I wasusingmyMacBookProlastnight, likealways, and I wasgoingtouseitagainthismorningforvariousreasonsandtomysurprise, thebattery.
Isitlike, I don't know, 15% althoughitwaspluggedinallnight, Well, then I alsonoticedthatthelittlelightthat's supposedtocomeononthisthelittlemagsafepartrighttherewasn't onespeciallyorange.
Whenit's charginggreenwhenit's chart, whenit's alreadychargedorsomethinglikethat, Therewerenolightsonatall, so I did a littlebitmoreinvestigatingtoseewhatthemainproblemwasandgofigure.
Mychargeriscompletelyseveredfromthistothis, sotake a lookhere.
Thewiresthatcomealongtheoutsideoranother y I'm guessingonesofpowerones, thegroundorsomethingofthatnature.
Sotodaywe'regonnagodowntothegarageandfixit.
I firsthavetoseeif I havetheavailabletools, themainonebeing a solderingiron.
I know I'vehadoneatonepoint, butnotsurewhereitisatthisDaytontime.
Solet's gofindout.
Youknow, as I couldgatherallofthetoolsknowwheretogetthisdone, I realized I forgottomentionWhydon't I justbuy a brandnewcharger?
Well, there's manyreasonsforthat.
Oneiswhensomething's broke.
I'd liketofixitinsteadofthrowitawayandget a newone.
Afterall, thislaptopissixyearsoldandsuddenlyrunningthatstrongbecause I continuallyfixitandmakeitbetteronestepat a time, butalsobecause I wentontheAppleWebsite, wentonAmazonandwentanywherethatsells a magsafeoneApplebrandcharger.
I don't reallywanttogetanoffbrand, andthey'reabout $80.
Sure, I couldgobuy a newonerightnow, butif I haveonerightherethatjust, youknow, thewiresneedtobereconnected.
Imagine, trymannitoltryingtofixit.
If I messitup, then I messitupand I havetobuy a newone.
I justwantedtobeabletochargemylaptopbecauserightnowis a giantpaperweight.
Rightnow I wanttostepnumbertwo.
Nowthat I havethissidepridepriedapartproperly, I needtomakesureitgoesallthewayaround.
Andthisis a littlebitdifferentbecausethis, theysay, use a heatgunbyThey'rejustmean, like, onlinetutorialsandstuff, but, uh, I amalmostthere.
Someonetothrowthescrewdriverandhereinthelittlegroovetoseeif I cangetitapart, leveragethebelly, likepullingithard, butnotpullingithardbecause I don't wantittobreak.
I'm nottryingtoleverageitout.
I'm tryingto, like, pullitlikethatinsteadoflikethat, but I don't know.
I don't knowwhattodo, huh?
Actuallyknewit.
I think I justneedaccess.
Maybe a littlebitmoredifficult.
I mayenduptakingthiswholethingoffanyway, butsince I couldgetthisfaroutandkindofkeepitclampedoutlikethat, I justneedaccesstothisblackholdon.
IfyoucouldseethattothisblackinthiswhitewireBecause, like I mentionedbeforetheirtwowiresinhere, theoutsidegoestheblack, theinsidegoestothewhite.
Sothat's all I need.
Andwhat I saynext, you'regoingtobe a littlebitconfusedby I needtocutthisoff.
Allright, so I'm usingmywirecutterstocut.
Itisclosestpossibletoo.
Thewhitesboomandthencutthissideascloseaspossible.
I actuallyreallydoesn't matterBoom, Because I won't endupcutting a lotofthisoffanyway, becauseit's ah, it's notgoodwireatthatpoint.
Buthereitlooksprettygood.
And I justhavetostripthewire.
Butnowwhat I mustdoisgetthewireoutofthisbecausethisneedstobereused.
Oratleast I'd likeforittobe.
Andthatiswheretheplierscomeinagain.
I hope.
I hope I couldjustlampontothis.
Maybe I should'veleft a littlebitmorewireonthereintrytoripitout.
Maybe I shouldhavethoughtthisthroughbefore I cutit.
Oh, well, theregoesthewhiteone.
Donedeal, andthentheblackone, notsosurethat's gonnabe a Ziggy, actually, ifit's thishardtogetthisout, there's noway I'm goingtobeabletoget a wirebackinthislittletinyhole.
Somaybe I justneedtodrillit.
Then I justneedThiotake a drillbitdrilldownthroughthisintohere.
Feelsgoodwhenyouworkonsomethingandactuallycomestofruitionlike I didn't knowifthisisgonnaworkintheend, I mayhavejustbeenwastingallthistimeandhadtoendupspendingthat $80 anyway, butitendedupworking.
Andifyouknowmeatall, I lovesavingmoney.
Sothat's just a plus.
Now I'm backtohaving a workinglaptopinanyworkthat I neededtodoonmylaptop.
IncentiveonmyPCbehindmecanactuallygetdone, butofthesickofmakingthissoundveryphilosophicalorwhateverwordworksproperlyinthatsentenceifsomething's broke, whetherit's a relationship, whetherit's a computerchargerorwhetherit's somethingelseandthere's a potentialfixingit, trytofixit.