stcredzeroon Hacker News • Recommends
On “Apple releases software fix for MacBook Pro slowdown”
Watch a bunch of Louis Rossman YouTube videos. He knows all about the seedy underbelly of Macbook hardware design mistakes. link to this video
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Reballing flip chip GPUs is BULLSHIT - the truth about dead laptop GPUs & repairing them.
Louis Rossmann
2.6M subscribers • 10 videos on Hallway
- Recommended by 2 people: 2 on Hacker News.
- Presented by Louis Rossmann, hardware repair technician
- An opinion. It argues one side of a question engineers disagree on.
Beginner. No background in the topic needed.
772K views12 years ago2 recommendations
Louis Rossmann explains why reballing and oven reflows do not actually fix dead laptop GPUs and details the real underlying hardware failure.
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2 people recommend this, 1 disputes itWhat people say. Engineers point to this video to debunk the myth of oven reflows and GPU reballing as permanent repairs.
ScottFreeon Hacker News • Recommends
On “Baked MacBook Air: A cautionary recipe”
Has anyone watched Louis Rossman's video series on this topic? It's pretty funny. He thinks oven reflows are a bad idea. Reballing flip chip GPUs is BULLSHIT - the truth about dead laptop GPUs & repairing them. - link to this video Luckily, he also shows the proper way to do it: Linus Attempts BGA Graphics Chip Repair! - link
bunnycornon Hacker News • Disputes
On “Apple Admits to Hardware Quality Problems with iPhone X, MacBook Pro”
Yes. How many do you want? Here, he said that Apple puts a chip to break MacBooks after 3 years. link to this video Here, he says that "Apple" (actually a Customs office) sent a letter to him to pay for batteries that were legitimate, later, on Reddit, he admitted he bought fake batteries from China that had Apple logos (and therefore, should be, as they did) caught by the customs (because saying otherwise would get him in jail), his friends at Reddit, deleted the comments, but there are still copies of what he said: link Also, in his video, he says that Apple makes products "vintage" or "obsolete" after 4 or 5 years. The newest "vintage" Apple product in late 2018, is from 2011: link
zitterbewegungon Hacker News • Mentions
On “Baked MacBook Air: A cautionary recipe”
The above technique is a myth . See link to this video . Trying to randomly unsolder and put back resistors or other components when you don’t know what the error is is another bad idea. The author should have tried to actually attempt to fix the logic board first. But before all that he should have inspected the board and use a voltmeter to see what the issue is. But even doing that he might need a replacement part.