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Maybe if these docs get released it will help independent repair shops.
by bogwog 6y ago
Maybe if these docs get released it will help independent repair shops.
- gruez 6y agoMy impression is that they already have it... somehow. Louis rossmann frequently shows schematics on his youtube channel when doing repairs.
- Workaccount2 6y agoI always assumed those were Chinese reverse engineered. They do some absolutely insane reverse engineering over there.
- segfaultbuserr 6y agoNot reverse engineered. Most laptop schematics, including MacBook ones are definitely leaked original schematics from the OEM. Many have the OEM logo, internal part numbers and engineering notes written on it.
- sitkack 6y agoMy Amiga came with fold out schematics in the manual. Arguably, manufacturers should be required for to provide them for every device sold.
- drewzero1 6y agoI'm pretty sure Apple manuals used to include schematics, before they made the Macintosh and decided users shouldn't be able to open their computers without special tools.
- dylan604 6y agoAt some point, you get so good at reverse engineering, you no longer need to try to engineer an original from scratch. Why bother? Just wait for the new thing, reverse it, then make it yourself a year later. Hell, the "new" is being sent to you anyways to manufacture, so it's easier to just "request" the plans from the company making rather than doing the reversing.
- yftsui 6y agoNo, those are just schematics leaked from production lines especially repairing stations inside the factory. Computers used on production lines and repairing stations sometimes doesn't even have Intranet access, they just copy those PDF files over. Then someone sneak the SD card or thumb drives out with the files on it.
- robertoandred 6y agoyeah, he and his shop are really shady
- userbinator 6y agoNo kidding --- the vast majority of third-party repair information is available only because of lax security, and it's far more detailed that what the companies will ever willingly release. Laptop schematics are still relatively easy to find these days, but unfortunately the search results are flooded with people trying to sell them; they used to be even more freely available several years ago. (Google tends to want to ignore the word "schematic" in a search query, unless it is in quotes. Make of that what you will...)
- wl 6y agoFinding these for released computers isn't difficult.
- cigaser 6y agoOr they will get branded as terrorists.