Hello all. I have taken it upon myself to look under the hood of my Mac and while removing the outer screws, I noticed that each one had blue paint in the threads - in the process of unscrewing and screwing back in, I noticed the paint coming off. I am aware that opening up the machine will supposedly void the warranty, and I am just curious if that blue paint was provided as a means of detection. In other words, would a repair tech look at missing paint on the screws and know whether or not the machine had been opened? Perhaps silly, maybe paranoid, but curious minds want to know! Any thoughts?
Blue paint? Nah, just [Permatex Medium Strength Threadlocker|http://www.devcon.com/products/products.cfm?brandid=2&familyid=350 ]....
If you're really paranoid about getting caught with yer hands in the Mac, you could always dab a little on again, but I doubt the hassled techs have the time and patience to inspect every friggin screw!
agreed with courcoul... unless that the reason why you need to go technical services could be obviously related to what you've done on your Mac, like forgetting a screw inside.
besides, you could have satisfied your curiosity of looking inside by looking at the iFixIt guides;
http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/
I understand what you mean. But playing with parts and playing with a brand new MBP @ 3000$ still under warranty isn't the samething for me. I must rely on my MBP so I'm not playing with his part.
It is like doing surgery on someone that isn't sick. don't repair if it isn't broken. I will stick with the images; they gives enough information for diagnostic like anatomy books.
Well, I suppose it would help for you to know that my hard drive is actually toasted - and I did the toasting, so my warranty is shot anyway. Trust me, I wouldn't have opened him up otherwise. 😝 But when something is broken, I like knowing I can fix it - if I can replace my HD myself, then that saves me having to go 2 or 3 weeks without the center of my universe.
Free time? What's that? Maybe some spare minutes here and there, but nothing is free, my friend.
Oh, you naughty girl! You just had to have the unassailable excuse to change the HD...
Well, now that the damage is done, you can opt for a 320GB HD from Western Digital, or go all the way up to 500GB from Samsung. Beware, Hitachi and Fujitsu also offer 500GB HD's, but they are taller than the spec and don't fit inside a 15" MBP.
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