Well the good news the display cable hinge is quite easy to replace [https://www.thebookyard.com/product.php?cPath=39_367_360&products_id=13708|Retina MacBook Pro 13"/15" Hinge, Left - iDP/eDP cable (12-15)]. The other cable is a bit harder [https://www.thebookyard.com/product.php?cPath=39_367_360&products_id=15442|Retina MacBook Pro 13" Right Hinge, Antenna/iSight cable (12-15)] but still not overly difficult.
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Have you tried dripping a bit of WD40 onto the hinge? Take the cap off the WD40 can and spray into it making a puddle. Now use a cotton swab wetting it then wiping the hinge. Often times this will fix a dry hinge. Just do't get things too wet as you don't want the WD40 to drip into the display.
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Well, the good news the display cable hinge is quite easy to replace [link|https://www.thebookyard.com/product.php?cPath=39_367_360&products_id=13708|Retina MacBook Pro 13"/15" Hinge, Left - iDP/eDP cable (12-15)]. The other cable is a bit harder [link|https://www.thebookyard.com/product.php?cPath=39_367_360&products_id=15442|Retina MacBook Pro 13" Right Hinge, Antenna/iSight cable (12-15)] but still not overly difficult.
Here’s the guide you’ll need follow to get the display off [guide|23392] then you can replace the cables. Review this guide [guide|9493] to see how to disassemble the antenna so you can replace it as well as get behind it to release the iDP cable. Getting the iSight cable out is a bit more work as you need to lift the gasket around the edge of the screen and the frame. You’ll need a heat gun with a variable temp control as you don’t want to melt the rubber.
In any case you don’t want to damage the cables! The iSight cable has a thermal sensor in it which will mess-up your systems temperature monitoring (SMC).
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=== Update (07/04/2019) ===
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Have you tried dripping a bit of WD40 onto the hinge? Take the cap off the WD40 can and spray into it making a puddle. Now use a cotton swab wetting it then wiping the hinge. Often times this will fix a dry hinge. Just do't get things too wet as you don't want the WD40 to drip into the display.
Well the good news the display cable hinge is quite easy to replace [https://www.thebookyard.com/product.php?cPath=39_367_360&products_id=13708|Retina MacBook Pro 13"/15" Hinge, Left - iDP/eDP cable (12-15)]. The other cable is a bit harder [https://www.thebookyard.com/product.php?cPath=39_367_360&products_id=15442|Retina MacBook Pro 13" Right Hinge, Antenna/iSight cable (12-15)] but still not overly difficult.
Here’s the guide you’ll need follow to get the display off [guide|23392] then you can replace the cables. Review this guide [guide|9493] to see how to disassemble the antenna so you can replace it as well as get behind it to release the iDP cable. Getting the iSight cable out is a bit more work as you need to lift the gasket around the edge of the screen and the frame. You’ll need a heat gun with a variable temp control as you don’t want to melt the rubber.
In any case you don’t want to damage the cables! The iSight cable has a thermal sensor in it which will mess-up your systems temperature monitoring (SMC).
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=== Update (07/04/2019) ===
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Have you tried dripping a bit of WD40 onto the hinge? Take the cap off the WD40 can and spray into it making a puddle. Now use a cotton swab wetting it then wiping the hinge. Often times this will fix a dry hinge. Just do't get things too wet as you don't want the WD40 to drip into the display.
Well the good news the display cable hinge is quite easy to replace [https://www.thebookyard.com/product.php?cPath=39_367_360&products_id=13708|Retina MacBook Pro 13"/15" Hinge, Left - iDP/eDP cable (12-15)]. The other cable is a bit harder [https://www.thebookyard.com/product.php?cPath=39_367_360&products_id=15442|Retina MacBook Pro 13" Right Hinge, Antenna/iSight cable (12-15)] but still not overly difficult.
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Here’s the guide you’ll need follow to get the display off [guide|23392] then you can replace the cables. Review this guide [https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/MacBook+Pro+Retina+Display+Teardown/9493] to see how to disassemble the antenna so you can replace it as well as get behind it to release the iDP cable. Getting the iSight cable out is a bit more work as you need to lift the gasket around the edge of the screen and the frame. You’ll need a heat gun with a variable temp control as you don’t want to melt the rubber.
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Here’s the guide you’ll need follow to get the display off [guide|23392] then you can replace the cables. Review this guide [guide|9493] to see how to disassemble the antenna so you can replace it as well as get behind it to release the iDP cable. Getting the iSight cable out is a bit more work as you need to lift the gasket around the edge of the screen and the frame. You’ll need a heat gun with a variable temp control as you don’t want to melt the rubber.
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In any case you don’t want to damage the cables! The iSight cable has a thermal sensor in it which will mess-up your systems temperature monitoring (SMC).
Well the good news the display cable hinge is quite easy to replace [https://www.thebookyard.com/product.php?cPath=39_367_360&products_id=13708|Retina MacBook Pro 13"/15" Hinge, Left - iDP/eDP cable (12-15)]. The other cable is a bit harder [https://www.thebookyard.com/product.php?cPath=39_367_360&products_id=15442|Retina MacBook Pro 13" Right Hinge, Antenna/iSight cable (12-15)] but still not overly difficult.
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Here’s the guide you’ll need follow to get the display off [guide|23392] then you can replace the cables
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Here’s the guide you’ll need follow to get the display off [guide|23392] then you can replace the cables. Review this guide [https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/MacBook+Pro+Retina+Display+Teardown/9493] to see how to disassemble the antenna so you can replace it as well as get behind it to release the iDP cable. Getting the iSight cable out is a bit more work as you need to lift the gasket around the edge of the screen and the frame. You’ll need a heat gun with a variable temp control as you don’t want to melt the rubber.
Well the good news the display cable hinge is quite easy to replace [https://www.thebookyard.com/product.php?cPath=39_367_360&products_id=13708|Retina MacBook Pro 13"/15" Hinge, Left - iDP/eDP cable (12-15)]. The other cable is a bit harder [https://www.thebookyard.com/product.php?cPath=39_367_360&products_id=15442|Retina MacBook Pro 13" Right Hinge, Antenna/iSight cable (12-15)] but still not overly difficult.
Here’s the guide you’ll need follow to get the display off [guide|23392] then you can replace the cables