Would a burned MagSafe (or the connector) be visible on the inside?
Hey everyone!
Alright, this is my first time on ifixit and also in the MacBook-world in general, so please tell me if I am doing obvious or rookie mistakes.
As for the problem:
I got the old MacBook of my girlfriend (actually her moms) with her saying it burnt through two different MagSafe-Cables and won't boot up anymore.
My question is somewhat vague (apologies for that), but how can I see whether it is really burnt, broken or damaged?
What I did is open up the body, extract the HDD and copy her files so that she can safe her pictures and other data. So my actual job is done (she got a new MacBook Pro).
Further inspection did not reveal anything spectacular; the MagSafe Connector on the outside does not look burned at all, compared to googled images of burned ones. Same goes for the inside, the connector cable does not 'look' burned. Apart from being full of dust, everything seems in order.
Of course writing that makes me kind of feel naive and I am not a technician, but I would like to repair that thing, even if it is just for sport, learning and to dabble in the Apples (and maybe a little show off ;)).
The AppleStore/Genius/Apple-Guys told me this MacBook is obsolete and they are - sadly - not able look at it anymore, which I can understand (well I tried :-)).
So I kind of need some advice:
- Would a burned MagSafe (or the connector) be visible on the inside of the MacBook ?
- Should I buy another MagSafe-cable and try to just charge it (or maybe try it first without the battery?
- Should I try for an Apple-certified repair-shop and have them a go at it? (that was also the advice of my Apple-Hotline-Guy
- Should I just forget the whole thing and sell the scraps and spare parts on eBay?
As for the details:
It is an "Apple MacBook "Core 2 Duo" 2.4 13" (Black-08)" as far as serial number and everymac.com tell me.
Thanks in advance and sorry I did not google/search properly!
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