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If possible, it sounds like Apple replacing it would be ideal because it would be of one of the newer designs.15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display: 2.3GHzġ5-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display: 2.6GHz The mid-2012 was on the market for a ridiculously long four years, so theoretically Apple's hardware repair/parts support can end in 2021, and even longer in California where it's a 7 year requirement by law. However, I've heard from one source that Apple Stores have proactively replaced these connectors when people have asked for them or if doing some other service where they open up the case. They also seem to be out of stock of the new one with a bracket. They have it without the bracket, which ostensibly should be easy to reuse. They have a new one, and they don't claim that it's OEM. And believe me, we’ve been searching.īeetstech sells used OEM ones for a bunch, and they're not limited to the models that they believe are redesigned. To date, we’ve never been able to find new condition cables with the improved design. Manufacturers caught on to the fact that the new part numbers were more sought after and they simply started producing the same old cables with the new part numbers. This is great news if you were able to get Apple t replace the cable, but new condition cables widely available on the internet may have these part numbers printed on them, but are not the revised cable design. We verified the difference while examining some cables we’ve come across in used computers. These cables were designed with a thicker plastic film and offered more protection to the wires. The new cables now included a different part number 821-2049-A and later 821-2480-A.
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Apple offered this particular laptop (order number MD101LL/A) for a whopping four years due to high demand for the Unibody series of notebooks, and at some point wised up and began shipping computers with a revised version of the cable. Not All Cables Created Equal This MacBook’s cable originally was manufactured with part number 821-1480-A printed on it. There's a newer Apple OEM design (supposedly more robust) with a newer part number, but they think that aftermarket makers just changed the number without mimicking the design. They've looked it over, and they believe that all the aftermarket replacements are based off of Apple's original design. I'm not great with physical electronics, but I could probably figure it out with a multimeter.īeetstech also sells replacement ribbon connectors. The manufacturer would have to just figure out which pins need to be connected. SATA connectors are standardized, and I'm sure that the square connector to the board is part of some standard. IFixit either has used salvage parts of they find some supplier that has reverse engineered the connection. Even when they've occasionally replaced aftermarket parts (like perhaps an aftermarket ribbon connector) they'll want that. Pretty much any Apple authorized replacement of an OEM part requires exchanging the previous part. Have you ever dealt with these cables from ifixit? Do you know what is the difference between these and the one from OWC?Īpple doesn't specifically sell any OEM ribbon connectors to anyone other than AASPs, and they're only supposed to sell them as part of a service that requires it be replaced. Is the variability from getting an old/new cable depend on what the supplier actually ships to you (like a lottery, random chance of getting a new/old)? or is it that it's hard to tell which cable is old/new by simply looking online? I see, do you happen to know how much it costs to get the part replaced at the Apple store?