But as I tilted the lid, things got better

Could this be Flex-gate at play? I’m dreading taking it to Apple.

⟐ Edited April 25, 2023 at 8:00 MST

https://youtu.be/8L9HwS04yOE

⟐ Answered July 08, 2024 at 19:39 MST

it felt liquid on my laptop and i really need the schematics to see if i can save it.

Thank you very much.

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⟐ Commented December 03, 2025 at 22:13 MST

Could somebody please tell me what does the cable do? Is this fixable (probably by microsoldering in local repairshop) or is it usable from now only while plugged in?

Thank you.

⟐ Commented January 08, 2026 at 21:52 MST

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⟐ Answer accepted October 31, 2020 at 15:33 MST

⟐ Answer accepted October 25, 2020 at 20:36 MST

⟐ Edited by author October 03, 2019 at 1:42 MST

Guys, what are the odds that it could explode? The battery already needs to be replaced, since it has about 950 cycles, but I would like to use it for a couple of days. Thanks.

https://imgur.com/a/GTPI7AM

⟐ Answered June 08, 2025 at 1:51 MST

One forum mentioned that the Keyboard light and the Webcam are connected at the same spot on the logic board. But I don't know where.

Any ideas on how to fix this?

⟐ Answer edited May 11, 2022 at 10:42 MST

I don’t have the tools to go tinkering inside the laptop, is there anything I can do from the outside to fix this?

⟐ Commented April 28, 2022 at 8:16 MST

⟐ Answer accepted April 13, 2022 at 8:17 MST

It’s like the laptop was still working, but the screen stopped working. There would be a sound when I plugged the charger in, I could hear the fans working, I could even charge my phone. But the screen stayed black.

Eventually I found a fix online. I reset something by holding keys down after pressing the power button and it started working again.

Anyways, this exact same thing has happened (black screen), but I’ve forgotten what I reset to make it work again.

Can anyone suggest what I could try?

It wasn’t the SMC or PRAM/NVRAM. It was another one which I found only after hours of searching.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

⟐ Commented June 15, 2020 at 10:49 MST

Encountered this problem this morning on my 2019 MacBook Pro 15” with error message “apple.com/suport -1008F”, what happened is:

The Catalina OS was installed on my MacBook Pro, and I want to go back to Majove, so I boot it up into recovery mode and perform “using backup file”, which was on my external hard drive, everything looks normal until it finished and reboot. Got that error message, after looking answers, it looks like the hard drive needs to be formatted first before performing that restore process, so I try to boot into that recovery mode again, but failed, every time I press command + R, it will return me that 1008F error.

Does anyone know how to fix it?

Thanks,

⟐ Answered April 01, 2020 at 13:22 MST

Every 30 to 60 seconds my right speaker is popping (a small static electric discharge sound). I can replicate this by playing any video on my browser. A single pop can be heard when the video starts and another one if i try to skip the video. I have seen other users experiencing this. This is what i have tried so far:

Plugging an external audio interface. The issue disappears.

Sign in as a new user. No luck.

Disk reset. No luck

Fresh OS instal. No luck.

Call Apple support. No luck

Bring the machine to a certified service Apple centre. No luck.

Any ideas?

Here is video where you can see the issue:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9bd_olj...

⟐ Commented December 06, 2019 at 10:46 MST

I'm wondering if there any way that I can save one MBP. I was on a company and the company went bankruptcy, they told me to keep the computer but I cannot reset it since it's password protected and I cannot access the tools on the booting since it's password protected.

Are there any options to make a hard reset?

Thanks in advance

Unfortunately I don't have access to computer. It's like it's blocked or disabled and the password it's protected.

⟐ Commented August 19, 2024 at 0:20 MST