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#1 2008-03-31 9:12 pm
- knobtwirler
- Anthropocentric Temporal Chauvinist
- From: NYC
- Registered: 2003-07-28
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how do you open up the 60W magsafe adapter?(repair)
I just got a new magsafe cable to replace the torn/melted one I had to solder 3 times before it couldn't be fixed anymore, but how do you take apart the white plastic square to put the new cable in? I stared at it a few minutes and couldn't figure out this rubix cube, except that maybe I have to pry it apart the way you open up an ipod.
If you look around the table and can't tell who the sucker is, it's you.
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#2 2008-04-01 12:51 am
- knobtwirler
- Anthropocentric Temporal Chauvinist
- From: NYC
- Registered: 2003-07-28
- Posts: 3104
Re: how do you open up the 60W magsafe adapter?(repair)
eh, nevermind, it was a real PITA, I ripped it apart and destroyed it. Anybody got one for sale? These things suck.
If you look around the table and can't tell who the sucker is, it's you.
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#3 2008-04-01 1:01 am
- maleko
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- From: Eugene, OR
- Registered: 2006-11-25
- Posts: 1221
Re: how do you open up the 60W magsafe adapter?(repair)
Mine melted, went down to the mac store, they had one for sale. I'm so smurfing tired of the MBP battery and power cord.
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#4 2008-04-01 2:40 am
- thelegendofjohn
- I know.
- From: A Basement On The Hill.
- Registered: 2006-08-20
- Posts: 1385
Re: how do you open up the 60W magsafe adapter?(repair)
maleko wrote:
Mine melted, went down to the mac store, they had one for sale. I'm so smurfing tired of the MBP battery and power cord.
No joke, I'm on my 4th MBP battery. 
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#5 2008-04-01 8:41 am
- SomeOneOrOther
- 1-yr-old switcher
- From: Ottawa, Ontario
- Registered: 2004-01-05
- Posts: 177
Re: how do you open up the 60W magsafe adapter?(repair)
Sorry if this sounds like stating the obvious, but why don't you guys just buy 3rd party equipment, instead of Apple's?
I know when I needed replacements for my iBook G4, someone on this forum suggested NewerTech. I just checked their site today, and under MacBook/MacBook Pro batteries, it says "Coming Soon". Btw, their battery and adapter for my iBook work great, no problems yet.
Just my 2 cents,
SH
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#6 2008-04-01 5:55 pm
- FutureDreamz
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- From: カナダ
- Registered: 2007-01-07
- Posts: 4511
Re: how do you open up the 60W magsafe adapter?(repair)
SomeOneOrOther wrote:
Sorry if this sounds like stating the obvious, but why don't you guys just buy 3rd party equipment, instead of Apple's?
I know when I needed replacements for my iBook G4, someone on this forum suggested NewerTech. I just checked their site today, and under MacBook/MacBook Pro batteries, it says "Coming Soon". Btw, their battery and adapter for my iBook work great, no problems yet.
Just my 2 cents,
SH
Because Apple has patents for the adapter, which they aren't licensing yet.
Thanks for clicking.
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#7 2008-04-01 8:24 pm
- thelegendofjohn
- I know.
- From: A Basement On The Hill.
- Registered: 2006-08-20
- Posts: 1385
Re: how do you open up the 60W magsafe adapter?(repair)
Not to mention I'm still under AppleCare. 
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