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I cannot emphasize this enough. It does not force manufacturers to provide individual parts. What does this mean? Considered the following scenarios. Key Curre

I cannot emphasize this enough. It does not force manufacturers to provide individual parts. What does this mean? Considered the following scenarios. Key Currently: state of average repair Repairability: the ideal method to repair - Replace the keyboard on the laptop Reality: Purchase the keyboard/top cover assembly Repairability: purchase keyboard only - Broken cable to usb daughter board Reality: purchase data board assembly to obtain cable. Repairability: purchase daughter board cable. - Motherboard no longer charges battery Current: replace motherboard Repairability: replace capacitors utilizing schematics - Faulty Mac magnetic sleep sensor Reality: Go through "genius bar" to replace assembly Repairability: purchase sleep sensor, pair/calibrate with to macbook serial number because many of their parts are serialized. Summary do we have access to following? - Schematics and documentation - OEM software working with serialized parts and calibration - Individual parts and components not just assemblies. Cables are a great example. Not all of these scenarios the end user can do easily however, independence pair shops can with a proper support.

j16sdiz 3y ago
> - Motherboard no longer charges battery Current: replace motherboard Repairability: replace capacitors utilizing schematics Some marginally related remarks: Most faulty capacitors were manufactured around 2000s ( see https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague ). Those days are long gone. Most battery charging issue now are unrelated to capacitor . l
- FloatArtifact 3y ago
  > > - Motherboard no longer charges battery Current: replace motherboard Repairability: replace capacitors utilizing schematics > Some marginally related remarks: > Most faulty capacitors were manufactured around 2000s ( see https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague ). Those days are long gone. Most battery charging issue now are unrelated to capacitor . > l While that's true the point still stands that we don't have access to supply chain parts to fix reparable charging issues.
- rasz 3y ago
  What you are thinking of is limited to electrolytic capacitors. There are different kinds of caps. Tons of dead Tantalums, those will explode in your face. Found in old gear from 1970-90. MLC ones will burn so hot as to turn surrounding PCB material into coal, sometimes even causing open flame fires. Small ceramic ones will dead short but not explode like tantalums, leaving you with dead weight of a product - this is the most common failure scenario in modern phones/laptops.

j16sdiz 3y ago

> - Motherboard no longer charges battery Current: replace motherboard Repairability: replace capacitors utilizing schematics Some marginally related remarks: Most faulty capacitors were manufactured around 2000s ( see https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague ). Those days are long gone. Most battery charging issue now are unrelated to capacitor . l

FloatArtifact 3y ago
> > - Motherboard no longer charges battery Current: replace motherboard Repairability: replace capacitors utilizing schematics > Some marginally related remarks: > Most faulty capacitors were manufactured around 2000s ( see https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague ). Those days are long gone. Most battery charging issue now are unrelated to capacitor . > l While that's true the point still stands that we don't have access to supply chain parts to fix reparable charging issues.
rasz 3y ago
What you are thinking of is limited to electrolytic capacitors. There are different kinds of caps. Tons of dead Tantalums, those will explode in your face. Found in old gear from 1970-90. MLC ones will burn so hot as to turn surrounding PCB material into coal, sometimes even causing open flame fires. Small ceramic ones will dead short but not explode like tantalums, leaving you with dead weight of a product - this is the most common failure scenario in modern phones/laptops.