Fixed my MacBook power supply failure.

sgould

sgould

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My MacBook is 6 years old. It's on its second power supply.

The power supply suffered the usual broken wire and failed. I was reluctant to pay £65 to Apple for a new power supply, so I got out my knife, took the connector apart, and found that that broken wire was about 1 inch back from the connector.

Although there are four pins on the Magsafe connector the wire to it is a single coaxial cable. The wire in the centre core had broken.

A bit of cutting. A bit of solder. A bit of shrink wrap and a bit of tape and the wire is back together and the MacBook is charging again. :)

Saved myself £64 or so. What shall I spend it on? :)
 
That looks interesting! :)

But maybe I'll save for a new MacBook. This one is too old for Mountain Lion. I like to keep all three computers in the house on the same system as far as possible. I don't suppose there's any need, but it's just me....
 
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