Another day of experiencing all four seasons and unpredictable weather. During an evening with a rainbow in East London, we returned a MacBook Pro 16” 2019 with a shorted logic board, and another MacBook Pro 13” 2017 that needed a battery replacement due to a swollen battery.

If a Mac won’t go to the login page and instead shows a screen full of multi-language, it’s usually not a good sign. This MacBook Pro 13” 2017 in North London required a logic board replacement, but fortunately all the data remained completely intact.

If a MacBook shows no response even when it’s plugged in, the lucky cases are usually a dead battery; the unlucky ones are a failed logic board. In Reading, a MacBook Pro 13” 2017 turned out to be one of the unlucky one. The conclusion is an on-site logic board replacement, with a dust clean up while we were at it.

A water-damaged device isn’t necessarily beyond repair, it really comes down to luck. If you’re fortunate, even severe liquid damage can still be fixed. In North London, a MacBook Pro 13” M1 2020 suffered serious liquid damage, but it turned out to be one of the lucky ones. Although the repair took a little longer than expected, it was ultimately successfully repaired.

It was supposed to be just a battery issue on this MacBook Pro 13” 2017 turned out to also involve a problem with the logic board. In the end, both a battery replacement and logic board repair were required, solving both issues at once. Many thanks for the owner’s homemade Hong Kong style fried noodles, absolutely delicious 😋.