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Finally got a stubborn 2015 MacBook Air to boot after a hail mary with a heat gun
I was about to call it a dead logic board, but a gentle 30-second pass over the SMC area brought it back to life. Has anyone else had luck with this method, or did I just get stupid lucky?
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holly7136mo ago
Wait you used a heat gun on a computer and it actually worked? That sounds like something from a mad science experiment, not actual tech repair. I've heard of people using ovens for graphics cards but that always seemed like a last resort before the trash. A gentle pass is the key detail though, I guess you didn't just melt the whole thing into a puddle. Honestly that's wild luck, I would have been too scared to even try it.
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skylerp316mo ago
My buddy fixed his old Xbox with a heat gun too, @holly713, but it died again a week later.
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taylor.amy6mo ago
Honestly I used to think that was total nonsense too. But I had a 2012 MBP with a dead GPU that came back for a whole year after a careful reflow. Sometimes the old tricks actually have some truth to them.
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