in the process...ive never looked that closely at the inside of a Macbook.

 

[jerryk]

ive never looked that closely at the inside of a Macbook.

It is not too mysterious, is it? Makes you wonder how Apple can charge hundreds to do the repair you just did. Nice profit margins on repairs.

BTW, how long did it take you?

 

[jammer19]

Exactly what I was thinking..why would that repair be so pricey? It took me an hour and half from start to finish and I am an absolute novice! And I managed 2 cups of tea in between that time

 

[tubeexperience]

It is not too mysterious, is it? Makes you wonder how Apple can charge hundreds to do the repair you just did.

Exactly what I was thinking..why would that repair be so pricey? It took me an hour and half from start to finish and I am an absolute novice! And I managed 2 cups of tea in between that time

It's the Apple tax on the weak-minded.

 

[DeltaMac]

A magsafe board replacement would not be "hundreds", even at an Apple shop. You are thinking about a repair where the logic board gets replaced, so a bit of an overstatement there.

 

[jammer19]

oh well, whatever - it cost me 12 pounds roughly and an hour and a half of novice time So Im happy with that! Thank you again guys, you've really helped me out.