Macbook A1534(2016) no HDD-How to fix?

[@ManjaroJam]

This is a nice discovery. But the device used to heat the cpu is industrial grade. More helpful would be Master Liu to tell us the heating temperature and duration he applied. That is the most critical information. In an average computer shop, one may be able to use a heat gun to do the same job if one knew how hot and how long. Either way, thanks. I am dumb founded by how a lose CPU connection could cause SATA controller not to recognize the SSD, while the same CPU is able to turn on and boot up using a USB OSX installer. Must be one or more loose pins that connect the hard disk controller to the CPU.

[@MementoMori-xx5qo]

Because it’s not SATA. It’s a PCIe SSD.

[@ManjaroJam]

TRY THIS @ UR OWN RISK. Here is what I did. And it WORKED. Without the industrial class heater. I have an Early 2016 Macbook 12" with 500GB SSD. Hard disk was not recognized. The SSD is located on the opposite side of the CPU in the PCB. Since the the Macbook POSTs, the CPU is good. I suspect the reason the SSD was not recognized by the computer is basically it has lost one or more pin connection to the PCB. Basically this job is meant to reestablish the connection of the SSD pins to the PCB. Heating the CPU will also heat the PCB surface and reflow the SSD directly below it. I do not have the industrial class heater. I used a regular heat gun. I did not even measure the temperature. I cleaned the CPU and heat sink thoroughly, applied insulation heat tape, pointed the heat gun and heate the CPU for 3 minutes, then applied flux as suggested and continued the heating for another 1 minute. That is it. I cleaned the CPU from excess flux using cloth towel, let the PCB cool down and then put logicboard back in to the case. Voila. It booted. I upgraded the OSX to Big Sur. Word of caution: I do not know if this method will provide me a lasting solution. I happen to remember Apple had the same problem with GPU on an older Macbook Pro 15, which required a reflow of the video card. Although the reflow worked then, a few of the MBP 15 I reflowed went in to remission. Good luck. TAKE EXTREME CAUTION. DONT START A FIRE AND BURN DOWN THE HOUSE, OR URSELF TO SAVE A MAC. IT AIN'T WORTH IT.

[@Jojonut]

Does the MacBook still work?

[@ManjaroJam]

@@Jojonut Yes. As of today, the Macbook 12 is working well. That is several months now. The repair method worked well.

[@yesdremko1]

Hi, is your MacBook still working after 2 years?

[@Tom-ln9fy]

This is not your video. Take it down. Make your own video don't steal from the other

[@music2u]

I find it too

[@Nex_Tech0244]

Thank you very much it work

[@alonsoamadigi]

Congrat!! Nice job

[@myjunaid]

Nice Work

[@juan222115]

excelente masestro

[@atinder2006]

Question is how many hours will it last.

[@nirmalnalinakshan3461]

Some may be work long some may be no display not on .also ..

[@user-xc8kq6hx8t]

Hello, can you also fix my motherboard? It's an A1534 model, and if you take off the motherboard and send it by international mail, can you repair it and send it to the Korean address? How much is the fee

[@asservicephone]

good 👍 suhu🙏

[@nirmalnalinakshan3461]

It will return within 3 month.it is not a professional method.

[@jermainegrant753]

Why you say that because he didnt clean off the thermal paste? Or he should have reball with new solder balls

[@nirmalnalinakshan3461]

My method clean the ic mean remove corner glue and must remove thermal paste or pad then reball it.its 50.50 game.u need to understand problem due to ic or dry solder.

[@daaudiome]

@@nirmalnalinakshan3461 have you seen the reball temperatures those temps are low 180C ? solder won't even melt. or I'm mistaken here. Here kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYDMi6qrnZdniqs

[@darrenstrathdee7425]

The proper fix is to remove and reball.

[@HiFiInsider]

Mine have the same issue. :(

[@lyonadvicemarketingvendas6485]

Hello budy, how are you? I manage to change the board of a 2016 A1534 for the board of the 2017 of the same model, apparently everything is the same, waiting.

[@chaosinfusion8127]

Have to downvote this because you did not show the machine booting into the OS after accepting a user’s password. The screen you show at the end is exactly what one sees when the hard drive can’t be detected. Moreover, if one presses the option key during boot, one is presented with “Macintosh HD” and only sees the “?” after selecting it. There is no way to confirm from this video that the CPU manipulation actually fixed the problem.

[@yesdremko1]

The problem shown in the video is Hardware related, as the SSD was not even seen by the system. This could be due to the fact that the processor is mounted above the SSD, and when it got hot the pins fell off, a generally bad engineering decision by Apple. The "?" problem is Software related, maybe the SSD is formatted wrong, there is no operating system installed, etc. The people who came across this video did not see their SSD(Mackintosh HD) in Disk Utility, and just wanted to know what it was related to and how to fix it

[@Data-Salvage-F]

CPU alignment is VERY VERY VERY difficult! i won't try this anymore

[@mandemthe6715]

hahaha this job does not have anything to do with the cpu. Heating the board temporarily "bakes" or connects the SSD SOLDER Joints and allows it to work for a short period of time (2-3 days if ur unlucky, 4-6 months if ur lucky). it is a decent method for data recovery but you dont even need a heat gun. this video is only aimed to advertise their machine.

[@MementoMori-xx5qo]

Completely incorrect. The issue is indeed down to the CPU “popcorning”, it runs far too hot. If you re-flow and then disable turbo boost, it should be a good fix. Reflow is never completely permanent of course

[@thomass8794]

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[@litania72]

never reflow or apply heat to a cpu....chap with dodgy english is mad...

[@gregjalepeno6769]

WTF

[@top_G_82]

Rehot cpu bro😂😂😂

[@AntonySimkin]

this macbook doesn't deserve any different lol. It overheats by itself

[@Soharab-amin]

I have one of this crap and its dead. For me it was an expensive product. And I hate apple now. Why People like this kind of fraud company taking money for selling crap? I will never buy apple product ever.