7x Dead M1 Mac - Logic Board Repair 

I’m watching this while my 6 months M2 MacBook Air died for no reason. Service Center suggested a logic board repair. I’ve no faith that this will even cross 2 years mark.

my man got sense of humour and great camera skills, the right ingredients to be successful on you tube.

Thank you for making these videos they’re very educational and a great source of inspiration!

Happy New Year to you all at iBoff RCC and thanks for all that you do for Apple consumers and repairers during the year.

Many thanks for all the FlexBV boardviewer software exposure!

It doesn’t matter if it’s easy repair for you or not, the owner had a broken device and you fixed it.

You really deserve to have way more subscribers! What an excellent video!

Daughter's 2022 Macbook Pro has the black screen that will not work, works with an external display. It's really dissapointing how bad quality control has become at Apple. What a shame. Despite the computer failing, I really enjoyed your video!

Quality video! Sponsorship actually added value here, acting as a character of the show. As an owner of a dead MacBook 12" I take this kind of videos seriously.

The PPBUS 12V animation made me laugh so hard. Amazing video!

$3 Trillion, thats how rich the company is and they can't can get design a motherboard, its a a shame how they are using inferior capacitors and there is not safety for the SOC in case of a short.

18:13 omg between you breaking it down and paul Daniel's I'm so happy about this type of documation and expectation

IBoff is the best!! 😅 I could watch these all day! always trying to save the datas unless they are gone! Then you lost all your datas! Dead short to ground sleuthed with inifiray’s camera was awesome!

Thank you for these great videos. It was really cool how you explained the 6th case in a humorous manner I loved that part 😂

Excellent video. Enjoy that you made it entertaining, electronics repair can be boring sometimes, but not here.

Man I learned so much !! Thank you for the entire repair videos !!!

Fascinating. My Macbook M1 had the screen go black after 14 months of light and limited use. 2 months after the warranty ended. Just one day it wasn't working. Apple store told me to buy another Macbook essentially, since it wasn't worth repairing (vs refurb) and I was out of warranty. I still have no idea what went wrong with it, so now it is used as a mini desktop for compiling iOS/Mac apps, and nothing else really. I can use an external monitor thankfully also

@iBoff RCC Hey there, thanks for all of you, and your team's hard work saving, and developing kits for these machines! I recently bought an x-gpu project+nevbolt for my 2011 MBP 17' A1297 8,3. Your work with NVMe adapter kits and repair work are making what most regard as e-waste more valuable, fun projects for the technically inclined such as myself and I really appreciate your work! Thank you again! I was thinking; in the same vein as your other mods, I would love an upgrade kit for the 8,3 to replace the aged USB 2.0 controller with a 3.0 controller and ports from 2012+, assuming a EFI patch/reprogram wouldn't make the port+controller and obviously required and non-existing adapter board swap impossible. Come to think of it, it might not even be possible to attach 3.0 ports to a 2011 board due to the lack of 3.0 landings. Heck, don't even know if the required PCH/CPU lines are connected. Perhaps more interposers can make that work? Just thinking out loud but I think if a kit could be developed to adapt native 3.0 to the 2011 8,3 it would make a really powerful machine when paired with the x-gpu kit, and an ivy bridge cpu swap. It might be more practical to just use the under utilized Expresscard/34 slot to add 3.0ish compatibility, but nobody makes a good card these days from what I've seen. I just love the 8,3, I think it has the best screen and speaker combo of any mac from the "user repairable" era and anything that helps bump it into the future I'm all for! You guys are wizards! Keep blowing our minds!

as usual, a very high quality video. thank you and keep going

Well done, u’re amazing. Sadly those expensive macs are all dying from poor components.

Very informative and insightful. More importantly, very entertaining too! 👏

Wow never knew these M series Macs would give trouble

Such very informational yet easier to understand video about ppbus Any advice to prevent /mantain longer age for those cheap/low life capacitor? thanks for sharing

I wished a repair shop like yours existed in my area. I took my MacBook Air to an authorized vendor and he told me that there was liquid damage. He wanted €650 for repair. There was definitely no liquid damage, which I could prove by opening the device myself. I cleaned the logic board with isopropanol and it lived on for 5 years. Sadly, it's dead now.

man, this was entertaining. your voice is fun. great video

I don’t have a Mac but I like how these laptops gets repaired. Great and educational content

I'm glad you guyz figured out a way to fix these MBPs

Great video! Hope to learn more about microelectronic repairs or MacBooks when I watch more!

Awesome video 🎉, good job

Brilliant videos, wish I could do things like this, it’s opened my eyes to how poor the Mac stuff really is and I’ve been using Mac since 2009, luckily I’ve not come across any problems and my 2014 iMac is still going strong. I was thinking about upgrading to a Mac Studio but I’m worried the same crap from the MacBooks are inside the Mac Studio.

I like your video, very straightforward and easy to follow! Thanks for the tips. Subscribed!

So essentially, Apple charges more than ever for its laptops while at the same time cheaping out on board-level components, especially capacitors.

Thanks so much for this content. The videos are straight-forward and very educational. Keep up!

Can i boot into using only the logic board and external display . No battery, keyboard , touchpad, display . Only with the logic board and external display will it turn on ?

7:43 look at that great Keyboard imprint on the screen, that is an actual scuff imprint. Which Apple still haven't addressed on their newer MacBook's. You cannot remove that scuff. The only way is to get a screen protector.

Terbaik lah Bro Ahmad dan Team iBoff!!!

amazing video and repairs....i bought the same p2 pro camera on black friday...

I do love my P2 Pro thermal camera.

You should be able to press the button on the side of your usbC meter to swap the display rotation.

Absolut great channel I found here! Thanks for your videos. You have new subscriber!

Legendary video as always. Thank you for sharing.

You guys are legends!

was thinking about replacing my macbook for a new m3 one, but after seeing such capacitor mistakes, I probaly won’t.. any suggestions that wont fail by itself?

I just have a M1 Macbook Mini. It wont turn on. I trow it out, all the data in backuped.

why does Apple produce such low quality boards?

I would 3D print nice enclosure for the Android phone and camera. When working it’s easy to drop the phone and it will probably land on protruding camera damaging it or the USB-C port.

Very cool videos guys, thanks a lot !!!

Can you please tell when these kind of capacitors failure? Are these random, or is there any pattern that you have noticed. May be we all can learn and avoid those kind of actions. Speaking as in owner of M1 mac.

Dear iBoff RCC, i really enjoy your informative videos about replacing MacBook’s Nand chips. Which manufacturer does in your opinion produce the most reliable and enduring Nand chips for Apple MacBooks?

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Really great video, thank you!

Best repair vids i've seen.

Thanks a lot, very educating and neat! Thanks!

Your videos are always awesome

Really great video - thank you, and top humour throughout!. Question, is there starter course that you could recommend for Laptop Mac board repairs? . good luck with the channel

Impressive work. Where is your shop located?

my laptop dead recently, some great repair guy like him repaired for a minimal price(i don't know how much he is charging) brand service centers sometimes refuse to repair(all laptop brands not only 🍍) these things are so small(not visible to naked eye) microscope and constant video feed is required, surgen level hand movement(precise hand movement) and patience are required(most of the componets are cheap) some are expensive

Seems like capacitor rot is still a thing after that late 90's early 00's debacle. At that time almost all pc brands used crappy electrolytes witch resulted in a lot of broken pc's but even vcr's stereo equipment an so on.

I love mac os, because of logic pro, but these failures make me rethink hackintoshing.

trying to keep a stedy hand is so hard ive done this many times if i fell i cant stay still i will not work on it

Which software you are using for QC test on tablet?

Warranty 1 years. Fails at 1.5 years.

I do not like were you check board with a battery is connected, I think that first step should be disconnecting the battery and checking the board without it Can you replace the RAM only without the M1 chip ?

Watching this on my Macbook Pro 2015 15" and will keep it alive for as long as possible. Apple's future in this product segment looks terrible.

The raging ppbus killing frenzy. Lol

Can RAM be changed and repaired if it's faulty or does the entire logic board need a replacement?

Replacing the faulty component: 1% of the cost. Rest of the 99% go to: - Years of experience to know what to check - Interpreting what the signals mean - Having the tools to get those relevant signals - Having trained staff and effective processes (e.g. impressive process having another party in QC cross check the work done!) to do the work But then I think most people who would click on this video know the above already :)

I just bought a used M1 macbook pro and I was just wondering: is that a way to avoid shorts in it?

Basic question, isn't 3.3V injection to high ? Isn't the safe limit usually 1 to 1.2V ?

the trouble is began with type c usb pd,, and people not used OEM or Original Accessories... as MBA user, i am pretty concert and worries bout this IC power module😔😔😔

Proud of my Malaysian brother

Great work!

why does the small components on mac always tends to fail?

Do you guys offer repair services?

Thanks

Could you link a qc checklist please looks great :)

These components fail after 3 years. Coincidentally, Apple Care covers your machines for the same period of time.

ohh my goddd, this is so crazy to see. a small cap can literally turn these laptops into bricks?!!! I guess the way you store these laptops really matters? You can't have them in too cold conditions from what I'm researching on these caps. Any other precautions to be had ??

Great job

thank you!

Disappointing to hear most were a manufacturer defect guess I'll keep the Apple Care for my M1.

OMG, u r in Malaysia? I guess when I am there I can try for request an upgrade for my Mac!

Great video I subscribed 👍👍👍

you are genius !!

Any idea why those caps are failing? Bad luck?

You guys are awesome!

Nice work! 😀

Instead of shilling you should try the Seek with the macro lens. I have the Compact Pro and with the macro lens it works perfectly. It has higher resolution sensor than the Infiray too. But I get you need money from the affiliate links...

I loved the special effects hahaha

my macbook pro mid 2012 keyboard backlight stoped working any fix for that?

That was the warning ⚠️ … out of warranty date 😂😂😂😂

The summary does not mention the need of replacing the PMU chip, only bad-caps and no-fix.

I bought a m2 air and I am now worried about a tiny ceramic cap blowing up and killing my hopes and dreams next year

7:50 what is the program for keeping records of repaired equipment? can you recommend something free for this?

ARE YOU REALLY GOOD At REPAIRING THESE APPLE NOTEBOOKS YOUR VERY GOOD AT FINDING JUST SHORTING CAPS WEIRD FAULTS 😊😊😊

@iBoff RCC - Can these faults be caused by 3rd Party Hubs, Chargers, Etc?

Hi, what's the software you used to find the components on the PCBs?

A2289 nand programming methods sir its not showing in jc programming

For a moment, I thought the screen was bent. 😂😂

How much will cost a repair like this one?