Outstanding and simple instructions! I am a 63 year old female and had absolutely no problems following your instructions and I’m very happy that I have audio now that works! Many thanks 🙏🏽
What did u use. I have a1502 lap top and I bout t3 t4 t5 all the way to t8 and none of them work. So I’m totally confused how other people are able to and I’m not
Thank you, so much. A dozen of these views are probably mine. Quick note, removing the bottom cover there are 2 different length screws. the 2 short ones go in the center close to the where the bottom attaches to the screen. Also there are 2 different length screws for the speakers. Please take note when removing and installing. Great video. Saved me a bunch of money.
Awesome video. Easy to follow and simple to do. Mine had 3 different lengths for the speaker screws. Lay them out when you take them out so you know where to put them back. I used a plastic tool to pry up the connectors as a precaution.
Thank you for this! Super helpful! I usually ask my tech savvy brother in law to help me with this stuff, but with your video, I was able to replace my speakers on my own! 🙂
I put up with my blown out right speaker for a few years but today my left one started buzzing as well, so I am definitely going to be doing this soon thank you for the tutorial!!
Thank you for this video! Very clear and easy to follow. I replaced my speakers in a matter of minutes because of you video. I purchased new speakers for my MacBookPro from Amazon for about 30 bucks and the speakers came with the only tools I needed (T4 & T5 and removal flat tool).
Can u tell me what screwdriver u used he said t5 torx I bought that it did not work to take off cover. I didn’t even make it to inside the laptop. Thank u
Thank you so much! This was a very helpful and informative tutorial. I'm not afraid of working with mechanical things anymore! I can't believe I was able to do it and it actually works! Thanks again!
Done and done, thank you!! I had some issues unscrewing certain screws they seemed stripped I had to use a different screw bit to get it out… the screws on the speakers themselves are different lengths too..other then that it was pretty simple your instructions were great!!!
This video is awesome; love the constant camera angle looking down from the viewpoint one has while actually doing the work, makes it so easy to follow, bravo sir!
Nice video, one thing I noticed that the batteries looked swollen and perhaps you can mention that while the laptop is open then might as well replace the battery. As the condition of then can damage other components of the laptop.
@@realfingertrouble same mate, i was and still really pissed they didn't recall all the mid-2015 models, now i have to change it or probably gonna damage something, is a deadly pillow
Thank you so much. I am a musician; the speaker sound is so important to me and the speakers in my early 2015 Macbook Pro sound terrible. I am only used to repairing A1181 and A1342 Macbooks and thought this was going to be extremely difficult. I am in hospital following arterial internal bleeding in my abdomen. Now I believe that I can do this repair here in the hospital; I'm broke, I just have to figure out how to get the funds for the speakers. Thank you again; I was scared that my logic board with the soundboard would need replacing. Stay Covid safe
You missed another VERY important detail to pass on to your viewers during this tutorial, dude: The screw lengths and widths used on each set of three that hold the speakers in place are different!!! If you do not keep this in mind during removal you will get into trouble!
Hi, great video. I have not experience, i use to change and update some of my macbooks. I have this model, i changed the battery but now the fan speed is at maximum and the mac is really slow. Do you have any idea of how i can fixed it? Thanks in advance
im about to do this, i thought i saw another video the guy said u need to pull the board off to do it, mine is the left speaker that broken , can you confirm you dnt have to remove the board from the case? if so im glad thanks
Thank you for this tutorial :) It helped me a lot and it s really easy to do. I don’t know about you but when I switched on my MacBook Pro retina 2015 after the change , I had the time set in January and the langage in English instead of French. I guess probably because we unplugged the battery. Cheers
This may be too much to ask but can you please possibly send me a link to an ebay sale that includes both the screwdrivers that I need? If you cant its cool but id really appreciate it man, thanks.
I just replaced one of my speakers in this exact model. I was surprised when I unscrewed the first screw, the lid popped open as if there was pressure underneath. With all the screws removed realized the batteries were puffy. The same thing appears in your Video, your batteries appear puffy too. This does not look right, could be a safety issue. What do you think?
Please stop using metal pry tools on motherboards dude :( If you dont have a plastic one, just use your (static earthed!) hand. shorting out MBs can be instant death to the board and these modern macs can end up taking out the SSD with the board, which is a chaotic thing to do.
Finally got my MacBook Air 2018 - missed a few of your vids - am awaiting a new MacBook Pro for my music.. guess what the reason was, that it was replaced - my speakers blew !! lol...and I unfortunately didn't see your vid in time - still, as usual, very cool vid, useful and I know a friend who needs this, so `I am sharing on FB...
This does NOT work for the MacBook Pro mid 2015 A1398. The speakers are underneath the motherboard and many other components, including the fan, must be removed. It may be helpful for earlier models, but not in my case.
Err having just replaced my battery in my A1398 mid 2015, just noticed yours here is also swelling? Should not look like that! Not as bad as mine, but those batteries should be square. Apple did a recall but weirdly ignored certain non-US serials as 'fine' but certainly wasn't.
WOW! So much confusion as to the size and type of screwdrivers needed to perform this task. You say one thing in the video, another in the comments, and even those replying in the comments are at odds as to which is correct. One thing is for certain, whatever is needed, I don't currently have it. Now, I don't have confidence in what to get to make the speaker swap.
I just replaced my MPB mid-2015 blown crackly speakers with new (used) ones from OWC/iFixIt. The crackly sound is gone, but it appears the midrange speaker on the right side of my computer is not working. The tweeter on that side is working fine. Any advice?
You replaced both left and right speakers? If the right side isn’t working, you can try removing it and installing it again. Maybe the cable connection is not strong enough. If the problem still occurs, maybe you need to contact the seller because they might have sent you the broken one.
that's Apple. They never recalled ALL the 2015s, just a few of the serials are eligible for free battery replacements - check the site for the tool, but I bet yours didn't qualify, Mine didn't but obviously the problem is far more than what they recalled.
Please, I need help! I followed your instructions and successfully replaced both my speakers. They work just fine now. So, thank you for that 🙏🏻 However, after turning on my laptop, my wifi wasn't able to scan any networks around me. I've tried using a third party dongle and restarting my laptop. The wifi status was turned 'off', and clicking on it didn't change anything. I've deleted the wifi service thinking I could restart and manually add the service in again, but now I can't even find the wifi option in the add service list. What should I do? Your help is very much appreciated!
The only way you could now is to re-open your macbook and check the wifi cable to see if you have accidentally touched it and cause it to loose from its socket. This means that you need to remove what you removed before checking the wifi cable. If you don’t know which one is the wifi cable. Just search it google, they will tell you which one.
@CamTechElearning thank you for responding! I've done that already, and realized that I was nowhere near the wifi cables when replacing the speakers. However, I've still unplugged them and put them back in just to be super sure. Still to no avail... should I just send it in for repair? 😔
Yes that’s what I thought. The wifi cable is too far from the speakers’ cables. How could replacing the speakers screw up the wifi cable? Are you sure your wifi stopped working?
Check the System Profiler to see if the WiFi hardware is actually seen by the system. If the WiFi card hardware is not seen, then try reseating the WiFi card. Otherwise the WiFi card has likely failed
@CamTechElearning I got my wifi back. I didn't do anything special. I left it on and it ran out of battery so when I charged it and turned it on the next day, I tried adding the wifi service back in as I did the last time had it on, the wifi option magically appeared. I am beyond happy lol. Did I just need a true power cycle to really refresh the system or something? Thanks again for all the help you've offered! Much appreciated 🙏🏻
I thank you very much for your vidéo. There is a risk of of loosing the stereo, that is what happened for me. I removed the plug and tried it again and then it worked perfectly. I have a very old macbook pro with this problem. (sold in mono !) but to replace the speakers is a very tricky thing : almost removing everything to get to the speakers. Not worth it ! A.G.
For Macbook pro Early 2015, 13 inch do I need T5 Torx or T4 Torx can anybody confirm please, also for outside pack its P5 pentalobe. All from ifixit I am referring to
If you mean how much it costs for a nearby tech store to fix it, you can always call them for an estimate. If they have a website, you can possibly check how much the part also costs then do the math on how much they charge for labour. 👍🏼
I done messed up my pc. I wish u made it clear to put the exact screw bk. Cuz it was t4 inside I didn’t really pay much attention to that. So b4 anyone go and fix make sure u see what u are doing. I saw someone said that about the screws but it was late for me by then so…. Good luck to all. I don’t think his instructions were that clear. Just my option and I’m shitty
There are a few things wrong with your repair technique. First one being the use of that electric screw driver. If you're not careful enough you're gonna cause some damage by over-torquing screws. Second of all was the use of said screwdriver to DISCONNECT the battery with a METAL bit. You're lucky you didn't short circuit that. And third, the use of that metal pry tool to disconnect the speaker. From one repair tech to another, please, for the love of God use plastic pry tools. I don't want to cause an argument over the internet, but I see damage from techs like this all of the time which give us a bad reputation.
T4 is smaller than T5? The screws in the speaker are bigger or smaller? Just realized the T5 seems small in the screws on the speakers. Really good video! Thanks.
Would’ve been much better is you did a close up of the work, when explaining what to remove, and what not to remove. It’s difficult to see from far away the image of the components, especially for those who never tried to do something like this..
You were in about the speakers I think you should worry about your batteries they look like they’re going to blow up you know they’re replacing the batteries for free on the mid model
Hi!! Don’t know if anyone’s gone through this but after replacing my speakers and turning on my laptop I’ve been getting network preferences error (can’t connect to wifi) and my time and date is completely off (started from Jan 1 8am). I’m kinda at a loss of where to go from here now, would anyone have an idea what went wrong and how I could fix it? Many thanks!
