Текущая версия: Dan
Название:
Is it futile to try use a donor display?
Текст:
| So, I naïevely purchased a cheap-as-chips A2485 mbp with the logic board removed, with a view to buying a cheap identical mbp with a cracked screen, to make one working fantabulously cheap mbp. | |
| Subsequently reading this [guide|150595], I came to think: great! My plan should work! If there's a guide for this, and iFixit sells the parts (on rare occasion, when they come up), then surely this is a viable solution 🙂 | |
| However... I've since stumbled across this post [post|744273] | |
| The updated first answer gives me a strong impression that any attempt to replace the display with a donor (not sourced directly from apple) would essentially be futile, due to the apparent need for system calibration to pair it to it's body. | |
| There is a caveat in that second post, insofar as desoldering a couple of specific ICs and transplanting them onto the new display should get around the apple calibration/serialisation issue. However, I attempted to shop around little ol' New Zealand to find someone to do such a repair, found a repairer who works with someone who apparently has the full schematics for this model of mbp, and has experience with this ''sort'' of repair, and this is the response I got from them when asking if they'd do it: | |
| ''"this type of job is beyond their capabilities. It’s mainly due to the schematics of the board, security that Apple puts on its logic boards & the complexity of it (High risk of it not working) & they don’t think it would be a successful job"'' | |
| So, back to my original question: is it an exercise in futility trying to use a donor display assembly (that is not sourced directly from apple) to replace the display of a broken A2385 mbp? | |
| Or is there some solution to my goal here that I haven't thought of (aside from getting a new logic board from apple instead)? | |
| Thanks for any and all help!! | |
| === Update (03/18/23) === | |
| - | Hey! It's Dan, that dude with heaps of good answers! Thanks for the response. I probably explained my situation and goals terribly, let me try have another crack. |
| - | |
| Currently, I have in my possession a 16" 2021 M1 Macbook pro A2485, which I *think* is missing the logic board only (bought of trademe (NZ eBay equivalent)) | |
| I want a functional 16" 2021 Macbook pro A2485 | |
| I believe the cheapest solution is for me to purchase an identical model (A2485) MBP with a broken display, and have my current display assembly, which I believe is perfectly functional, transplanted into an otherwise perfectly functional MBP with a broken/malfunctioning screen. I currently have my eye on a A2485 with the auction closing in a few days, to enable this - *if* I can get a repair combining the two, to actually work | |
| Alternatively, I believe another solution would be to have a matching, functioning logic board with paired touch ID transplanted into my current MacBook shell, such as this one [product|IF455-031] . I am under the impression that this will be more expensive (I do not have the liquid-damaged logic board to exchange through apple's self-service program), but obviously that depends on how much a A2485 MBP with broken display ends up costing me, so that may not necessarily be the case | |
| So as far as I can tell, my options are as follows: | |
| ***Option 1:*** attempt possibly futile display assembly transplant from Mac with no logic board to Mac with broken screen | |
| - Find ways from iFixit big brains to make this less likely to be futile 🙏 🤞 | |
| ***Option 2:*** buy logic board with paired touch sensor to transplant into my current Mac with no logic board. Hope that iFixit big brains tell me if this is a dumb idea/ how I can make it work without it likely going 🍐-shaped | |
| ***Option 3:*** %#*@ it all to hell, throw the beautiful MacBook I have in the trash/ on a $1 reserve auction for some poor soul to go down the same rabbit hole/ dead end as me | |
| ***A final note/ question on Option 1:*** | |
| Is it somehow possibly to do something like do display transplant without T-CON transplant, and also intentionally break something isolated like a lid angle sensor, then go to an authorised apple repairer to have intentionally broken sensor repaired, and then in the system calibration post-repair, apple inadvertently fixes the display serialisation/ non-matching T-CON? | |
| I'm probably showing just how naïeve I am with the above suggestion - maybe the lid angle sensor is a dumb example and there's a better part to try that on with, maybe the authorised repairer will notice a display mis-match when attempting the repair and refuse service, maybe the system calibration post- authorised repair will only work for said repaired part, or maybe apple will pick up the non-apple-sourced display on calibration and not complete it. I dunno. But figured it's worth throwing out there! Thoughts? | |
| Or any other suggestions for me avoiding going nuclear on option 3? Thanks!! |
Устройство:
MacBook Pro 16" 2021
Статус:
open
Отредактировано: Dan
Название:
Is it futile to try use a donor display?
Текст:
| - | So, I naïevely purchased a cheap-as-chips |
|---|---|
| + | So, I naïevely purchased a cheap-as-chips A2485 mbp with the logic board removed, with a view to buying a cheap identical mbp with a cracked screen, to make one working fantabulously cheap mbp. |
| Subsequently reading this [guide|150595], I came to think: great! My plan should work! If there's a guide for this, and iFixit sells the parts (on rare occasion, when they come up), then surely this is a viable solution 🙂 | |
| However... I've since stumbled across this post [post|744273] | |
| The updated first answer gives me a strong impression that any attempt to replace the display with a donor (not sourced directly from apple) would essentially be futile, due to the apparent need for system calibration to pair it to it's body. | |
| There is a caveat in that second post, insofar as desoldering a couple of specific ICs and transplanting them onto the new display should get around the apple calibration/serialisation issue. However, I attempted to shop around little ol' New Zealand to find someone to do such a repair, found a repairer who works with someone who apparently has the full schematics for this model of mbp, and has experience with this ''sort'' of repair, and this is the response I got from them when asking if they'd do it: | |
| ''"this type of job is beyond their capabilities. It’s mainly due to the schematics of the board, security that Apple puts on its logic boards & the complexity of it (High risk of it not working) & they don’t think it would be a successful job"'' | |
| So, back to my original question: is it an exercise in futility trying to use a donor display assembly (that is not sourced directly from apple) to replace the display of a broken A2385 mbp? | |
| Or is there some solution to my goal here that I haven't thought of (aside from getting a new logic board from apple instead)? | |
| Thanks for any and all help!! | |
| === Update (03/18/23) === | |
| Hey! It's Dan, that dude with heaps of good answers! Thanks for the response. I probably explained my situation and goals terribly, let me try have another crack. | |
| Currently, I have in my possession a 16" 2021 M1 Macbook pro A2485, which I *think* is missing the logic board only (bought of trademe (NZ eBay equivalent)) | |
| I want a functional 16" 2021 Macbook pro A2485 | |
| I believe the cheapest solution is for me to purchase an identical model (A2485) MBP with a broken display, and have my current display assembly, which I believe is perfectly functional, transplanted into an otherwise perfectly functional MBP with a broken/malfunctioning screen. I currently have my eye on a A2485 with the auction closing in a few days, to enable this - *if* I can get a repair combining the two, to actually work | |
| Alternatively, I believe another solution would be to have a matching, functioning logic board with paired touch ID transplanted into my current MacBook shell, such as this one [product|IF455-031] . I am under the impression that this will be more expensive (I do not have the liquid-damaged logic board to exchange through apple's self-service program), but obviously that depends on how much a A2485 MBP with broken display ends up costing me, so that may not necessarily be the case | |
| So as far as I can tell, my options are as follows: | |
| ***Option 1:*** attempt possibly futile display assembly transplant from Mac with no logic board to Mac with broken screen | |
| - Find ways from iFixit big brains to make this less likely to be futile 🙏 🤞 | |
| ***Option 2:*** buy logic board with paired touch sensor to transplant into my current Mac with no logic board. Hope that iFixit big brains tell me if this is a dumb idea/ how I can make it work without it likely going 🍐-shaped | |
| ***Option 3:*** %#*@ it all to hell, throw the beautiful MacBook I have in the trash/ on a $1 reserve auction for some poor soul to go down the same rabbit hole/ dead end as me | |
| ***A final note/ question on Option 1:*** | |
| Is it somehow possibly to do something like do display transplant without T-CON transplant, and also intentionally break something isolated like a lid angle sensor, then go to an authorised apple repairer to have intentionally broken sensor repaired, and then in the system calibration post-repair, apple inadvertently fixes the display serialisation/ non-matching T-CON? | |
| I'm probably showing just how naïeve I am with the above suggestion - maybe the lid angle sensor is a dumb example and there's a better part to try that on with, maybe the authorised repairer will notice a display mis-match when attempting the repair and refuse service, maybe the system calibration post- authorised repair will only work for said repaired part, or maybe apple will pick up the non-apple-sourced display on calibration and not complete it. I dunno. But figured it's worth throwing out there! Thoughts? | |
| Or any other suggestions for me avoiding going nuclear on option 3? Thanks!! |
Устройство:
MacBook Pro 16" 2021
Статус:
open
Отредактировано: Dan
Название:
Is it futile to try use a donor display?
Текст:
| So, I naïevely purchased a cheap-as-chips A2385 mbp with the logic board removed, with a view to buying a cheap identical mbp with a cracked screen, to make one working fantabulously cheap mbp. | |
| Subsequently reading this [guide|150595], I came to think: great! My plan should work! If there's a guide for this, and iFixit sells the parts (on rare occasion, when they come up), then surely this is a viable solution 🙂 | |
| However... I've since stumbled across this post [post|744273] | |
| The updated first answer gives me a strong impression that any attempt to replace the display with a donor (not sourced directly from apple) would essentially be futile, due to the apparent need for system calibration to pair it to it's body. | |
| There is a caveat in that second post, insofar as desoldering a couple of specific ICs and transplanting them onto the new display should get around the apple calibration/serialisation issue. However, I attempted to shop around little ol' New Zealand to find someone to do such a repair, found a repairer who works with someone who apparently has the full schematics for this model of mbp, and has experience with this ''sort'' of repair, and this is the response I got from them when asking if they'd do it: | |
| ''"this type of job is beyond their capabilities. It’s mainly due to the schematics of the board, security that Apple puts on its logic boards & the complexity of it (High risk of it not working) & they don’t think it would be a successful job"'' | |
| So, back to my original question: is it an exercise in futility trying to use a donor display assembly (that is not sourced directly from apple) to replace the display of a broken A2385 mbp? | |
| Or is there some solution to my goal here that I haven't thought of (aside from getting a new logic board from apple instead)? | |
| Thanks for any and all help!! | |
| === Update (03/18/23) === | |
| - | |
| Hey! It's Dan, that dude with heaps of good answers! Thanks for the response. I probably explained my situation and goals terribly, let me try have another crack. | |
| - | |
| - | Part 1 of 3: |
| Currently, I have in my possession a 16" 2021 M1 Macbook pro A2485, which I *think* is missing the logic board only (bought of trademe (NZ eBay equivalent)) | |
| I want a functional 16" 2021 Macbook pro A2485 | |
| - | === Update (03/18/23) === |
| - | |
| I believe the cheapest solution is for me to purchase an identical model (A2485) MBP with a broken display, and have my current display assembly, which I believe is perfectly functional, transplanted into an otherwise perfectly functional MBP with a broken/malfunctioning screen. I currently have my eye on a A2485 with the auction closing in a few days, to enable this - *if* I can get a repair combining the two, to actually work | |
| Alternatively, I believe another solution would be to have a matching, functioning logic board with paired touch ID transplanted into my current MacBook shell, such as this one [product|IF455-031] . I am under the impression that this will be more expensive (I do not have the liquid-damaged logic board to exchange through apple's self-service program), but obviously that depends on how much a A2485 MBP with broken display ends up costing me, so that may not necessarily be the case | |
| - | === Update (03/18/23) === |
| - | |
| So as far as I can tell, my options are as follows: | |
| - | Option 1: attempt possibly futile display assembly transplant from Mac with no logic board to Mac with broken screen |
| + | ***Option 1:*** attempt possibly futile display assembly transplant from Mac with no logic board to Mac with broken screen |
| - Find ways from iFixit big brains to make this less likely to be futile 🙏 🤞 | |
| - | Option 2: buy logic board with paired touch sensor to transplant into my current Mac with no logic board. Hope that iFixit big brains tell me if this is a dumb idea/ how I can make it work without it likely going 🍐-shaped |
| + | ***Option 2:*** buy logic board with paired touch sensor to transplant into my current Mac with no logic board. Hope that iFixit big brains tell me if this is a dumb idea/ how I can make it work without it likely going 🍐-shaped |
| - | Option 3: %#*@ it all to hell, throw the beautiful MacBook I have in the trash/ on a $1 reserve auction for some poor soul to go down the same rabbit hole/ dead end as me |
| + | ***Option 3:*** %#*@ it all to hell, throw the beautiful MacBook I have in the trash/ on a $1 reserve auction for some poor soul to go down the same rabbit hole/ dead end as me |
| - | === Update (03/18/23) === |
| - | |
| - | A final note/ question on Option 1: |
| + | ***A final note/ question on Option 1:*** |
| Is it somehow possibly to do something like do display transplant without T-CON transplant, and also intentionally break something isolated like a lid angle sensor, then go to an authorised apple repairer to have intentionally broken sensor repaired, and then in the system calibration post-repair, apple inadvertently fixes the display serialisation/ non-matching T-CON? | |
| I'm probably showing just how naïeve I am with the above suggestion - maybe the lid angle sensor is a dumb example and there's a better part to try that on with, maybe the authorised repairer will notice a display mis-match when attempting the repair and refuse service, maybe the system calibration post- authorised repair will only work for said repaired part, or maybe apple will pick up the non-apple-sourced display on calibration and not complete it. I dunno. But figured it's worth throwing out there! Thoughts? | |
| Or any other suggestions for me avoiding going nuclear on option 3? Thanks!! |
Устройство:
MacBook Pro 16" 2021
Статус:
open
Отредактировано: Tui Smith
Название:
Is it futile to try use a donor display?
Текст:
| So, I naïevely purchased a cheap-as-chips A2385 mbp with the logic board removed, with a view to buying a cheap identical mbp with a cracked screen, to make one working fantabulously cheap mbp. | |
| Subsequently reading this [guide|150595], I came to think: great! My plan should work! If there's a guide for this, and iFixit sells the parts (on rare occasion, when they come up), then surely this is a viable solution 🙂 | |
| However... I've since stumbled across this post [post|744273] | |
| The updated first answer gives me a strong impression that any attempt to replace the display with a donor (not sourced directly from apple) would essentially be futile, due to the apparent need for system calibration to pair it to it's body. | |
| There is a caveat in that second post, insofar as desoldering a couple of specific ICs and transplanting them onto the new display should get around the apple calibration/serialisation issue. However, I attempted to shop around little ol' New Zealand to find someone to do such a repair, found a repairer who works with someone who apparently has the full schematics for this model of mbp, and has experience with this ''sort'' of repair, and this is the response I got from them when asking if they'd do it: | |
| ''"this type of job is beyond their capabilities. It’s mainly due to the schematics of the board, security that Apple puts on its logic boards & the complexity of it (High risk of it not working) & they don’t think it would be a successful job"'' | |
| So, back to my original question: is it an exercise in futility trying to use a donor display assembly (that is not sourced directly from apple) to replace the display of a broken A2385 mbp? | |
| Or is there some solution to my goal here that I haven't thought of (aside from getting a new logic board from apple instead)? | |
| Thanks for any and all help!! | |
| === Update (03/18/23) === | |
| Hey! It's Dan, that dude with heaps of good answers! Thanks for the response. I probably explained my situation and goals terribly, let me try have another crack. | |
| Part 1 of 3: | |
| Currently, I have in my possession a 16" 2021 M1 Macbook pro A2485, which I *think* is missing the logic board only (bought of trademe (NZ eBay equivalent)) | |
| I want a functional 16" 2021 Macbook pro A2485 | |
| === Update (03/18/23) === | |
| I believe the cheapest solution is for me to purchase an identical model (A2485) MBP with a broken display, and have my current display assembly, which I believe is perfectly functional, transplanted into an otherwise perfectly functional MBP with a broken/malfunctioning screen. I currently have my eye on a A2485 with the auction closing in a few days, to enable this - *if* I can get a repair combining the two, to actually work | |
| Alternatively, I believe another solution would be to have a matching, functioning logic board with paired touch ID transplanted into my current MacBook shell, such as this one [product|IF455-031] . I am under the impression that this will be more expensive (I do not have the liquid-damaged logic board to exchange through apple's self-service program), but obviously that depends on how much a A2485 MBP with broken display ends up costing me, so that may not necessarily be the case | |
| === Update (03/18/23) === | |
| So as far as I can tell, my options are as follows: | |
| Option 1: attempt possibly futile display assembly transplant from Mac with no logic board to Mac with broken screen | |
| - Find ways from iFixit big brains to make this less likely to be futile 🙏 🤞 | |
| Option 2: buy logic board with paired touch sensor to transplant into my current Mac with no logic board. Hope that iFixit big brains tell me if this is a dumb idea/ how I can make it work without it likely going 🍐-shaped | |
| Option 3: %#*@ it all to hell, throw the beautiful MacBook I have in the trash/ on a $1 reserve auction for some poor soul to go down the same rabbit hole/ dead end as me | |
| + | |
| + | === Update (03/18/23) === |
| + | |
| + | A final note/ question on Option 1: |
| + | |
| + | Is it somehow possibly to do something like do display transplant without T-CON transplant, and also intentionally break something isolated like a lid angle sensor, then go to an authorised apple repairer to have intentionally broken sensor repaired, and then in the system calibration post-repair, apple inadvertently fixes the display serialisation/ non-matching T-CON? |
| + | |
| + | I'm probably showing just how naïeve I am with the above suggestion - maybe the lid angle sensor is a dumb example and there's a better part to try that on with, maybe the authorised repairer will notice a display mis-match when attempting the repair and refuse service, maybe the system calibration post- authorised repair will only work for said repaired part, or maybe apple will pick up the non-apple-sourced display on calibration and not complete it. I dunno. But figured it's worth throwing out there! Thoughts? |
| + | |
| + | Or any other suggestions for me avoiding going nuclear on option 3? Thanks!! |
Устройство:
MacBook Pro 16" 2021
Статус:
open
Отредактировано: Tui Smith
Название:
Is it futile to try use a donor display?
Текст:
| So, I naïevely purchased a cheap-as-chips A2385 mbp with the logic board removed, with a view to buying a cheap identical mbp with a cracked screen, to make one working fantabulously cheap mbp. | |
| Subsequently reading this [guide|150595], I came to think: great! My plan should work! If there's a guide for this, and iFixit sells the parts (on rare occasion, when they come up), then surely this is a viable solution 🙂 | |
| However... I've since stumbled across this post [post|744273] | |
| The updated first answer gives me a strong impression that any attempt to replace the display with a donor (not sourced directly from apple) would essentially be futile, due to the apparent need for system calibration to pair it to it's body. | |
| There is a caveat in that second post, insofar as desoldering a couple of specific ICs and transplanting them onto the new display should get around the apple calibration/serialisation issue. However, I attempted to shop around little ol' New Zealand to find someone to do such a repair, found a repairer who works with someone who apparently has the full schematics for this model of mbp, and has experience with this ''sort'' of repair, and this is the response I got from them when asking if they'd do it: | |
| ''"this type of job is beyond their capabilities. It’s mainly due to the schematics of the board, security that Apple puts on its logic boards & the complexity of it (High risk of it not working) & they don’t think it would be a successful job"'' | |
| So, back to my original question: is it an exercise in futility trying to use a donor display assembly (that is not sourced directly from apple) to replace the display of a broken A2385 mbp? | |
| Or is there some solution to my goal here that I haven't thought of (aside from getting a new logic board from apple instead)? | |
| Thanks for any and all help!! | |
| === Update (03/18/23) === | |
| Hey! It's Dan, that dude with heaps of good answers! Thanks for the response. I probably explained my situation and goals terribly, let me try have another crack. | |
| Part 1 of 3: | |
| Currently, I have in my possession a 16" 2021 M1 Macbook pro A2485, which I *think* is missing the logic board only (bought of trademe (NZ eBay equivalent)) | |
| I want a functional 16" 2021 Macbook pro A2485 | |
| === Update (03/18/23) === | |
| I believe the cheapest solution is for me to purchase an identical model (A2485) MBP with a broken display, and have my current display assembly, which I believe is perfectly functional, transplanted into an otherwise perfectly functional MBP with a broken/malfunctioning screen. I currently have my eye on a A2485 with the auction closing in a few days, to enable this - *if* I can get a repair combining the two, to actually work | |
| Alternatively, I believe another solution would be to have a matching, functioning logic board with paired touch ID transplanted into my current MacBook shell, such as this one [product|IF455-031] . I am under the impression that this will be more expensive (I do not have the liquid-damaged logic board to exchange through apple's self-service program), but obviously that depends on how much a A2485 MBP with broken display ends up costing me, so that may not necessarily be the case | |
| + | |
| + | === Update (03/18/23) === |
| + | |
| + | So as far as I can tell, my options are as follows: |
| + | |
| + | Option 1: attempt possibly futile display assembly transplant from Mac with no logic board to Mac with broken screen |
| + | |
| + | - Find ways from iFixit big brains to make this less likely to be futile 🙏 🤞 |
| + | |
| + | Option 2: buy logic board with paired touch sensor to transplant into my current Mac with no logic board. Hope that iFixit big brains tell me if this is a dumb idea/ how I can make it work without it likely going 🍐-shaped |
| + | |
| + | Option 3: %#*@ it all to hell, throw the beautiful MacBook I have in the trash/ on a $1 reserve auction for some poor soul to go down the same rabbit hole/ dead end as me |
Устройство:
MacBook Pro 16" 2021
Статус:
open
Отредактировано: Tui Smith
Название:
Is it futile to try use a donor display?
Текст:
| So, I naïevely purchased a cheap-as-chips A2385 mbp with the logic board removed, with a view to buying a cheap identical mbp with a cracked screen, to make one working fantabulously cheap mbp. | |
| Subsequently reading this [guide|150595], I came to think: great! My plan should work! If there's a guide for this, and iFixit sells the parts (on rare occasion, when they come up), then surely this is a viable solution 🙂 | |
| However... I've since stumbled across this post [post|744273] | |
| The updated first answer gives me a strong impression that any attempt to replace the display with a donor (not sourced directly from apple) would essentially be futile, due to the apparent need for system calibration to pair it to it's body. | |
| There is a caveat in that second post, insofar as desoldering a couple of specific ICs and transplanting them onto the new display should get around the apple calibration/serialisation issue. However, I attempted to shop around little ol' New Zealand to find someone to do such a repair, found a repairer who works with someone who apparently has the full schematics for this model of mbp, and has experience with this ''sort'' of repair, and this is the response I got from them when asking if they'd do it: | |
| ''"this type of job is beyond their capabilities. It’s mainly due to the schematics of the board, security that Apple puts on its logic boards & the complexity of it (High risk of it not working) & they don’t think it would be a successful job"'' | |
| So, back to my original question: is it an exercise in futility trying to use a donor display assembly (that is not sourced directly from apple) to replace the display of a broken A2385 mbp? | |
| Or is there some solution to my goal here that I haven't thought of (aside from getting a new logic board from apple instead)? | |
| Thanks for any and all help!! | |
| === Update (03/18/23) === | |
| Hey! It's Dan, that dude with heaps of good answers! Thanks for the response. I probably explained my situation and goals terribly, let me try have another crack. | |
| Part 1 of 3: | |
| Currently, I have in my possession a 16" 2021 M1 Macbook pro A2485, which I *think* is missing the logic board only (bought of trademe (NZ eBay equivalent)) | |
| I want a functional 16" 2021 Macbook pro A2485 | |
| + | |
| + | === Update (03/18/23) === |
| + | |
| + | I believe the cheapest solution is for me to purchase an identical model (A2485) MBP with a broken display, and have my current display assembly, which I believe is perfectly functional, transplanted into an otherwise perfectly functional MBP with a broken/malfunctioning screen. I currently have my eye on a A2485 with the auction closing in a few days, to enable this - *if* I can get a repair combining the two, to actually work |
| + | |
| + | Alternatively, I believe another solution would be to have a matching, functioning logic board with paired touch ID transplanted into my current MacBook shell, such as this one [product|IF455-031] . I am under the impression that this will be more expensive (I do not have the liquid-damaged logic board to exchange through apple's self-service program), but obviously that depends on how much a A2485 MBP with broken display ends up costing me, so that may not necessarily be the case |
Устройство:
MacBook Pro 16" 2021
Статус:
open
Отредактировано: Tui Smith
Название:
Is it futile to try use a donor display?
Текст:
| So, I naïevely purchased a cheap-as-chips A2385 mbp with the logic board removed, with a view to buying a cheap identical mbp with a cracked screen, to make one working fantabulously cheap mbp. | |
| Subsequently reading this [guide|150595], I came to think: great! My plan should work! If there's a guide for this, and iFixit sells the parts (on rare occasion, when they come up), then surely this is a viable solution 🙂 | |
| However... I've since stumbled across this post [post|744273] | |
| The updated first answer gives me a strong impression that any attempt to replace the display with a donor (not sourced directly from apple) would essentially be futile, due to the apparent need for system calibration to pair it to it's body. | |
| There is a caveat in that second post, insofar as desoldering a couple of specific ICs and transplanting them onto the new display should get around the apple calibration/serialisation issue. However, I attempted to shop around little ol' New Zealand to find someone to do such a repair, found a repairer who works with someone who apparently has the full schematics for this model of mbp, and has experience with this ''sort'' of repair, and this is the response I got from them when asking if they'd do it: | |
| ''"this type of job is beyond their capabilities. It’s mainly due to the schematics of the board, security that Apple puts on its logic boards & the complexity of it (High risk of it not working) & they don’t think it would be a successful job"'' | |
| So, back to my original question: is it an exercise in futility trying to use a donor display assembly (that is not sourced directly from apple) to replace the display of a broken A2385 mbp? | |
| Or is there some solution to my goal here that I haven't thought of (aside from getting a new logic board from apple instead)? | |
| Thanks for any and all help!! | |
| + | |
| + | === Update (03/18/23) === |
| + | |
| + | Hey! It's Dan, that dude with heaps of good answers! Thanks for the response. I probably explained my situation and goals terribly, let me try have another crack. |
| + | |
| + | Part 1 of 3: |
| + | |
| + | Currently, I have in my possession a 16" 2021 M1 Macbook pro A2485, which I *think* is missing the logic board only (bought of trademe (NZ eBay equivalent)) |
| + | |
| + | I want a functional 16" 2021 Macbook pro A2485 |
Устройство:
MacBook Pro 16" 2021
Статус:
open
Оригинальный сообщение: Tui Smith
Название:
Is it futile to try use a donor display?
Текст:
So, I naïevely purchased a cheap-as-chips A2385 mbp with the logic board removed, with a view to buying a cheap identical mbp with a cracked screen, to make one working fantabulously cheap mbp. Subsequently reading this [guide|150595], I came to think: great! My plan should work! If there's a guide for this, and iFixit sells the parts (on rare occasion, when they come up), then surely this is a viable solution 🙂 However... I've since stumbled across this post [post|744273] The updated first answer gives me a strong impression that any attempt to replace the display with a donor (not sourced directly from apple) would essentially be futile, due to the apparent need for system calibration to pair it to it's body. There is a caveat in that second post, insofar as desoldering a couple of specific ICs and transplanting them onto the new display should get around the apple calibration/serialisation issue. However, I attempted to shop around little ol' New Zealand to find someone to do such a repair, found a repairer who works with someone who apparently has the full schematics for this model of mbp, and has experience with this ''sort'' of repair, and this is the response I got from them when asking if they'd do it: ''"this type of job is beyond their capabilities. It’s mainly due to the schematics of the board, security that Apple puts on its logic boards & the complexity of it (High risk of it not working) & they don’t think it would be a successful job"'' So, back to my original question: is it an exercise in futility trying to use a donor display assembly (that is not sourced directly from apple) to replace the display of a broken A2385 mbp? Or is there some solution to my goal here that I haven't thought of (aside from getting a new logic board from apple instead)? Thanks for any and all help!!
Устройство:
MacBook Pro 16" 2021
Статус:
open