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Those are still repairable with the right equipment (SMD/BGA rework station) and training. The hard part is getting access to schematics (to diagnose which part
by bdonlan 9y ago
Those are still repairable with the right equipment (SMD/BGA rework station) and training. The hard part is getting access to schematics (to diagnose which part is bad) and spare parts.
- akvadrako 9y agoEverything without a reliable self-destruct feature or perhaps quantum storage is repairable with the right equipment. If they had just said every device needs a repair manual and spare parts available, that would be much more reasonable.
- walterbell 9y agoAre there third parties which will upgrade soldered SSDs in Apple devices?
- gambiting 9y agoSure. There are shops in china which literally repair broken CPUs in Apple devices by micro-soldering on the CPU itself - it's absolutely nuts. But this sort of thing is only possible because hugely skilled people who can do this thing are still paid very little - so it's worth their time. This one for example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2Q00py88L8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2Q00py88L8 No one in the West would do that for an iPhone, because their time doing it would be worth more than a new phone, if they have the skill level necessary to do this.
- greglindahl 9y agoThere are places in San Jose, CA that do that, but their business is reworking under-development circuit boards and devices that have design flaws. The price is pretty good for that purpose (time is money), but way too expensive for repairing a laptop board.