Bart Van Dessel

Hi there, a friend of mine mailed me today if I could help him source a new display to replace the broken one in his 13”...

Yes you can! Mac trackpads and keyboards are just USB (1?) devices! If you have a dead MacBook (Pro/ Air) you’ll still be able to convert its KYBD and trackpad to a genuine and original (although a bit steampunk) Mac KYBD & trackpad array. Apple itself, nor other brands IMHO have no KYBDs combined with trackpads on the market, So, get original! Excellent addition for an iMac, for example. You’ll need a soldering iron & some tools, as well as a simple USB A cable to spare. USB 2 connections are very simple: Common, +5V, Data+ and Data -. Just 4 soldering connections to do. The easiest Apple model to recuperate from I find is the 2007 MBP Core2 Duo with the defective NVIDIA 8600 M GT in it. To be had for free, mostly. Unrepairable, but the KYBD & trackpad may be salvaged. Internal flatcable may be defective (another generic defect with this model), but this in no way defeats our purposes. If you want a more capable trackpad, a more recent Mac wreck will do. I hope some other iFixit members will chip in with...

Hi, long time no see. I am reading the same problem here (sorry, it is in Dutch): https://www.macfreak.nl/hardware-macintosh/cinema-display-24-zwart-scherm-nog-wel-communicatie-via-display-port/msg563666/#msg563666 Seems to me many of those 24” Apple Cinema Displays have damaged backlight inverters. Looks like a generic issue. Any chance we get that inverter board as a spare on iFixit.eu?

I don't know what damage this bluetooth AZERTY KYBD that was given to me had (probably liquid), but the : WXCVBN, and left command keys were not working. Hung it out to dry, punched a little harder on these lower keys, and, especially, '''carefully cleaned the flatcable at the receptor end with isopropanol (IPA). '''bold text'' Lo and behold, coming to you from this KYBD! Good luck to you! Hammer away, I'dsay.

Sorry for my late post, but I've come across this in the course of other research. Someone asked me the exact same question about the exact same component some days ago, but with a better picture. If I'm not mistaken, this component is identified on the silk screen as "J6", being "jumper # 6". Indeed it seems to be a simple wire bridge with a ferrite core meant as RFI screening. Measure its resistance, on- or off-circuit: it will measure about 0 Ohms in both directions. Definitely not a diode. What the leaking white putty is, I don't know, however. Not the cause of a malfunctioning PSU in my book...

With all due respect, step # 19 and 20 pics shows the ZIF socket on the trackpad board, not the Mac logic board, I think...

See step #17 which seems to be correct. There is an inconsistency in the guide.

Just to be sure...

As a rule with iFixit repairs, for years I've been printing the guides, applying scotch magic tape near each picture (which allows me to reutilise the paper prints in the future), neatly putting the appropriate screw next to their picture and taping them down with scotch magic tape.

Even if I have to wait for spare parts, this allows me to neatly file the guide + screws in a copy safe and a binder (or in a cardboard filing box together with the rest of the parts) for later reassembly. Hardly any mistake possible...