#236 Macbook Air A1466 with no turn on | Liquid Damage

My favourite boards to work on, unfortunately this one is liquid damaged and has been for a while, which sadly leads to an unsuccessful repair at the end of it all but reveals to us a very pretty show of artwork.

[pldaniels]

The Isola Litz wire is from this eBay page

[rossmanngroup]

Haircut
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Bring the 24 year old Paul Daniels BACK!!!

[normanspratling]

My new method for consuming content on YouTube is to find the least inflammatory simultaneously mesmerizing content and allow it to capture my attention while not subconsciously propagandizing me, sort of like what watching American baseball used to be like prior to the sport being overrun by wokeness. The excellent highly technical work that Paul shares on his channel provides just this type of therapeutic content.

Thank you Paul.

Best,

N ~

[caseygelo]

Awesome how you made that loop in the wire for the new pad to seat. Kudos bro !!

[linakoh]

Hi Daniel! Just sub to your channel although I dont do repairs but its so fascinating to watch you at work! Thank you for sharing and I have alot of catching up to do..ie your past channels. Look forward to more from you!

[bertwayne]

Really good video. I enjoyed the repair process and the commentary. Thanks for posting.

[muddshshshark]

so you're the infamous PaulDaniels !! Heard so much about you!! I give dancing lessons here in Montana at my dental floss facility. My pygmy pony says "Hi"

[janzimny]

Don't envy you on the heat, try thinking ice cold beers! All in all still a great viiddi Mr. Daniels! P.S., so good your versed in good manners! Hint hint!

[ministryoffood]

What about if the charger doesn't even flash green or red?

[abdel-bhyg]

at 1:14:37 if u look too the left a bit you connected two points what maby caused the short and blew out the proccessor ... check left side above the resistor near the component you was replacing!

[michaelmccloy]

Hi Paul another great video, It does make me wonder about buying a used MacBook off eBay,

[andrewmackenzie]

I could be wrong, but I think you're mixing up conformal coating and solder mask. Note: I'm an electrical engineer, not electronics engineer, I generally deal with big things like motors and power distribution, not circuit boards.

My understanding is: Solder mask is the (traditionally green) coating applied over the PCB after traces and holes have been created and is used to aide in corrosion protection of traces and making machine soldering possible and hand soldering easier.

Conformal coating is a (traditionally clear) coating that is applied after soldering components on. It protects pads, leads, ICs, etc from corrosion, dust & debris shorts, etc. It's common for industrial electronics (PLCs, protection relays, etc.) to have conformal coating as a specification or option as harsh environments and wildlife (rodents, spiders, etc.) can damage expensive equipment and shutdown manufacturing plants resulting in $M losses.

From what I can see, Apple products do not use conformal coating, if they did, liquid damage would be less of a problem.

[QsTechService]

Nice Work Paul 😃👍 Nice parts board or Replace CPU 😬

[donald]

This motherboard needs lot of cleaning real bad - how long due you put them in the ultrasonic machine and how do you dry them off

[KDCAC]

Paul, have you ever tried to use one of the fiberglass pens for rubbing off conformal coatings etc.
I've it quicker and less likely to cut through traces ?
John here

[joetomperry]

Hi Paul thanks for the great videos mate, I’m wanting to upgrade to the amscope trinocular. Must I order direct from them or is there an easier way. Keep up the great work mate!

[gregoryevans]

Hello Paul what temp and air flow were you running your Quick at when you replaced the 32 QFNP at about 13 min in? Very hot and humid down here in Sydney the last week ( around 40C+ 80-90% RH for 5 days)
Cheers.

[donald]

Just curious - didn't you check the cpu 1st instead of all that work - cleaning the board

[amandah]

Coffee (with cream and sugar) spilled on my MacBook Air at 11:30am and was brought to tech repair around 5:30pm the same day. Is it likely to survive? It shut itself down and wouldn’t turn back on at all which is why I took it to be repaired.

[donald]

What is that green stuff made of anyway