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Putting a MacBook Pro In the Oven To Fix It
An anonymous reader writes: A post at iFixit explains how one user with a failing MacBook Pro fixed it by baking it in the oven. The device had overheating issues for months, reaching temperatures over 100 C. When it finally died, some research suggested the extreme heat caused the logic board to flex and break the solder connections. The solution was to simply reflow the solder, but that's hard to do with a MBP. "Instead, I cracked open the back of my laptop, disconnected all eleven connectors and three heat sinks from the logic board, and turned the oven up to 340 F. I put my $900 part on a cookie sheet and baked it for seven nerve-wracking minutes. After it cooled, I reapplied thermal paste, put it all back together, and cheered when it booted. It ran great for the next eight months." The laptop failed again, and another brief vacation into the oven got it running once more.
Hipster "invents" the reflow oven and blogs about the "invention" in amazement.
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...Or better yet apply enough solder correctly the first time....
But... but... but... but... I thought Apple's build quality was the best there can be?!?!?
Nonsense. Think of how quickly you can get rid of excess apps and unwanted background processes: just stick it in the oven and select "CLEAN." Viola!
You obviously haven't figured out how Apple works...
You can quickly charge your iPhone 6 by putting it in the microwave on high for 3 minutes. Try it, it works great!!!
"I say we take off, nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
Not only will the microwave fixe it but it will charge the battery too.
Some drink at the fountain of knowledge. Others just gargle.
I dont think telling people you can fix a mac book by baking it will end well. So perhaps a disclaimer saying NOT to do this would be in order?
It's a mac. Worst case... well there isn't one. Please put your apple products in the oven, even if they are currently working... you will be better off in the end. You should have a fire extinguisher nearby just in case Steve Jobs escapes hell via your device and attempts to exert his "Paranormal patent clause" which states specifically that ovens are not not an authorized repair tool like the "pentalobe screwdriver"
If Jobs does escape your oven he will consume your residence and all adjacent residences with his firey wrath. Also he will park his car in the closest handicapped spot to your house for weeks on end. Woe unto thee who attempts to repair Apple products without proper authorization and/or exorcism rights.
Group A: Followed the directions and inhaled dangerous volatile chemicals. User now has cancer.
Group B: "Was that 340 for 7 minutes or 7 (hundred) for 340 minutes?" Fire department on scene.
Group C: "Directions unclear; penis stuck in mac book." EMS on scene.
Try baking him in the oven for 7 minutes at 340 F.
I'd recommend a [cel]low shelf, near the bass of the oven. And don't fiddle with it till it cools down.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
You should get strung up for those jokes.
Give a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day. But light a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
Any more comments like that will incite violins.
Actually, worst case scenario, you bake it too long, and you'll end up with an Apple Pi.
Just as low powered as the Raspberry Pi, but much more fashionable.
Violins is OK but sax is evil.
It was an honest mistake, OK. Quit harping on about it.
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