Louis Rossmann: board repair, schematics and the fight for repair

@solderpunk · Oct 6, 2026 · 1.1k views · via Louis Rossmann ↗

Half MacBook logic board repair livestreams, half right-to-repair commentary. Watching him trace a short with a schematic and a thermal camera is where a lot of us learned.

#macbook#board-repair#schematic#right-to-repair

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@sawdust_sam 12d ago

This is the kind of post that makes this place worth it.

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@solderpunk OP 12d ago

Unplug it. Always. Takes two seconds and the worst case otherwise is a trip to the ER.

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@sawdust_sam 14d ago

Great find. Did not know this channel existed.

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@solderpunk OP 14d ago

Unplug it. Always. Takes two seconds and the worst case otherwise is a trip to the ER.

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Can confirm, the cheap part is the one that fails. Replaced mine twice before reading this.

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Bookmarking. I have exactly this problem and was about to pay someone.

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@solderpunk OP 13d ago

Should be the same procedure, the part moved slightly but the steps match.

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@arc_annie 12d ago

Solid. Sending this to my brother who keeps asking me to fix his.

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