gpoehlein
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A couple of months ago, I made the stupid mistake of having an open container of liquid too close to the laptop, and the inevitable happened - liquids in a Macbook Pro keyboard = dead keyboard. Thankfully I reacted quickly and nothing penetrated any deeper than that. But, as a result, I've had to use an external USB keyboard with it (not very "portable" as a result).
I finally got to order a replacement keyboard from ifixit. What would have probably taken 4-5 weeks and $500 or $600 for Apple to repair cost me $90 and was here in 5 days. Then, the fun began. Let me tell you, Apple builds their hardware to make user service darned near impossible. I've built a few circuits in my day and built a couple of PCs from components, so I felt I could probably do the repair (ifixit has a lot of great pictoral tutorials on their site, and they allow users to add comments as well. The latter turns out to be a real bonus, since the instructions can be a bit ambiguous at time and the outside users can tell how they solved a particular problem.
Long story short, the Keyboardectomy and replacement was a success and the new keyboard works great. I really recommend these guys for all apple hardware (computers, iPods and iPhones). They'll even sell you the special tools you need to make the repair.
I finally got to order a replacement keyboard from ifixit. What would have probably taken 4-5 weeks and $500 or $600 for Apple to repair cost me $90 and was here in 5 days. Then, the fun began. Let me tell you, Apple builds their hardware to make user service darned near impossible. I've built a few circuits in my day and built a couple of PCs from components, so I felt I could probably do the repair (ifixit has a lot of great pictoral tutorials on their site, and they allow users to add comments as well. The latter turns out to be a real bonus, since the instructions can be a bit ambiguous at time and the outside users can tell how they solved a particular problem.
Long story short, the Keyboardectomy and replacement was a success and the new keyboard works great. I really recommend these guys for all apple hardware (computers, iPods and iPhones). They'll even sell you the special tools you need to make the repair.