A BROKEN £200 ($260) 2020 Apple MacBook from eBay - Can I FIX it???
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- Опубликовано: 22 авг 2024
- Hi, I bought this 2020 Apple MacBook Air from eBay for only £199.99. It doesn't power on. It is a A2179 EMC 3302 MacBook Air (Retina 13" 2020) 1.1 GHz Quad Core Intel Core i5 with 8GB DDR4 and 500GB storage.
Can it be fixed or will it be a nightmare?
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Remember that this is just for entertainment and I am not an expert in these repairs. The processes in the video may not be the best way, the correct way or the safest way to fix these things. I do love fault finding and trying to fix broken things, so I hope that comes across in this 'Trying to FIX' series. Many thanks, Vince.
There's no better feeling than fixing something and getting a "Thank You Dad" afterward. She was proper made up mate. Good job Vince.
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Just brilliant
A real "Father of the Year"-award right here! ☺
@D M Nice tangent.
The best thing you can ever hear is when someone shows gratitude, like your daughter did ;)
You made your daughters days when you gave her the new computer. The sound of joy and happiness in her voice warmed my heart. Its good to see the previous "almosts" haven't swayed you from ateempting to fix macs. Oh and thanks for reminding me to put mine on charge :)
Thanks Dash, yeah even with all the fails I still get drawn back to them. I think the fact that schematics are avaliable makes it more inviting to fix. Shame I can't read them properly 🤣🤣👍👍👍👍👍
Best dad ever! Was so sweet to hear how happy your daughter was at the end!
MACnificent, Vince! What a great buy, and fantastic reaction from your daughter! 👍
😁😂 Cheers Steve 👍
MACnificent. Oh boy.
That is absolutely fantastic and makes the huge amount of hours you've spent fixing mac books worthwhile. The clue was in your USB tester not showing a voltage. How fab. That's probably worth about 600 now and your daughter will love it!
Thanks Paul, she is using it right now as I type, and yesterday AND the day before that. This one will get plenty of use. Fingers crossed it will stay good 👍👍
@@Mymatevince buy a broken board to get the chip or contact louis. he might be able to point you to someone
How lovely to hear how happy your daughter was, well done Vince, keep up the great work.
That's fantastic that the fix was so simple! You're daughter's reaction was priceless. She was so excited and I was excited for her!
Thanks Treena 👍👍👍
Notification on my phone just said 'Tryimg to fix a broken £200' lol, my first thought was 'bloody hell, he will try to fix everything'
Your daughter's reaction at the end was awesome, nice one Vince you made her day!😀
Was worth watching to hear your daughter genuinely sound grateful for your efforts.
Vince the happiness in your daughter's voice at the end of the video welled me up man... I'm an alpha, stop it! I wasn't crying, something in my eye dude 😂
🤣🤣haha, cheers Cod3r. I thought she might have got hate for saying "oh my gosh" 20 times but seems like quite a few viewers got something stuck in their eyes 👀 🤣👍👍
@@Mymatevince haha nah mate she's a young lass, it's pretty refreshing seeing her actually say oh my gosh rather than oh em gee 😂 a genuine moment of pure joy from her though, I love it mate. You're a great father!
That's really nice to buy something so cheap and being able to fix it so easy and also making your daughter so happy... what a positive vibe video this is 😄
When wiping the internal drive, change the view setting to show the actual drive, those 3 drives are apfs containers, not the actual root drive if you want to change that, you can also just go into disk utility and merge the other apfs containers into the drive you chose for mac os big sur
That sounds super user friendly and why I don't use apple products.
@@SPEXWISE buhu 🤡 takes two clicks.. did you know how too use every program on a windows or linux machine the first time you tried it? didn't think so...
@@SPEXWISE well i mean, they did kinda fix it with monterey but not every average consumer wants to know hoe to wipe their drive, most people will just take it to some shop to do it for em
Absolute legend Vince and it's nice to hear how grateful your daughter is at the end, bless her!
The reward for fixing it feels good, the reward from your daughter saying "thanks dad" priceless !!
What a deal! It is interesting to see the USB-C orientation (which that connector does actually have) demonstrating the failure.
Yeah, a real good deal on this one. Cheers Garth 👍👍👍
One of the reasons why I genuinely enjoy your videos is because you TRY to discover, diagnose, guess what is wrong. You might be wrong, you might be right.
Sometime you win, sometime you loose.
It's natural.
That gives a feeling that we, viewers, participate in the exploration with you.
That's something i completely don't feel while watching "pro" fixers, there's no emotion.
Keep it going Vince, i'm your fan since ~50k subs :)
How nice that you got it fixed (and pretty easily at that!), even nicer how happy your daughter was! ❤
Your daughter was so grateful! Heart warming Vince. Made my day that has.
Amazing. Your daughter's reaction, priceless. 😀😉😁👌✌
Thanks Nandi 😁👍👌
Coming from a guy who is intimidated by fixing newer tech your videos have given me hope in how simple it can be sometimes. The reaction alone was worth the watch, thanks for giving me more confidence to move forward!
Absolutely melts my heart! I’ve been fixing stuff for years. Xboxes playstations phones laptops etc and I’ve got a 2 year old daughter! Can’t wait for the day I can do something like this for her because the excitement in your little girls voice is amazing! Quality job again vince
Well done Vince another great repair, and also great to see your daughter's reaction
One of the most satisfying repairs I've seen you do Vince, well done mate.
Good fix vince, and your daughter very appreciative….. keep it up mate. Warms your heart
The ending was the best part. Great to listen to a happy kid.
That was a great fix Vince! Nothing better than a reaction to a nice gift to you Kids! Well done mate
It almost looks like someone connected a USB Killer to both ports.
Man after my own heart. My daughter is my world. Well done mate. My daughter actually called me "Legend" the other week for giving her a LOUI VITTON top.
Nice find and repair Vince! I wouldn't have used the original lead either. Your daughter sounded real happy. Cheers!
Definitely. Leads are cheap and if you blew either the charger or laptop chip you'd never forgive yourself
Cheers Shawn, sporting a new logo I see 👍👍👍👍
@@Mymatevince with losing my old HDD and some pre-recorded content, I decided to take a step back and focus on a few changes. New logo for the channel, my son's drawing of "Pup" the dog is my new in video thumbnail, and then a few other odds and ends here an there.
Aww the end was lovley, glad you managed to get it fixed but i'm shocked how complex these machines are! Lights, everything is tight up together inside it's madness!
Aw, that was sweet. It's good to see (for once) a relatively easy win for you, Vince and it's still a worthy basic trouble-shooting video :)
Thanks Antony👍👍
What a brilliant dad.
Nice one Vince? Glad your daughter is happy fair play to you and your daughter is one very polite person you have brought them up well and very respectful and happy?
happy for you and your daughter great video 🙂
Nice one Vince, that's an amazing fix. Well chuffed for you and your daughter.
Brilliant video Vince!! I loved your Daughters reactions to her new laptop :)
This was a fantastic fix! I'd never ff! I love the puzzle that is trying to figure out what happened! Hearing you made your daughter sooo happy is solid gold!! Lovely really!!
Bless her. Not a bad surprise. Great fix once again.
I'm so glad your daughter was so happy with with Mac book 2020 well done my mate Vincent you did a amazing job on that
Thank you Ryan👍👍👍
THIS IS THE BEST LAPTOP YOU HAVE FIXED GOOD ON YOU MATE
Awesome love your daughter reaction ...WHAT A AWESOME DAD...
What a heartwarming video on how repairing things can bring happiness to both the repairman and the one getting the fixed product.
Nice fix Vince in joyed that Video and nice to see one happy daughter!!!! Love to make my daughter happy to!!!!!
That's an awesome quick fix! I know you listed the specs of the MacBook in the video description, but another way to view them is via Apple Menu > About this Mac and it'll show all that you need to know, with the option of clicking "System Report" to get more granular/detailed specs on a per component level. Great video though! It was cool hearing your daughter happy!
A fix from the heart. Best dad ever.
Proud daddy moment right there... her reaction was priceless
Did not expect the music from Genshin Impact to start playing while he was cleaning those ports! Made my day! I need to play it again sometime XD
wow, a charging port cleaning fixed it. great job mate! the ending was great too!
Wow, what a pickup and repair =O Just after you said it's not worth buying modern devices because experts will have looked at them! You are more expert than you think Vince ;) Priceless reaction from your daugter =D
The best buy yet!!! Can you believe something this easy to fix was sold on eBay!!!! I'm going to have a rant about eBay on the beginning of every video now 😂
@@Mymatevince 😂
@@Mymatevince that would be so funny! MMV ebay supporter
awesome fix. Its about time you got a good buy. Glad your daughter loved it
Thank you Emma 👍👍😁
Well done Vince, and what a great dad you are , your kids are a credit to you
Thank you Canal 👍👍👍👍
I have no idea how in the midst of Apple's brutal anti-repair anti-consumerism, they have the USB ports being fully replaceable and it's cheap, too.
You did great here, man. Awesome repair and it's essentially like new---I'd argue better, it's proven to work and be inspected for basic electrical faults and problems.
My gaming laptop had its charger burn out at the wall plug, but thankfully all it took with it was the surge protector, my laptop itself was safe. It's scary what a bad or failing wire can do.
Excellent video Vince. What a blessing to get it fixed on the cheap. Off to Bible study. Have a blessed day.
Thank you, you too 👍👍
The sacrifices of parenthood. Vince: You have the new one, I'll have this old one. Beautiful.
The MACBOOMINATOR is back 😁
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g`day vince nice little fix mate well done....... your daughters reaction was priceless ..........great little video mate cheers
Nice one James👍👍👍
It reminds me of when we surprise our daughter. She always cries, and then that makes us cry. Yes, it ends up being a big mess 🤣
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I buy macbooks and imacs in bulk from a big-name university in the Midwest. I was inspired by your videos. So now I do laptops used cars and work as a chef in the day life is good.
One very happy daughter nice fix 👍🏻
Nice lucky break and fix Vince. Your daughter's reaction was priceless
Hi Vince here’s a suggestion for a trying to fix video:
LED light fittings. You know the ones that come in all kinds of designs that say the LEDs are irreplaceable? I’ve been looking for one to go in my living room but I’d love to know if they really are a giant waste of materials when an LED strip inside the light fails or if when the driver fails if that’s replaceable as well? Just something I thought of no worries mate thanks,
I seen those in my local B&Q (DIY store) and I thought the same thing. They look lovely with the integrated lights but what happens when they fail. Maybe if they are sealed then they will last the advertised hours...not sure though!! I will have a scroll through eBay to see if any are for sale. Cheers for the idea 👍
@@Mymatevince yea I’ve seen them in B&Q as well and I thought they look nice but are quite expensive in there. EBay and Amazon seem to have better prices but I wouldn’t know if they are similar quality or not. No worries thanks for replying and you have a nice rest of your evening 🙂
You are such a beautiful person bud! It was great to hear your daughter so happy. God bless Vince, nice fix
A great result on this one, Happy grateful daughter, working machine for a bargain price, interesting video, well done.
Wow :)
Ur daughters response was amazing.
Great fix!
You made me all teary-eyed at the end there. :D
I think the cable end got damaged first, or some tiny piece of metallic debris in the slot, it knackered one of the USB ports, manifested as intermittent charging, so they tried it another port which then also got damaged. What else would damage the same pins in both ports? Great fix, well done.
yeah, I agree with this, I think the bad cable caused the problem! great fix though mate and nice score for the price :)
What a nice, satisfying fix :-) I'm wondering if those problems could have been caused by an aftermarket magnetic connector. It did seem like there was some sort of corrosion around the area, but apart from that this is pretty much what I expect a bad magnetic connector would cause. I have never seen this myself but I have read about it.
Thanks Gero 👍👍👍 Maybe it was one of them!
Yup poor aftermarket charger causing sparking on high voltage high amp pins.
Awsome!
What a brilliant win for you!
Macbook god gave you this to make sure you keep buying his macbooks :D
Love the reaction of your daughter!
First hopeful, "is it going to break?" Then you get happy 😊
So true Anders, the MacBook God looked down on me with sorrow and favour and gifted me this one 😂👍👍👍
Nice wholesome scene at the end, well done dad 👍
Well that was fortunate. Your practice is paying off.
Wel that is absolutely a satisfying repair!! :-)) Nicely done!
Take that USB C lead and cut it into pieces with scissors or side cutters - there's no reason to keep anything that may contribute to issues in the future simple because you've forgotten. At the very least label the cable's issue...
Her reaction at the end was so sweet ☺️
I don't fix electoronics as a hobby but the other month I was browsing eBay and saw this exact model for £120, seller said the only fault was a broken screen. Sure enough when the laptop arrived the only problem was a broken screen, so I purchased a tool kit and a screen for £185 and it works in great condition. Got a 2020 MacBook Air for round about £300!
These Mac videos are the best. As annoying as they get sometimes it's much more rewarding if you fix them. In your face APPLE !
heartwarming finish Vince :) just hearing that makes it all worth it. Congrats!
there is no better feeling that when your child is excited that you have done something good for them :) enjoy
Always check the power connector and jack for fluff/moisture before plugging in.
Hearing grateful appreciative chidden is an awesome thing nowadays... Great job raising her! That's the best part of this entire video!
Thanks Chip👍
Was very nice to see you get a solid win with the Macbooks. They seem to be becoming a regular thing on your repair channel now :D
Thank you Paul😁 can't believe how lucky I got with this one. I'm becoming an addict. I only need one MacBook win every now and then to keep me hooked and wanting more! Cheers for watching.
@@Mymatevince It's a powerful drug and I do not believe there's any 12-step recovery program for it. We're all hopelessly addicted. :D
@@pldaniels 🤣
Nice one vince nothing feels better than to make your children happy
in disk utility there is a button on the top left corner on the left of the title Disk Utility, click it to Show all devices, and then you can delete the whole disk into a single partition, hope this helps for the future, keep up the good work vince😀😀
Thanks Jimmy 👍
“So it’s not gonna break” god I relate to that, even my own internal dialog is like “am I sure this is gonna stay fixed!” Great fix Vince congrats on the win!
Brilliant reaction from your daughter. Well done Vince
Yes that was a nice and simple fix! Also hearing your daughter's happy reaction was the cherry on top at the end.
Nice one, thanks for watching and commenting👍👍
On disk utility, you need to click on the pull down menu and select "show all devices" and click on the top ssd and than erase it
Great to see a simple fix for you!
What a great fix!! You sure did make your daughter's day with this one.
Yes!!! More MacBook videos!! Thank you!
You can boot into single user mode and reset the initial setup flag through command line if you ever run into one that wont let you into recovery without an admin password. Reboot to create a new admin acct and then boot into recovery to wipe it clean. Ive done a few of those at work
Officially my favorite MMV video! Excellent work!
Thanks MM👍👍👍👍
That was so wholesome at the end. Great job Vince. Somehow your videos always managed to soothe me in these difficult times.
Thank you👍
amazing job again mate, lovely to hear your daughter was so glad.
Great fix by MMV!!!!!! You are tenacious , and have lots of patience. One of the reasons I have recently stayed away from apple pc and laptops is when they are expensive and when they fail ,unlike other pc / laptops , they are usually not repairable by me
Thank you👍👍👍
Being a father, the end making your daughter happy is what it's all about, well done
Great win !!! Happy girl !! All the best from Croatia !
Thank you👍
Great fix Vince! Your daughter was so happy! What a great reaction!!!!
Great job Vince!