This top end Macbook arrived for one fault but so many more were found. SSD Data Recovery

[@pldaniels]

One thing you'll really notice in this video is that I check, check and triple check those NAND rails. DO IT!!!!

[@samhavholm]

Paul, with all your knowledge of component repair, and the products you've made for the, "repair community" to use, you are by far, Humble when it comes to your talents!!! Keep doing what ur doing,please!! Thank You!

[@pldaniels]

I'm a small part of a much bigger community but I appreciate the words, thank you.

[@LetUsRepair]

It's interesting how you always say "we got lucky", because in my head I'm thinking the customer got really lucky, both in the sense that they chose to send it to a true repair tech with tons of MacBook expertise, and that the data was recoverable. I wouldn't count what you do / did as luck by any means! It takes a LOT of experience, knowledge and understanding in order to do a good fix. Luck would be if someone just at random picked a cap to delete and a device started working again, without any diagnosing procedure. Awesome work Paul, as always

[@vdivanov]

Dingbats love copper broccoli, preferably toasted with a smidge of tacky flux. 😊 Can never catch a live stream so these videos really help restore balance in the universe. Thanks!

[@pldaniels]

Live streams are few and far between as of late; will be trying to rectify that but certainly for now edited editions of what gets done will have to keep you happy :) Many thanks for the Super!

[@pldaniels]

00:00 Welcome to another board repair. Macbook A2141 with no power 00:37 First inspection of the machine with the lid off 01:04 Testing the SSD NAND rails 01:44 Visually inspecting the logic board underside 02:06 Seeing the first BIG fault 02:55 Starting to find more faults, oh dear 05:39 Begin the recovery process, repairing the damage! 22:35 Even more damage found just as we were about to start testing 25:13 Being putting the machine back together 26:22 Test again, and again... 26:49 Finally applying power to the machine and crossing our fingers 29:27 Summary

[@tonyrgnash]

Thanks for this one Paul, i've still got my A2141 sat waiting for me to tear into it. It's been on the back burner for some time now but seeing you tackle and succeed on this one gives me a little hope.

[@pldaniels]

Best of luck with that. Interestingly Graham of AdamantIT also did one a day later and uploaded too

[@fullwaverecked]

Damn Paul, you almost needed hedge trimmers for that one. Awesome vid, cheers!

[@psteier]

"Broccoli growing..." ... made my day 🤣

[@pldaniels]

About the most gardening I've done in a year.

[@1kreature]

@@pldaniels Planting bricks and herding cats...

[@AlaskanInsights]

The quality of your work is always amazing.

[@pldaniels]

Thank you for the compliment. Certainly try hard to keep a high standard.

[@collinsmesue2143]

Beautiful repair. The relief when you saw the Apple logo 😮‍💨

[@pldaniels]

Nice to see it all working again. Always a bit of a heart-start if it doesn't come back.

[@stevetech7335]

Thank you for the video. Only 40k subscribers to enjoy the expertise, and the methodical and systematic approach, versus millions of subscribers on some other channels that offer profound BS pandering to the masses. We truly live in an upside-down world.

[@pldaniels]

Just the way it goes. I have a video coming out soon I hope that'll at least capitalise more on that kind of trend, though for a good reason.

[@ajaks7636]

That looked scary. Great Education, Repair, and Video! Thank you.

[@pldaniels]

It was starting to get frustrating with how many different issues I was encountering. That VRM resistor was definitely one I was happy to have caught.

[@aonemob]

That was a great video on what liquid damage can cause. I want one of those little air pens they are awesome.

[@pldaniels]

Fortunately they're relatively cheap and available everywhere. Simply an airbrush compressor with a 3 litre tank and a normal airbrush/paint attachment; works well.

[@jeisonsanchez4842]

27:31 We have picture! I can’t believe.

[@KrissBartlett]

Nicelly done Paul that was a dirty one to

[@pldaniels]

Yes, a lot of little hiccups all over the place - hopefully cleared enough of them so that when it gets back to the B2B all can be recovered as required.

[@LawpickingLocksmith]

Brilliant work! Really admire your patience. How will this customer treat his device next?

[@pldaniels]

Good question! With this particularly B2B I believe they do data recovery and the client is explicitly moved to a new machine.

[@markverklas6603]

Great video always enjoy your skill and caution Better to be safe with data

[@pldaniels]

Absolutely; machines can be replaced, data not so much. Thank you.

[@DARKNESS19906]

Keep up the good work your pages will grow up soon. Like sorin and Northridge fix🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 legend 💯💯💯💯

[@tommorgan7043]

Nice one Paul. Thanks for

[@iFix43]

These A1990 has a high failure rate on the SSD….so I had to invested in the JC P15 programmer .

[@pldaniels]

Maybe one day I'll get down that path of actually revitalising the boards after they've been repaired. At this stage mostly they get fixed for data and then afaik the customers move on to new machines and no-fix (no data) ones are left in their cupboards for years :\

[@JustInspiredKent]

Hi Paul, I mentioned you in my last short video regarding upgrading my hot air station. Thanks for the recommendation!

[@pldaniels]

Thanks for that - liking the consistent colour/styling of your video/channel - vastly better than the haphazard dumpster fire here :D

[@JustInspiredKent]

@@pldaniels Thank you so much!

[@fichambawelby2632]

[@Mikeydude001]

I have a question. I've never been involved in a public facing business. When it becomes a recovery, what actually happens regarding the data, device, and customer? Do you or the original business take care of data recovery and then hand the machine back with no warranty, or...?

[@pldaniels]

"It depends". In this case, customer-facing B2B does the backup and then usually migrates customer to a new machine. *Sometimes* if things are very high risk I'll be given the required credentials to make a failsafe backup locally to fall back on if the device fails again by the time it gets to the B2B.

[@margingalaxy9826]

Nice 👍

[@bblod4896]

Broccoli is good for you, keeps you regular 😎. I would argue the dielectric material has a larger influence over ESR than the maximum voltage rating. The PINK marker of DOOM; love it. Tomorrow is supposed to be a rainy day (another hurricane heading to the Gulf of Mexico) which makes it a good day to practice SMD removal and replace. It's finding the correct air flow to keep parts from flying away to the 9th dimension sometimes difficult 😮. I must learn to be calm as you are; I use a few more expletives than you 😂.

[@gamlesleyyillom4244]

Pls Paul Daniel I need your board view software 😊

[@pldaniels]

pldaniels.com/flexbv5 demo, full licence, or even limited-free versions.

[@Vladimir-hq1ne]

Schuck down Apple at its finest.

[@NiccKennedy]

You pronounced Re-Hot wrong🤣 What is this reheat you speak of 🤔