He suggested rigging a piece of copper wire to bridge the broken connection. His do-it-yourself attitude was a great help. My biggest concern was that I would need a new logic board.Īfter fretting about my dear computer, I spoke with a friend of mine who works as a mechanic. Feeling defeated, I put the computer back on the desk and went on with my day. I immediately powered the computer down to prevent damaging my computer’s internals. The fan is crucial to the computer’s operation: after only a few minutes of being powered on, the logic board was very hot. The good news was that my computer was working, but the bad news was that fan was not spinning. It was working! There was a brief moment where the letter G didn’t work, but after another day, the G would return to working order. At that point, I gave up removing the logic board and simply set the computer, keyboard facing down, on a dry towel to let it dry as much as possible.Ī day later, I reconnected the battery and, with the back cover still off, I powered-on the computer. Egads! And the small piece of the connector fell on to the kitchen floor, never to be seen again. As I did so, I broke the connector between the fan and the logic board. One of the first steps in removing the logic board is to disconnect and remove the fan. has a guide on replacing the logic board.
I was very concerned about any coffee residue inside of the machine, so I attempted to remove the logic board. However, the saving grace was that I take my coffee black and without sugar, and usually black coffee spills are rarely devastating.Īs I did last time, I took apart the computer, removed the memory DIMMS, and disconnected the battery. This time it was about an ounce of coffee instead of about twelve ounces of fizzy water. I’m embarrassed to admit that only a few months after spilling seltzer inside of my MacBook Pro, I have spilled yet another liquid. Soldering a Fan Cable to a MacBook Pro Logic Board
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