drmdolfan

Hi friends. I purchased the ifixit Series 3 screen replacement and the ifixit Force Touch Sensor Gasket for Series 3...

My brother-in-law said when he removed his docking cable it broke the connector (can see missing metal on top)- but I can...

This is usually caused by the cruise control brake switch. Where safe but with car on the road with cruise dropping out, can you set cruise and keep it running by lifting the brake pedal up towards you? If so, then look at the brake pedal switch and locate and adjust the position of the switch slightly so that it does not disengage prematurely.

I would call it a strap latch or maybe a strap holding ring, strap ring, strap clip? Does that help?

No need to do that unless you bought some type of extra insurance for spilling water on the phone. I don’t think it would be worth the cost. Depending on how much water you spilled, there will be some level of corrosion which could eventually decrease the life of the affected components. There is a recent article on ifixit about dealing with water in phones so check it out. Good luck.

SSD is super light and doesn’t need a caddy. You can find a place to strap it out of the way with a couple wire ties. I have an old optiplex and that is what I did. As far as the 2.5 TB use the caddy for that one.

No you cannot as these are not compatible.

Are you referring to what is commonly called the speaker “surround” which mounts the cone to the frame?. If so, yes you can definitely replace those especially if the speaker is a common size. There is a guide on ifixit for repairing this speaker unit including replacing the whole speaker itself as well.

If you checkout the ifixit tear down of the C202 in step 8 they remove the display from the rest of the case and it looks like that plastic cover is still attached. I have seen these often as just ‘wrap-around’ pieces that can be carefully popped off of short partial shafts on either side. You should be able to flip that piece back and forth with the display detached if need be.

Please ensure that all of the display ribbon cables are properly seated. When I replaced the screen and force touch sensor gasket on the series three I had the same issue. I had to reopen the case and I carefully re-seated all three ribbon cables and then the force touch worked properly.

There are some discussions on this but as I recall you cannot use different screens or there will be degraded operation.

I believe you are on the right track that this is sounding like a motherboard issue after everything you have done. If this laptop has an external monitor port make sure to try connecting an external monitor as well to ensure that it isn’t just the LCD panel though. Good luck!

I’m not sure as this repair was for a ‘friend of a friend’. I used that B-7000 import stuff. Does anyone know how to source the adhesive that Apple uses or what that stuff is?

Thank you williamsjond I’m glad I could help!

Anagazo,

Glad that you found an alternate technique that works for you. I wouldn’t call the heat ineffective and I recommend installing a new force touch gasket regardless after opening up the glued surface like this display.

Hey Mason,

I think there are some articles that identify them but if you take a look at the Series 3 teardown, the chip mounted at the top middle of the inside of the display is the force touch controller, so my educated guess would be that the middle ribbon cable is responsible for touch. I had the same problem and reseated all of them again and it worked after that.

I’m able to power on my camera board (I have it plugged into the PC USB), it triggers the computer USB storage but the PC will not mount the card storage. With it plugged into the PC USB port the battery charging voltage is 4.1VDC. I’m not sure that I ever used the parking mode so I don’t know how log it takes to deplete the battery but I don’t think it stays charged very long.

Hey Adam,

Good question. I pulled mine just now to see and you’re right, it is a pad with adhesive holding it down. Be careful lifting it as there is a tiny circuit board on the pad end. Unfortunately I have had the replacement camera fail in exactly the same way and I contacted their support but they will not replace this second defective one. These unfortunately are not reliable. Post back if you are able to get yours working with a replacement battery. I think the battery might only be used for the parking mode but I’m not sure. My voltage measurement on my battery is zero with this installed. For grins I may try to plug it in and then check the voltage across the connection on the circuit board. Good luck.

Dan

Thank you Paul. This was my first such guide and I hope to publish more. I'm glad to have been helpful and appreciate the acknowledgement. Take care.