Blue pain on Macbook pro screws

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?

Thank ya, thank ya!

MacBook Pro 15", Mac OS X (10.5.2)

Posted on May 16, 2008 10:26 AM

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May 16, 2008 12:11 PM in response to mmariep2

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.

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May 16, 2008 12:15 PM in response to SeaBeast

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.

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