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Woke up to a plugged in, battery drained MacBook.

I had read about defective MagSafe power adapters, though this was my first contact with one.

The end that connects to the computer had started to fray, and became very hot when an intermittent connection was made.

After the long wait until Apple tech support woke up, I was instructed to buy a new power brick.

Two months after my first year of MacBook ownership lapsed, and not feeling like whining or forking over $79.00, I decided to repair my scorched adapter.

Off to Google and found a plethora of forums to choose from.

This was not an isolated issue, though the common solution seemed to be “buy a new one”.

Here’s the step by step pictorial process I used to repair my MacBook MagSafe power adapter…

…that no one else should even think of doing… at all… ever… just buy a new one… don’t electrocute yourself.

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I would be happy to add comments to any photos or steps upon request.

Mac Happens

Posted in apple, mac, repair on May 22nd, 2008


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