A2159 Macbook logic board repair; no power due to GAY chip(not kidding)

[@rossmanngroup]

15:10 for details. Not a meme, they used to use a GAV chip, and then switched to a GAY chip for the same function. I don't have access to data sheets for these chips. If anyone in my comment section DOES, who can tell me the difference between the GAV and GAY chip, and give any insight as to why the latter is causing a no power issue, I'd highly appreciate it. As I always say, we are not engineers, just janitors. Any insight appreciated

[@GamrGalore3K]

more like mechanics. Know how the parts work and how to put them together & fix them, just can't get your hands on them yourself.

[@xugro]

@@GamrGalore3K They don't know how most chips work because Apple doesn't let manufacturers publish the datasheets unfortunately

[@optimizelogicrepair2784]

One chip is happier than the other.

[@Ok-lu8gx]

Why is the chip so GAY

[@seesammy2258]

You can download the Rev 1.00 datasheet from Renesas website. It's from 2013 and there is no mention of the GAY in there, though, only GAV (-10...100C temp range) and GAZ (-40...100C) for that particular package. It's a bit weird they never updated the datasheet, maybe the GAY chips are fake? :P Or, it could be that the failures are caused by something else in the design...

[@Real28]

"it's your customers device, not your device" This is the correct attitude. Kudos.

[@JoeBlack1108]

It isn't just this stuff, I have worked on cars and had a friend complain about dashboard noise it his car, the dealership repaired the a/c at one time, I had to put a dozen screws back in it because they didn't.

[@CamelliaSinensis]

It's not only applicable in the repairing business but in general, it's the same if you borrow a tool of a friend

[@kraio-sfu]

Tell that to Louis and his hatred for JTAGs 😒

[@sethat8e]

I don't know if I agree with this. I tend to make better repairs to my own stuff. I like the attitude of taking ownership of the repair.

[@sethat8e]

Another thing to note is that once it leaves your shop you won't have access to the device to see how it failed. So it's important to make sure it won't fail in the same way twice.

[@marsdeimos4301]

Paul: "It's customer's device." Apple Inc: "Well yes but actually no."

[@NotShowingOff]

Right?! They are essentially treating the machine as a subscription device like software

[@dakoderii4221]

Alex Jones: "They're turning the frogs gay" Louis Rossman: "They're turning the chips gay"

[@InventorZahran]

Is he the same Alex Jones who runs InfoWars?

[@jamesduncan6729]

They're turning the fricken CHIPS gay!

[@Mystere1985]

That's. The joke.

[@LordSandwichII]

@@jamesduncan6729 "Do you understand that?!" "UGH!" "UGH!" "UGH!" "Gay!" "Chips!" "Frickin'!" "Chips!" ...

[@aniksamiurrahman6365]

Except it's not Louis Rossmann. Its Apple that has turned the chips GAY.

[@Kresh42]

Always keep your rubber!

[@BurgerKingHarkinian]

Wouldn't want to waste your money on new ones

[@lomie0489]

and if you notice the rubber has been tampered with, just say no.

[@BurgerKingHarkinian]

@@lomie0489 to question 1

[@aniksamiurrahman6365]

LOL!

[@glenmcgillivray4707]

I met a girl who asked me to use a rubber, so I left her. I mean who uses rubber to stop a squeaking hinge on a gate anyway. You are supposed to use lube!

[@joshmcej]

A video about gay macbooks starting with a lecture about rubbers. This is the quality content that keeps me coming back.

[@MoralKombato]

Epic POV lol

[@therealb888]

He fully knew what he was doing and he is proud of it.

[@DJTourniquet]

Indubitably

[@raymondgradzewicz]

Wow louis, your time in Florida has really changed you.

[@aniksamiurrahman6365]

LOL!

[@electric_sway]

Sounds like his voice got a tan

[@johnmknox]

@@electric_sway I really hope he ditches New York as he deserves to live somewhere that he and his family will be happier with a better quality of life. Florida is one of a few states in the US that seems to be better than most.

[@grantrennie]

😂

[@octopushands6923]

@@yvc9 neck beard lmao

[@bare_bear_hands]

Alex Jones was called a lunatic for warning us about this.

[@friddevonfrankenstein]

except now we don't even need any water to turn the fucking chips gay :D

[@livefree1030]

Alex Jones went from Nut watt, to visionary. His most ludacris theories now have clout.

[@priitmolder6475]

"I DONT WANT THEM PUTTING CHIPS IN MY MAC THAT TURN THE FRIGGIN COMPUTER GAY"

[@KA-vs7nl]

@@livefree1030 Alex Jones is a John birch society baby and spreads neocon propaganda.

[@Javier-e8e]

@@livefree1030 a broken clock is right twice a day

[@blk124]

I really like Paul's teaching style. It's more compatible with my way of learning. Keep it up Paul!

[@HexerPsy]

Louis changed man....... Joking aside - his way of talking sounds a lot like Louis. Either they influence each other a lot - or its typical for the field, or area... idk...

[@TerrasClip]

It's the NYC accent

[@bernardo00124719]

yeah like talking non stop. hes good.

[@uberubermensch]

Probably the result of being filmed doing their jobs. I would be compelled to do similar. Having apprentices in a different part of IT, stream of thought verbalized is usually the best way to teach. Apprentices likely don't expect it based on prior schooling not being that way, but much of IT isn't learned just by a degree.

[@iyelawolf2196]

It's being a nerd in NYC

[@tyree9055]

It's NYC's "go, go, go" lifestyle (for a lack of a better word), combined with the no nonsense efforts of a true repairman. 😉👍

[@Electronics-Rocks]

You mentioned us in the UK about us mandating that all new chargers are USB C which Apple not to happy about that having a standard

[@ZeddPl]

The ISL95870 datasheet specifies what these markings are, and these are package/temperature rating variants. The GAY variant is not in that datasheet, so I'm assuming it was made specifically for Apple. Maybe they screwed up something, maybe Apple requested a cheaper version with worse temperature rating, or just some worse quality ones - that looks like something Apple could do.

[@Mexican00b]

planned obsolescence... Apple: Nah planned to fail right away

[@CreativityNull]

I love that the video title talks about GAY chips and the first 1.5 minutes is telling you to always use the rubber. Especially if you're selling a service to a customer

[@sirkastic]

Louis has aged 30 years in 1 day, lost all his hair, and talking about GAY chips and the importance of keeping a rubber on you at all times. Okay.

[@houghwhite411]

Maybe florida did something to him

[@brandonmoses895]

That’s not Luis

[@andrewgarcia3136]

do you eat playdoh every day?

[@notsureigaf]

@@mandrid I'm not even sure he's older than Louis... just balder.

[@blakejames9743]

@@andrewgarcia3136 Only the red flavor.

[@optimizelogicrepair2784]

Videos like these are vital to the repair industry. Keep up the great work Paul.

[@WGITCCRS]

I had the same issue of Low Amp Oscillating from 0.2 to 0.3 and up to 0.4 very quickly and with no Charge. GAY Chips were not short to ground though, just not working as intended. I replaced both and we have a charging Mac, many thanks for the insight, and all the best to the Rossmann Group.

[@real_lostinthefogofwar]

Never put GAY chips on a homophobic board

[@NormanF62]

Apple decided not to make repairs too easy because then it wouldn’t be a Mac, now would it be?

[@real_lostinthefogofwar]

@Greg Henley Do you know what a joke is?

[@cyberp0et]

HOW DARE YOU call an Islamic board "homophobic", YOU ISLAMOPHOBIC BIGOT? :))

[@hellshade2]

@@real_lostinthefogofwar "do you know what a joke is?" OH,OH,I know this one! Apple customer service? 🤣🤣🤣🤣😎

[@real_lostinthefogofwar]

@@hellshade2 Yes, I've heard that one, but I'm not an Apple customer, so I don't really get it.

[@HappyQuailsLC]

Liking the integrity level of this technician!

[@F3Y3F3]

Thank you for using "Hypothesis" correctly! Pet peeve of mine.

[@imtanner]

Louis is looking a lot different from when I last watched him

[@aniksamiurrahman6365]

LOL!

[@gmourao]

Moving out from NY changed him a quite bit.

[@izzyzakable]

This dude is not Lewis, yet he has Lewis’s mannerisms…

[@ballsoutbob559]

Some hair implants would close the gap..

[@seriouscat2231]

Is there a joke behind the misspelling?

[@tyree9055]

He's still an excellent repair technician... 🧐

[@tuphatz7119]

Private sector cloning isn't as advanced as gov yet

[@Ironsides1985]

Hmmmmm

[@Hydrogoniise]

The GAV chip uses a male to female connection, whereas the GAY chip is male to male. I'll see myself out...

[@alesksander]

@@willjohnsonjohnson yeah rubbing action ok now i will see myself out / think differently

[@tstricklin4808]

😆😅I'm Shure your right

[@ronunderwood5771]

t Stricklin Like the chick version of Brokeback Mountain, I think it was called The Fur Traders. OK I'm leaving now.

[@mikeb1596]

...which is why he made sure to not lose the rubber

[@josephbrandenburg4373]

I don't like them putting transistors in the silicon that turn the freakin' chips GAY! Do you understand that!? I'm sick of this crap!

[@junkaccount2535]

Louis found a guy that both sounds like Steve Jobs and looks like him in the face while having the hair of Jony Ive... and was also able to work with him on MacBooks. Amazing.

[@ryannix2606]

I find offense to the title that Apple is turning the chips gay, as a gay man I have to say that a "gay" chip would do the job flawlessly and would be fabulous while doing so. Might clean out some of the dust as well put in a flower garden and cook a nice meal, hell even complete some of your homework as well. These chips and are not up to the standard to be called gay, the engineers are Troglodytic Luddites that are unable to design chips even on the most basic level, sorry but I would have to say a person with Intellectual Disabilities would be able to design these chips to higher standard. But really I am joking and I love this video and the title so keep it up with the videos and the titles.

[@ssjwes]

thanks for the read

[@mjkrh]

Hah!!! Geiiiiiiiii

[@Jon-hx7pe]

you couldn't just straighten that chip out with some pliers, you had to replace it?

[@iyeetsecurity922]

Stop trying to make gay chips straight. It's not gonna happen.

[@Jon-hx7pe]

@@iyeetsecurity922 we'll see about that. if the pliers don't work, there's one thing that always works to "convert" chips into another mode of operation in - electric shock. (kidding, i'm no h-phobe, quite the contrary)

[@kevincarlos973]

Just throwing out the rubber or any other part without even wondering what it does is a sign of a bad technician. A good technician should have an engineering mindset. I'm not saying they need to be engineers or that one professional is better than the other, it surely depends on the individual. The mindset is key.

[@mpf1947]

If a piece didn't have a purpose, they wouldn't have spent the money to put it in there.

[@kevincarlos973]

@@mpf1947 right on the money!

[@MrCh0o]

@@mpf1947 Although sometimes the design is bad and the piece is better removed

[@addydiesel6627]

Rubber pads just another fiendish pitfall for 3rd-party repairmen . Apple wants us think it's a shockabsorber like feet of laptop. Actually it optimises air flow.

[@thedarkmage7373]

Words of a seasoned tech. Do it right for the customer. Do it how you want for yourself. My customer will get all the bolts back that I took out if I can't get them back they get new bolts with freshly taped whole. I on the other hand can spare a bolt or two on the bell housing.

[@anzer789]

M1 SoCs are turning the chips gay

[@BurgerKingHarkinian]

They turn the fricking chips gay!

[@anharun]

It is Tim Cook's own chip anyway

[@dynai1]

Every time I hear that "beep" (e.g. @ 31:18) I'm waiting for a capcom radio transmission like on Apollo saying "Louis. We have a problem."

[@MacGuffin1]

you need the rubber, also this is likely caused by crappy switchmode psu , also turn your air-down if ur components getting blown around, also try putting solder down on the pads BEFORE you put the component on, then you wont have as much drama

[@ferreirog]

Greetings all, I concur, always leave the rubber on, it allows the air to flow over the other thingamagig in front of the fannymagig.

[@BassRemedy]

fanny

[@ferreirog]

@@BassRemedy small fan = fanny, use of two languages in one word… english = fan, afrikaans = nie = no, instead of tjie = small, both sound similar, so fan small

[@Brady8812]

This is actually crazy. I had one today with liquid 5 volts 0.2 amps. The GAY chips were causing the issue despite no liquid near them. Replaced both and got VCore. Unfortunately, CPU is dead too, but this is super bonkers lol. Will 100% keep this in mind on this model from now on.

Keep The Rubber, a useful advice for PCs and everything else

[@TheCrystalGlow]

Hey Paul. I’ve had to file the tips down before solder would want to stick well.

[@jarredallen]

using ampere settings of multimeter to check ampere draw of the components. two different components with the same function usually has different power dissipation. choosing a under size or over size capacitor has a potential of early breakdown of a components.

[@jamesduncan6729]

Paul is cool, more Paul please, Louis! 👍🏻

[@FlyMIfYouGotM]

Your comments about not throwing away factory installed parts is gold! Someone spent engineering time and money putting parts into a device. All parts cost money so manufactures DON'T add parts for no reason. Just because you may not understand the reason doesn't mean there is no reason.

So you replaced the GAY chip with a SAD chip, gay at some point in time meant joyful, now its a happy Mac with a SAD chip, the logic...

[@matthew8153]

0:00 “Never lose the rubber, always keep the rubber in there”. I’m already laughing my ass off.

[@danielgow6688]

Like your work, restoring broken GAY chips back to GAV chips. One machine at a time!

[@kozmaz87]

Look at that: It is Paul!!! Excellent.

[@djbroake9810]

Hi, Is it possible that Iphones use time clocks to link there parts vs a pre set permanent code. This would also be a factor to why they never can truly turn off.

[@simonlagann8178]

there is a resistor that controls the level of the buck converter . the valve changes due to heat which in turn spikes the voltage . causing the chips to get wacked . had a similar problem with a dell rack mount server

[@ronunderwood5771]

Assuming (yeah I know) that Apple is like most most manufacturers there is not a single part inside that does not absolutely have to be there. It's all about cost reduction vs reliability. The closer you get to that edge the lower the cost and the more money Apple makes. Not one dime for enhanced reliability. I fix heavy duty trucks for a living. R2R is my main interest in this channel. That and Louis's occasionally epic rants. I digress. I tell my people all the time. If there is paper in the box along with the part READ IT!! Paper costs money. The OE is not going to spend a single fucking penny more than they have to. That paper is there for a reason as is that rubber doohickey you mentioned at the start. Had an update years ago. The directions started with the words "Avoid Death" sadly not everybody read them.I hate rainy funerals.

[@codemonkey6173]

12:57 Channelling AvE. Love it!

[@sjeprises]

"I need an engineer. A REAL engineer!" (Not an Apple engineer)

[@DoctorX17]

Rule of Backups: 3 is 2, 2 is 1, 1 is none.

[@matturner6890]

and none ain't fun

[@METALmurdererOG]

All hail the almighty redundancy!

[@ericblenner-hassett3945]

Look into buck converters, Apple once again cheapped out and charges extra for parts. In my opinion the buck converter failed due to the IC not being propperly protected for back EMF as part of the 1V 6A regulation. The back light IC also failing would have me look into the power cleaning capacitors that should have been beside the buck converters since they can ' dirty ' the 5V line as well as their respective output.

[@WickedMuis]

"If it has built-in obsolesence it's a Mac. If not it's a Lenovo." Shots fired :D

[@powerupminion]

Nice title-bait. I approve!

[@jorgeferreira4452]

Maybe 5v overshoot at startup from the 5v buck source circuit... or when backlight ic dies it sends back from fb hv pin to 5v rail internaly.

[@shazzaworks]

Glad to see you back on the tools G

[@DavidPennable]

Classic cascade failure, something similar happened to my aspire one netbook. Not the RAM as I thought but the loose poorly taped wsvga ribbon to the LCD controller.

[@PaulHigginbothamSr]

I think you got really extremely lucky with this repair. I thought it was the big component just above the one you changed way to go. Good job. Don't know what happened to your DC in board. I think it was the dirty connector. Could be really good not the customers.

[@vojtaliska1430]

2022: Louis uses 100% of his power to save the last straight chip

[@ehomelessvillageidiot3051]

Can you imagine an airline engine mechanic saying a small piece like that in an engine wasn't necessary and just leaving it out and the plane crashes because of that wam air feedback look?

[@djhart25]

To be fair. It's really not THAT important. Comparing it to something that would make a plane crash is kind of silly. Yes, it is there for a reason, and you should keep it as is if you can.. But it's also a moronic design, and if it were truly essential, wouldn't be a flimsy piece of rubber just barely glued to the heat sink. As someone who has opened/diagnosed hundreds of macbooks, I've never seen one fail for the sole reason that the rubber wasn't there.

[@addydiesel6627]

Good comparison. The mechanic fixing, will never know as much as the engineer designing.

[@chandlerdavis952]

The website cam chip over time draws more and more current ( amps) and eventually surpasses the capacity of those chips ( over loading them and) ( your buck regulator) of the 5v rail

[@chemislife]

@43.28 I see 2 exposed contact points that looks like a chip should have been there just above the 4th chip in that row. Is it supposed to look like that or was that a missed fix?

[@jpopwell1]

Hi Paul, two things... simple one first. make sure your NOT using water soluble flux if you NOT going to clean your bd. water soluble flux WILL corrode traces and pins over two to three years and as it does so will ceate resistance tracks between pins, and this will affect FETS. a rosin based will not 2. after repairing a bd, do a thermal picture of the bd on power up to see what the thermal profile is on the very warm buck converter chips and the display chip.....just to see what a normal working bd shows. do both converters blow in all ten cases. of just one sometimes. if both it could be worth watching their power INPUT pins for spikes on power up. if just one, i'd suspect weaker parts or a bad production run. often engineers will allow these chips to overdrive the FETS for better efficiency, and if the FET gates are protected this will often cause the driving chip to blow it's outputs when the gate protection diodes kick in.... the solution is a couple of 10 to 20 ohm resistors in the cate connection to the FETS. jim

[@Geoff900]

As you correctly stated everything serves a purpose, sometimes to reduce vibration, other times to redirect air, even keeping certain components cool. We might hate apple but they do have a purpose with everything they do.

[@georgegonzalez2476]

Is this related to the screen fail free repair Apple has for MacBooks of this or similar age?

[@jaybefaulky4902]

12:55 'focus you what?'' lol DEFINATELY must be a friend of Rossmanns

[@poorlydrawnstickman1660]

I really wish apple engineers had the same mindset you describe: “stare at the schematic and figure out what is wrong.” Everyone should have this mindset. Ridiculous they can just release these inherently flawed products and blame the customer for when the product fails.

[@InsertValidName]

As an engineer you do not make the decision what is build and what longevity to shoot for, sadly and especially at apple. These flaws are planned.

[@mikeb1596]

Probably a management decision at the protest of engineers.

[@DavidPennable]

I'm thinking minute shock in the ram caddy crossing conducting pins. Probably while powered up in transport.

[@JohnnyMcMenamin]

"The hyperbole brought me here and I was not disappointed."

[@Favorline]

About the USB connection this was done to prevent firms to change the cable for each product made. to reduce the amount of charging cables and to reduce 700 difference ports in the future. Sure they should go with the times. but it should still be standard. so if they go from USB micro to USB C then all future phones from that point has to be with USB-C and if new technology comes out 7 years later then this new technology should be standard from that point on all phones. so we avoid the charging of the connection form for each new phone coming out. so people can use their old charging cable.

[@dkraft]

you had me at first, but then you oversold it and now I have to remove all the rubber gaskets.

[@Erok9]

The setup to the much requested cross over episode with Alex Jones.

[@SoupyOatmeal]

Everybody is a comedian and IMO all the jokes were good. But on a serious note the tech was great and watching a repair gives me a much better understanding of how those boards get fixed. I like it enough to watch many more. Actually I though that it was great.

[@ecash00]

I would pass the info around about the display failing and taking out parts.

[@FordGT40MkIV]

You mentioned that it was possibly an upgrade that led to these failures. Are they all on the same OS version?

[@danielnilsson2076]

Just a random lead to go after a bit - is there a chance that the chips aren't the cause - but instead the failures are caused by MLCC capacitors that fail open or closed, and maybe many of them slightly heal by the reflow heat and flux? The higher the chip, and the longer along the PCB in the direction of greatest bending - such as the mid point between mounting posts, or outer edges of the PCB polygon..

[@trilexfix]

It could be an inaccurate power rating similar thing used to happen on my VW you would hear a hum in the speaker system due to the wrong amount of power being used in the vehicle. I would lean towards a fault in the design of one or both chips on the board.

[@unbekannternutzer8506]

Might the CSD MOSFETS (csd58873q3d) be the problem here? I see they have only a little allowed gate voltage and offer matched Zener/TVS Diodes on their gate. It the gate-drive voltage of the GAY chip is higher then it might always short its output stage through the Zener/TVS on the mosfets gate. That might induce some inductive spikes/ringing that kills the chip. Or back emv/negative voltage on the 5v rail that destroys chips on the 5v rail. Get a working macbook and check for the 5V rail with a high-bandwith oscilloscope. Do some load changes on the CPU (some slow and especially some fast ones). If you see negative voltages/high dips on the 5v rail then it might have something to do with back emf/shorting on the GAY chips output/driver stage for the mosfets gates. Also it could be that the input voltage for the gay/gav chips was changed and now has problems with the mosfets gates or other switching-noise side-effects. Also it could just be other mosfets that dont match with the renesas chips (then the gay vs. gav might just have nothing to do with this issue).

[@sorcererstan]

"Never use a micropencil for gootwicking" Yes, that's "baatwicking"

[@timhartherz5652]

When even your micropencil doesn't fit into these tight spots, the rubber won't save you anymore once you're getting caught up on a capacitor.

[@ingog.8424]

Paul is right… Edit: Paul is always right!

[@ferreirog]

Hello Paul, welcome back.

[@marc49lewis]

Louis, I've been an electronics technician for over 55 years now. I do quite a bit of surface mount work and I must compliment you on your workmanship. Much of the equipment I work on (commercial audio), is getting smaller and smaller to the point, in some cases, the components are too small to work with. Fortunately, most of the stuff I work on is still manageable. I do need a couple new soldering irons. I've been using older Hakkos and the new FX series looks really interesting as do some of the Metcal units that are in use in our engineering department. Have you any view on those? In your repairs, which solder are you using and which flux is that you're applying in this video? How hot is that hot air set for? Hopefully you'll have time to answer. Keep up the outstanding work and the excellent videos!

[@A2000MHz]

Hakko FM-203, large handpiece - FM2027 with tip T15-D12, micro handpiece FM2032 with tip T30-KN (a must!) Flux is Amtech NC-559-V2-TF Tacky Flux, Solder is Kester 63/37 0.015 dia. My air station is always full temperature (it's 450c on this station) and 5 points down from full flow, you need to learn to adjust the board temperature by distance with your air nozzle not by the buttons. There are times you adjust air flow or temp but 99% of the time you leave it where it is. Take a look in the video description for more supplies and tips!

[@warrensteel9954]

Love your videos but this video reminds me of work far too much to enjoy it on my own time.

[@rolls_8798]

12:56 holding my breath in anticipation of the AvE reference

[@aaronlawes8457]

I want if you can help and tell me where I can get one of these chips from. thanks

[@Derfboy]

Returning the Tesla: "I don't know what happened... It just stopped working, bro. Man, I'm really glad I got that insurance from you though! Whew!"

[@uendelbarreto1387]

Thanks Profe, very top

[@Calebgoblin]

I thought I was gonna make a clever rubber joke but you beat me to it

[@arielmaceda5981]

HELLO FRIEND, A QUESTION, IN WHICH PART OF THIS PLATE MODEL IS THE PROGRAMMER CONNECTED TO UNLOCK THE EFI?

[@DarthVader1977]

Paul's voice = ASMR.

[@danandrei96]

I agree with you that Apple would never willingly help someone trying to rework a board, but the footprint from that IC is probably just taken from a library, I doubt the engineers have to make it for scratch for chips that aren't Apple-specific

[@Enonymouse_]

Only with apple do you get to hear rubber versus lamb skin debates and discovering apple has a gay chip.

[@lukasblenk3684]

Sorry but i need to get this out. Just put some Capton Tape on the surrounding Components its cheap and it protects components like capacitors from getting damaged by heating up. (There are some Components that can only with stand a single soldering. Like some Tantal Capacitors) And it protects them from wobbly hands ;).

[@rossmanngroup]

That does nothing. Literally nothing. If you were to try, and of course I would never suggest that you try this due to safety concerns, but if you put kapton tape around your finger and then heated it up, you would realize that you immediately burned the hell out of your finger, regardless of the kapton tape. The tapesl does nothing

[@arthurrodesiler3109]

The problem is finding someone who can fix things right.

[@KennyKenJm]

what's the temp on the hot air gun? that chip came off in like no time.

[@kugelblitz8086]

As far as I know, Louis just set it to the max. I do the same and never had any problems.

[@theflymo]

Not sure where the UK/MicroUSB thing came from- almost everything is USB-C now. As an engineer, I do wish there could be some sort of forward-looking design standard with backward-compatibility in mind though!

[@seriouscat2231]

They have moved the complexity from hardware to software. You used to have one standard per one connector, now you have one connector to rule them all, with all the standards.

[@KopperNeoman]

Which is nice - you can implement any device with any device purely in software. Interoperability between your modern USB drive and your good old PS2 or Wii? Sure!

[@geronimo159]

Thing you can do in 54 minutes yoga class, a plain old workout, A guided meditation, Reading a book, Journal, Taking a nap, Going to the spa, Taking a nice, hot bubble bath, Having lunch or dinner with somebody you haven’t seen in a while, Try something you have always wanted to try,

[@josuedanielmartinezsanchez4540]

Do you know who is controling backlight keyboard? thanks in advance

[@HOT_ROD]

Hi, where did you buy the GAV chip or what other IC name to look for? thanks

[@DarkDragonRus]

Lol, so many innuendos here. "get rid of the rubber", "blow hard", "gay chips", "this thing comes in", " I popped around for a while", "it's got hot", "right here", "if you put it wrong and let it sit in heat", "slap her"... I blame the title, it put the tone.

[@SC-RGX7]

Always keep your rubber!!

[@LordMardur]

Apple Exec after pride month: "get rid of the gay stuff" Apple Engineer working on Software Updates: "if you say so"

[@TheBlackBOXMX]

About The rubber on the beginning. If Apple could save that rubber money, they would. So.. must have its purpose totally agree with you.