Bought Used Questions About Fixing A Dent Macbook Pro 13 Unibody Mid 2012

Chosen Solution One of the areas on the left is dented, I was wondering if and how I can get it fixed. I can’t take any photos right now, but these two from Google are exactly what mine looks like, exact spot too; Should I buy a new top case? Where are the best sites/stores to buy from? We use a small block of ebony wood and a jewelers hammer to take out this particular damage....

December 26, 2022 · 1 min · 149 words · Frankie Jones

Brother Hl L2380Dw Will Not Boot Up Brother Printer

Chosen Solution LED display flashes blank white screen for a few seconds then shuts off briefly, cycles like this continually upon plugging into outlet. USB port connected to PC does not show any activity. Any suggestions on how to fix this? I’ve tried several variations of removing wall power and holding down power button. Hi Matt, Ran across a page that had a couple of suggestions that wouldn’t have occurred to me, so they might be worth a try....

December 26, 2022 · 1 min · 182 words · Kathleen Kevan

Can I Get A Step By Step To Reapply Thermal Paste On The Cpu Acer Nitro 5 An515 53 55G9

Chosen Solution My laptop cpu is reaching upwards of 90 degrees celcuius in heat . Hi, Here’s the Ifixit Acer Nitro 5 AN515-53-55G9 repair guide. These will help you to access the CPU and GPU so that the thermal paste can be refreshed. Also check that the fans are clean of any dust and that the air vents are clear and unobstructed. Firstly use the Battery replacement guide in the repair guide above, to see how to disconnect the battery from the motherboard....

December 26, 2022 · 2 min · 300 words · Ryan Harris

Can I Make A Working Phone Out Of These Iphone 5S

Chosen Solution Hey guys! My sister has an iPhone 5 that is iCloud locked and I have a 5s that has a broken screen and iffy charging port. I hear the screen connections are different but is there any way to make a working phone out of the two? Thanks! No, The screen connectors are different and an icloud lock on a iphone is hard to remove if possible. the logic board is paired and must be unpaired from the account....

December 26, 2022 · 1 min · 148 words · Charles Caroll

Can I Replace The Digitizer Without Replacing The Home Button Ipad Air Wi Fi

Chosen Solution I’m going to replace the digitizer in my iPad Air and am wondering if I can take the old home button and put it in the new digitizer Yes you can do that, but the price difference between a new digitizer with and without home button pre-installed is marginal~$1, I’d recommend getting the one with home button to save you some work.

December 26, 2022 · 1 min · 64 words · Brian Johnson

Can I Solder To This Half Broken Pad Ipad Pro 10 5

Chosen Solution See photo: This is a connector for an Ipad Pro charging port. I am replacing this however, when I took the old one off half of this pad came off.. Can I solder to this pad with majority of it gone or do I have to run a jumper? I am just learning so please have some mercy. Thank you! @smitty1510 yes you can but you better be good at it....

December 26, 2022 · 1 min · 83 words · Napoleon Walker

Can I Upgrade My Cpu Is The Cpu Soldered To The Mother Board Hp Pavilion Sleekbook 15 B142Dx

Chosen Solution Can I upgrade my cpu?, Is the cpu soldered to the mother board? The last one I ran into was soldered Hi, As the CPU is mounted directly onto the systemboard, the only way to upgrade the CPU in the laptop is to replace the systemboard. Here’s a link to the service manual for your laptop, (taken from this webpage.) Scroll to p.45 to find the part numbers for all the systemboards available for this model laptop....

December 26, 2022 · 1 min · 125 words · Steven Wyatt

Can I Use A Iphone 6S Touch Id Home Button On An Iphone 8 Plus Iphone 8 Plus

Chosen Solution Can I use a iPhone 6s touch ID home button on an iPhone 8 Plus? Short answer: No. You can check on iFixit’s store and you can see that only the iPhone 7 series and iPhone 8 series can use the same home button / touch ID. iPhone 7/7 Plus/8/8 Plus Replacement Home Button

December 26, 2022 · 1 min · 56 words · Rebecca Collins

Trying To Load Windows But Says No Bootable Device Found Toshiba Satellite C75D

Chosen Solution My Toshiba Satellite C75D-B7304 had a bad hard drive, I replaced it and am trying to load windows on it and it tells me No bootable device — Please restart system. I did a search on here and did what I thought would work,but didn’t. BTW, I can’t switch from UEF1 to CSM. What can I do ?? Is the hard drive original or has it been replaced in the past?...

December 25, 2022 · 2 min · 424 words · Kathy Morgan

13 Mid 2013 Macbook Air Wont Turn On After Update Macbook Air 13 Mid 2013

Chosen Solution A customer has given me a MacBook Air that will not turn on at all. I don’t mean it won’t boot, it wont power on. The only sign of life I can get is the fan. It turns on for a split second and turns off again. It will do this in an endless loop: She claims that she was updating to macOS Mojave from MacOS Lion when it died....

December 25, 2022 · 2 min · 281 words · Thomas Dahlke

1St Dead Ram Slot Ram

Chosen Solution Okay so a long time ago i had a clean-up on pc(Bcz of freezing,lag e.t.c). pc was lagging hard bzc of cooler so i decided to remove all of these parts of computer and cleaned up. When i done with these clean up i put pc part in right place so something happend my 1st ram slot was not working (BTW it was working fine untill that). Definitly checked both ram slot (2x2gb ram each side)....

December 25, 2022 · 2 min · 308 words · Brian Alexander

2 Pictures With Different Colors Nikon Coolpix S33

Chosen Solution Each time I take a picture it takes 2 pictures instead with one being the actual color and the second being lighter or overexposed. How do I fix it so it only takes one picture at a time that is the actual color? I had this same issue. I would recommend downloading the “Reference Guide” for this model from Nikon’s website. ( http://downloadcenter.nikonimglib.com/en… ) It contains more detailed instructions than the “User’s Guide” does....

December 25, 2022 · 1 min · 117 words · Angel Marrero

A1398 Late 2013 Mid2014 Macbook Pro No Lcd Display Macbook Pro 15 Retina Display Late 2013

Chosen Solution Hi all, We had a cracked LCD on this model but still had 80-90% working display on the screen. We replaced the LCD, and screen was completely black. Assumed it was defective, so we ordered a replacement and installed.. and again no display. We tested the HDMI display and got a perfect signal… computer is working great. I can believe that we received two defective LCD’s in a row, but I find this highly unlikely....

December 25, 2022 · 1 min · 157 words · Kirk Huffman

Accidentally Detached Plug From Isight Cable Macbook Air 13 Mid 2011

Chosen Solution I was putting everything back together after tightening the hinges of my laptop where when I was trying to plug in the iSight cable, it actually detached the port from the mother board, could I still attach it? Or am I screwed? I can’t be 100% sure from the pictures, but it appears that five of the six circuit board traces the connector is soldered to got ripped off the board along with the connector....

December 25, 2022 · 1 min · 197 words · Marjorie Rubin

Adhesive To Use To Reassemble My Fitbit After Battery Replacement Fitbit Ionic

Chosen Solution I am in the process of replacing the battery in my Fitbit Ionic but I don’t see adhesive listed under the parts or tools list, which is needed (and noted) for proper reassembly. Can someone recommend something similar to what Fitbit uses? I’m not going to use super glue in case I need to replace the screen battery again. Thank you. typically you can use something like Tesa 61395 Tape or Polyimide Tape be sure to read the descriptions on them to see what would work better for you good luck

December 25, 2022 · 1 min · 93 words · Tiffany Flach

Another Name Device Not Phone Name Iphone

Chosen Solution I have question. For this name device as you can see at image. How to change to default? Or this bcz the logic board name already set? You can’t really change what Google detects your platform as. You might be able to change what your browser is sending like from Firefox, look up how to change your user-agent

December 25, 2022 · 1 min · 60 words · Victor Wester

Anyone Tried Replace Lumia Icon S Screen Nokia Lumia Icon

Chosen Solution Does any one have any advice for repairing a cracked lumia icon screen This being a brand new phone, the parts may not even be available yet. You’re looking at replacing the glass, digitizer and LCD as one unit, as they are most likely all fused together. If you have insurance, your deductible on a new Icon may be the cheaper route. Brad, the Display assembly is most certainly available at plenty of places, from ebay....

December 25, 2022 · 1 min · 112 words · Eugene Artis

Atheros Ar9285 Wireless Network Adapter Stops Working Asus Notebook N53Jq Series

Chosen Solution I have been having a problem with my internet connection recently. Every once and awhile, I will suddenly lose connection to the network I am connected to. When I go to connect to it again, my network doesn’t appear on the list. A few seconds after this, all of the networks on the list will disappear. I tried using the troubleshooter to fix the problem, sometimes it will tell me that my adapter has been disabled, and re enables it....

December 25, 2022 · 2 min · 218 words · William Burrows

Auto Brightness Toggle Is Missing From Settings Why Iphone 5

Chosen Solution I recently changed the screen on my iPhone 5, and now the Auto-brightness toggle is completely missing. I can change brightness at will, and there are no other odd behaviors. I have tried reinstalling the screen, swapping out my old camera/sensor assembly and the new one, but that doesn’t seem to have any effect. After replacing the display (full assembly) on a 5s, I had a situation where the toggle was gone and there was no auto adjustment happening when I changed lighting conditions....

December 25, 2022 · 3 min · 453 words · David Walker

Backlight On For 200 300Ms Boot Stays Off Otherwise 100 Working Imac Intel 20 Emc 2133 And 2210

Chosen Solution The backlight turns on for roughly 200-300ms when the computer first powers on but then turns off and never comes back on. The computer is 100% fully working otherwise. It has an image on the display and everything else is tested and works. I have already tried replacing the PSU and inverter board, but there’s no change. PSU output measures normal. Inverter input does not measure normal. The inverter board has 4 pins on the connector: V-in, ground, PWM, and Enable....

December 25, 2022 · 3 min · 482 words · Lenora Richardson