MacBook Pro comes back to life after its logic board is ‘cooked’

[snowComet]

VR-Zone reported, a user fixed his Macbook Pro by cooking it in an oven.

 

According to the article, when the Macbook Pro died,  freezed up, displaying its version of the infamous “blue screen of death on him, Ales Kocjancic try to fix the problem. He tried fixes on forums, but it didn't work; he didn't have Apple Care, and he didn't want to pay a large sum of money to fix it from Apple. As a last ditch of effort to fix it, he extract the logic board, put it on a aluminium foil, and baked it in an oven that had been pre-heated at 340 degrees, for 7 minutes. After he "cooked" the logic board, he put it back into his machine, boot it up, and the Macbook didn't have any problem ever since.

 

 

 

 

 

The logic behind this fix is actually very simple. It is based on a presumption that broken logic board connections might be causing the machine to not run properly. When the logic board is the oven, heat liquefies the solder joints. After its removed from the oven and set aside for a while, the joints cool back in place effectively mending the broken connections. Kocjancic then connected it back and powered up his MacBook Pro. The fix worked and he hasn’t faced any problems since.

 

http://vr-zone.com/articles/macbook-pro-comes-back-life-logic-board-cooked/74027.html

 

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/computers/how-to-bake-an-apple-macbook-and-other-recipes-for-extreme-troubleshooting-20140312-34lin.html

[Paralectic]

Haha, pretty cool.

[simson0606]

Haha, pretty cool.

no, no, no very hot!!

[qwertywarrior]

how is this news

people do this all the time on hardware

[RazeG3SG1]

Depending on the fault. U can do that to fix it.

[Akolyte]

I have a macbook pro, if its taken care of it shouldn't break!  Though, this happens allot with PC parts.  However since its a mac and its probably just average users viewing this, they read in awe. 

[Guest]

My brother attempted this to repair his old GPU, but he used american temps rather than british.... capacitors were popping n flying everywhere haha

[Gunjob]

This isn't news, this is a DIY method of reflowing solder, this has been common practice for years. The Nvidia 9000 and 8000 series were well known for these fixes, as are HP DV laptops. 

[mr.squishy]

As has been stated before, this is called reflow soldering. It is a common technique among people that actually know things about electronics. Next time, do some research before posting "news" please.

[Guest]

My brother attempted this to repair his old GPU, but he used american temps rather than british.... capacitors were popping n flying everywhere haha

British temps I'm sure you mean Swedish

[That Norwegian Guy]

mispost

[Testmann]

British temps I'm sure you mean Swedish

Why specifically swedish? Isn't it just the difference between the metric and imperial system?

[TheWall]

I wanna try this with my macbook pro logic board that i split on, how great is the danger of this?

[Guest]

Facebook is watching this, twice even.

[Guest]

Why specifically swedish? Isn't it just the difference between the metric and imperial system?

Celsius, also known as centigrade,[1] is a scale and unit of measurement for temperature. It is named after the Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius (1701–1744), who developed a similar temperature scale. The degree Celsius (°C) can refer to a specific temperature on the Celsius scale as well as a unit to indicate a temperature interval, a difference between two temperatures or an uncertainty. The unit was known until 1948 as "centigrade" from the Latin centum translated as 100 and gradus translated as "steps".

[Guest]

Celsius, also known as centigrade,[1] is a scale and unit of measurement for temperature. It is named after the Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius (1701–1744), who developed a similar temperature scale. The degree Celsius (°C) can refer to a specific temperature on the Celsius scale as well as a unit to indicate a temperature interval, a difference between two temperatures or an uncertainty. The unit was known until 1948 as "centigrade" from the Latin centum translated as 100 and gradus translated as "steps".

We use Celsius here.

[Guest]

We use Celsius here.

Ok and?

[Testmann]

Celsius, also known as centigrade,[1] is a scale and unit of measurement for temperature. It is named after the Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius (1701–1744), who developed a similar temperature scale. The degree Celsius (°C) can refer to a specific temperature on the Celsius scale as well as a unit to indicate a temperature interval, a difference between two temperatures or an uncertainty. The unit was known until 1948 as "centigrade" from the Latin centum translated as 100 and gradus translated as "steps".

But almost all of europe use celcius.. Didn't know a swedish guy invented it though i think napoleon was the one who standardized it with the introduction of the SI unit system

[Guest]

But almost all of europe use celcius.. Didn't know a swedish guy invented it though i think napoleon was the one who standardized it with the introduction of the SI unit system

We use celcius in the us also but F is the primary standard, i also don't understand why you are telling me common sense

[DLM_012]

As has been stated before, this is called reflow soldering. It is a common technique among people that actually know things about electronics. Next time, do some research before posting "news" please.

 

Came in to post this. People do this as a cheap fix with RRoD XBOX 360s all the time. I'd know because I seriously considered doing it once. 

[Tigerbomb8]

We use celcius in the us also but F is the primary standard, i also don't understand why you are telling me common sense

You seam like you're trying to sound smart.. 

[Guest]

You seam like you're trying to sound smart..

What?

[juretrn]

Why is this news? People have been doing this for years with GPUs.

[sysloc]

I used this to fix an Xbox 360 and an HP laptop. Except the laptop was more useful as a mush of melted sober and pcb...

[xWhiip]

Why is this news? People have been doing this for years with GPUs.

Thank you. You're like the third person saying this.