We repair MacBook yourself or SuperDrive for 18000
I flew to me early in the morning, a good friend from the States. He, like me, is a Mac OS X lover and an ardent fan and fan of Apple, unlike me. During our conversations get-togethers, it was necessary to rewrite something to disk. Disk found, inserted into his new MacBook and ...
Here it should be noted that my friend did not use the SuperDrive at all.
... the disk inside began to buzz and make incomprehensible sounds and was ready to explode.from happiness
')
Thinking that we got a fake Verbation disc, we began to try other pigs, including relatives from the macbook. The result was one - the drive did not work.
Noutubuk was under warranty, and we carried it to the nearest service center. When viewed in the service center, O HORN!, They found a slight pressure (indentation?) On the body, which I could not catch with my D40x SLR, and it was visible to my eyes.
After about two weeks! a cute girl calls me and says:
- Sorry, we can not replace the DVD drive under warranty, as you have a shock! on the case, and this is not a warranty case.
The thought flashed through my head: “Well, okay, figs with him” - and I ask
- How much will a paid replacement DVD drive cost, and was ready to part with the sum of up to 5,000 rubles, remembering that the macbook is not cheap here either.
The girl tells me with a joyful note in her voice
- Replacing a DVD drive will cost you 18,000 rubles. ($ 600) It's half a laptop.
Honestly, I didn’t expect to say the least from such a sum, thoughts ran upwards diagonally somewhere, and the brain, from "great joy," began to slowly flow down the back into the left shoe.
Not believing in my "happiness", I took the laptop and gave it to another company, the result was the same, only the price was already, a little bit lower - 17,500 rubles.
As a result, the replacement of SuperDrive on the MacBook, after wandering through services, poured out at least 16,000 rubles.
A friend measured and said that he didn’t need a drive in general, and when needed, he would buy an external one, but I didn’t want to give up and began to look for ...
After searching, I found SuperDrive on ebay for a ridiculous price, just $ 40 (1200 rubles) with free shipping.
When the drive was delivered, I was replaced, but before that the drive is in my crooked hands! already fell twice <_ <, but! It works fine and stable.
Look at Yandex. Photos
Verifying the SuperDrive Ubuntu Disk
Look at Yandex. Photos
The conclusion is simple: Check and use your macbook in full during the warranty period, most importantly, without physical damage. Do not be afraid to disassemble and repair the equipment yourself! In the most difficult cases, find acquaintances who know how to hold a screwdriver.
This story happened to me two times. Once at the end of June, and the second at the end of November 2009. The second time I was ready for prices, and I can say that they are not much different from the first time.
PS I did not post here all the photos of the parsing process, if you are interested, that is, on the yandex blog.
Here it should be noted that my friend did not use the SuperDrive at all.
... the disk inside began to buzz and make incomprehensible sounds and was ready to explode.
')
Thinking that we got a fake Verbation disc, we began to try other pigs, including relatives from the macbook. The result was one - the drive did not work.
Noutubuk was under warranty, and we carried it to the nearest service center. When viewed in the service center, O HORN!, They found a slight pressure (indentation?) On the body, which I could not catch with my D40x SLR, and it was visible to my eyes.
After about two weeks! a cute girl calls me and says:
- Sorry, we can not replace the DVD drive under warranty, as you have a shock! on the case, and this is not a warranty case.
The thought flashed through my head: “Well, okay, figs with him” - and I ask
- How much will a paid replacement DVD drive cost, and was ready to part with the sum of up to 5,000 rubles, remembering that the macbook is not cheap here either.
The girl tells me with a joyful note in her voice
- Replacing a DVD drive will cost you 18,000 rubles. ($ 600) It's half a laptop.
Honestly, I didn’t expect to say the least from such a sum, thoughts ran upwards diagonally somewhere, and the brain, from "great joy," began to slowly flow down the back into the left shoe.
Not believing in my "happiness", I took the laptop and gave it to another company, the result was the same, only the price was already, a little bit lower - 17,500 rubles.
As a result, the replacement of SuperDrive on the MacBook, after wandering through services, poured out at least 16,000 rubles.
A friend measured and said that he didn’t need a drive in general, and when needed, he would buy an external one, but I didn’t want to give up and began to look for ...
After searching, I found SuperDrive on ebay for a ridiculous price, just $ 40 (1200 rubles) with free shipping.
When the drive was delivered, I was replaced, but before that the drive is in my crooked hands! already fell twice <_ <, but! It works fine and stable.
Look at Yandex. Photos
Verifying the SuperDrive Ubuntu Disk
Look at Yandex. Photos
The conclusion is simple: Check and use your macbook in full during the warranty period, most importantly, without physical damage. Do not be afraid to disassemble and repair the equipment yourself! In the most difficult cases, find acquaintances who know how to hold a screwdriver.
This story happened to me two times. Once at the end of June, and the second at the end of November 2009. The second time I was ready for prices, and I can say that they are not much different from the first time.
PS I did not post here all the photos of the parsing process, if you are interested, that is, on the yandex blog.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/65224/
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