BRIAN LIFE AND TECH

 Hi all, my old Macbook white 2009 has been with us for the past 11 years since mid of 2009 MacBook white 2009 (from iFixit)   Much repair work has been done previously, such as replacing the broken screen, replacing broken HDD, upgrading the RAM, fixing the power supply charger and the latest one permanently solders the power supply charger to the laptop. Problem?: Then, one more problem appears lately, which is the MacBook not able to turn on. even though, idle light and logo are on. In simple words, MacBook not able to enter the mac os. The solution is: press and hold: SHIFT + CONTROL + OPTION, then press the POWER button to switch OFF the MacBook... Once MacBook is off,  Then, press the POWER button to turn on the MacBook. In my case, it works and the problem solved. Thank you for coming here

Hi all, this is my wife old laptop..purchased back in 2009..still quite smooth and has been utilise by her and the kids. After several time facing the problem with it charger such as overheat, melting, magnet connector damaged, then fix it again as in  the link for several time. then..i decided to install the charger cable permanently with the hope that it can last long.  Since this laptop stay at the same place and not moving around. so, it is safe to, i guess, to permanently install its charger cable, as long as its working. Figure 1: Disassemble the macbook to access the charger circuit (picture shown mainboard) Disassembley and fixing step: 1) The first step was to remove back cover to have acces to internal circuitary. 2) Once back cover is open, disconnect the battery connector first to cut/remove supply from battery to the circuit. This is important to make sure no damage happen to mainboard during repair work. 3) remove battery by unscr...

From October 2009, till now, I have fixed (maybe some of it cannot be called real repair) my Macbook countless of times on my own. These includes replace the screen due to the cracked, changing/repalced my hard drive many times, replace and also upgrade memory RAM, and most of it are the Magsafe charger. Power supply detail: ADP-60AD 60W P Supply Use for Macbook white late 2009 I am not sure why, but, my magsafe always have thermal dissipation problem and generate heat more than it should when in use. Magnetic connector that attached to the Macbook  get warmer/hotter when I am charging for hours during the longer usage. Even, the magsafe converter (big white square thing) sometimes getting hot too. magnetic connector separated from supply cable due to excessive heat. magnetic connector and pins separated from cable by remove two lock pins,  plastic that hold supply pins can be detached supply pins plastic holder detached from magnetic connector....