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crwdns2934243:0crwdne2934243:0 Dan

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Ouch! This is not good ;-{
-Lets see if we can at least get the Touch Bar working again. Often times the [https://www.eetimes.com/author.asp?section_id=36&doc_id=1330826#|T1 chip] which is a system on chip a chip (SOC) which is based on the Apple Watches S1 chip needs a kick in the pants when it goes awry. Lets try a SMC reset following this Apple T/N guide: [https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295|How to reset the System Management Controller (SMC) on your Mac]
+Lets see if we can at least get the Touch Bar working again. Often times the [https://www.eetimes.com/author.asp?section_id=36&doc_id=1330826#|T1 chip] which is a System On Chip (SOC) which is based on the Apple Watches S1 chip needs a kick in the pants when it goes awry. Lets try a SMC reset following this Apple T/N guide: [https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295|How to reset the System Management Controller (SMC) on your Mac]
Your internal display is a bigger issue as the displays ribbon cables have failed in your case the video lines, as the backlight cable is working from your description (you see a bit of a glow in a dark room from the display).
Here’s a view of the different cables:
[image|1701780]
I’m suspecting you gave your system a good bang along the hinge area which damaged the cable and caused the T1 to get messed up, unlike the stage lighting effect which is more of a design failure of Apples as described here [https://ifixit.org/blog/12903/flexgate/|The design flaw behind MacBook Pro’s ‘Stage Light’ effect]
Here too you’ll need a new display assembly!

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crwdns2934241:0crwdne2934241:0 Dan

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Ouch! This is not good ;-{

Lets see if we can at least get the Touch Bar working again. Often times the [https://www.eetimes.com/author.asp?section_id=36&doc_id=1330826#|T1 chip] which is a system on chip a chip (SOC) which is based on the Apple Watches S1 chip needs a kick in the pants when it goes awry. Lets try a SMC reset following this Apple T/N guide: [https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295|How to reset the System Management Controller (SMC) on your Mac]

Your internal display is a bigger issue as the displays ribbon cables have failed in your case the video lines, as the backlight cable is working from your description (you see a bit of a glow in a dark room from the display).

Here’s a view of the different cables:

[image|1701780]

I’m suspecting you gave your system a good bang along the hinge area which damaged the cable and caused the T1 to get messed up, unlike the stage lighting effect which is more of a design failure of Apples as described here [https://ifixit.org/blog/12903/flexgate/|The design flaw behind MacBook Pro’s ‘Stage Light’ effect]

Here too you’ll need a new display assembly!

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