Re: MBP 13" late-2011 (820-2936-B): bad sensors, need to fix VN0R, IB0R, IC0R

I guess no-one here is familiar with these symptoms. For the record and in case it helps any future newbies, I will update this thread as I learn and try more.

To answer my own first question: yes it's possible for me to make these repairs - or at least, it's possible in general. Since I last posted I've watched a lot of Louis Rossmann's component repair YouTube videos and he has a couple where he shows exactly the sort of repairs I need to make: replacement of resistors and caps using...

Hi everyone

I recently bought a used Apple MacBook Pro 13" late 2011 for my mother, but with a known fault. Her existing laptop is old and dying, and I think she'll do better with macOS than Windows, but neither she nor I can afford a fully working Apple laptop. I knew it did turn on and ran the OS, so I hoped it might be fixable.

The symptoms:
1. Only starts with a 10-second press on the Power button. Therefore it can't wake from sleep, only do a full startup each time.
2. In macOS it runs slower than an asthmatic snail slithering through glue with some...

Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

Hi everyone

I'm Tom from the UK. I'm a software engineer/server admin, but have experimented and dabbled with electronics at a basic level for the last couple of years. A very basic level

I signed up because I am hoping to see if I can repair a late-2011 Apple MacBook Pro, which I bought used at a low price because it was known to be faulty. If I can get it working it will be a present for my mother, whose current laptop is on its last legs.

I bought it because I knew it started and would...