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Louis Rossmann’s rants, tips, and ideas on the laptop repair industry.
Why does this A1398 MacBook Pro have no Backlight?
What's Wrong With This MacBook? This customer sent in their MacBook Pro to our store in New York City for our logic board repair service because it has no backlight on the screen. It appears to have some liquid damage. How can we fix the issue? Initial Diagnosis The...
Can you retrieve data from iPhone with water damage?
CAN YOU RETREIVE DATA FROM IPHONE WITH WATER DAMAGE? Yes, of course you can! When an iPhone comes into contact with water, it is usually best to open it up and get it dried as soon as possible. This gives us a much better chance at recovering your data. Sometimes all...
Repairing a MacBook with broken USB ports in NYC
What's wrong with this MacBook? This customer sent in their MacBook Pro to our store in New York City for our logic board repair service because the USB ports weren't working. Before starting the repair, we needed to figure out exactly what was wrong with the machine....
Repairing a MacBook Air that doesn’t turn on after liquid damage
What's wrong with this MacBook? This customer sent in their MacBook Air to our store in New York City for our logic board repair service because it didn't turn on after liquid was spilled on it. It is not pulling any power from the DC power supply, and the fan does...
A1466 Macbook Air logic board repair in NYC – short circuit case.
We offer Macbook repair in NYC from our storefront - come visit us anytime! Let's go over another Macbook Repair here - an A1466 that is not turning on. This Macbook Air is giving us a green light on the charger, which tells us that PP3V42_G3H is present. PP3V42_G3H...
Macbook logic board repair case – power cycling due to PP5V_S4 short
One of the things I've taken pride in for many years is doing Macbook logic board repair at our store in Manhattan, rather than sending it out to another company like was done eras ago. You can see a video of that below. Here, we had a machine that was missing...
A $4600 Website by the Demski Group & Andrew Demski.
Hiring Andrew Demski This story begins on early August when we signed a contract to design a new site. The price would be $4600, with a down payment of $2300. Around August 10th, my site was transferred over to their server for development. The first red flag can be...
Why the Lenovo Retro Thinkpad 25 is a piece of junk.
Why we loved the Thinkpad. The Thinkpad was a special machine, as I've explained three years ago when discussing my disappointment with modern Thinkpads. Thinkpad interfaces allowed me to avoid moving my hand away from the keyboard to move the cursor. The anti-glare...
How to buy a hot air station for laptop & cellphone repair.
How do you make a choice? Why do hot air stations range from $50 to $1800 and what makes them different? How do I pick the right one for me? I've bought the wrong equipment and I use these tools every day in a professional environment. I will walk you through...
There are no shortcuts around component level repair.
I see many people pointing to dry boxes, thirsty bags, and other hip new "tools" that supposedly fix liquid damaged devices. The reality of the matter is that a burned out component is a burned out component no matter what you put the device in afterwards! Look at the...