If you don't know repair shops are basically 100% liable for even Apple's warranty repair. This was in part to discourage third party shops from selling used Apple parts on eBay.

And Louise is not an amateur by any means! If the screen is not defective, but the tech broke it, then the shop gets charged for the new part. Even Louise struggles a bit with this iMac. This dude ended up getting Louis Rossman to help fix his iMac Pro. It is moderately difficult for an AASP (Apple technician) to work on this, but if you watch part 2 and 3 of his video series, you'll see that Apple charges third party repair shops basically for any mistakes they made. When you get the screen out safely, the repair and update is super easy. So what he was doing was assembling the screen in a very precarious situation. If you're too close to the chassis, then you don't have enough clearance or room to disconnect or re-connect the flex.

If you are too far from the chassis then you'll rip the flex and say goodbye to the screen. What most people don't really realize and is not quite illustrated on the iFixit website is that the reason why the person was holding the screen so close by his chest at such close range to the chassis is because, Apple designed the connecting flex between the screen and motherboard so short that that's the only distance to create a gap in between to disconnect the flex. Ask them if this is the case and perhaps the Apple Store, if they are in your area, would probably be able to quote you similar pricing but with better warranty support.Īctually, that's the typical accident that would happen to those newer iMacs when the tech either takes the screen out or puts it back in. That's been my experience as I work/volunteer for a computer store who regularly refurbished Macs and PCs and screens are always issues customer complain after repairs, because you sometimes aren't going to get exactly the workmanship of the original screen placement. If so, are you willing to sign some documents to absolve the liability of screen damage to save some money? Usually stores don't offer this because the screen is always a contentious issue. Perhaps ask them if the cost of the upgrade includes the screen replacement. That's because, if you crack the screen yourself while attempting your own upgrade, you also have to pay for the replacement screen as well. The price, perhaps, is in lieu of the 2 hr labour cost (approx $70-$100/hr labour x2 ) plus a possible cost of a new screen (you pay for it, even though they damaged it) if they would have cracked it because the adhesive bonding Apple used is quite sturdy.

According to the iFixit site, it takes roughly 1 to 2 hrs to replace the drive inside this iMac to a SSD and it is not an easy job to separate the screen from the chassis.

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