This week we had a 15″ Macbook Pro A1707 in our Adelaide Macbook Repair Workshop. Customer had spilled cola over the keyboard and trackpad nearly 3 years ago. It is a miracle that internal damage hasn’t occurred on the electronics.
Only couple keys on this Macbook were not typing correctly. As seen, the customer tried to remove the caps and clean underneath, but has damaged the mechanism and could not fit the keys back.
We highly advise any liquid damaged Macbooks not to be used and be cleaned and repaired within as quick as possible. Check the reasons why it is important to repair liquid damaged Macbook ASAP.
First, we need to ensure there is no liquid residue remaining on the logic board itself. Although, it worked for 3 years after the spillage, we need to ensure there is no oxidation or corrosion on the board which might fail it.
A1707 Macbook Pro Keyboard Replacement Process
Unfortunately individual non typing keys cannot be repaired with any laptops. However, there is one solution for keyboard failure, and it is a Macbook Keyboard Replacement in Adelaide.
New generation Macbook keyboards are riveted. Removal of these keyboards requires breaking it to pieces and prying it out. This can be a challenging procedure, as these bits are sharp and can bent the keyboard frame. Once bent, the feeling of the keyboard presses is not as smooth as before.
Once we pry out the keyboard, Which fells on pieces due to the PCB based design. We need to clear and remove all rivet bits and pieces.
These little rivets cannot be riveted again, as they are part of the palmrest assembly. So we need to be quite innovative to get the keyboard fitted nicely. Otherwise it will be uneven.
A1707 Macbook Pro Sticky Trackpad Repair
Additionally, we also noticed that the trackpad is bit sticky and not responsive as it should be. So we took it apart and cleaned it.
Trackpad has some residue and needed clean as liquid residue was interfering with the keyboard and trackpad controller.
We had to clean the trackpad and luckily there was no damaged traces and corroded components. So we did not had to replace the trackpad and clean was sufficient to bring it to fully functional state.
Successful A1707 Macbook Pro Keyboard Replacement
A1707 Macbook Keyboard was Replaced successfully in our Adelaide workshop took 2 days once we had the part ready to fit. However, overall result was great and the system is working as new, with both keyboard and trackpad.