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shotmodonnell

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Jun 24, 2022
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Hi All!

Long time lurker, first time poster here. I have a mid 2014 13" MBP that I'm considering replacing the battery of, and wondered over the course of planning this, whether or not I would be able to fix a screen issue that I've lived with for the past ~5 years, shown below !

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Lol so there is about 10% of the screen missing on the right, and lines of dead pixels (?) across the length of the screen. This happened after being dropped, and I have learned to live with it due to a screen replacement being prohibitively expensive (especially so in Ireland, I think). Since I would have to open up the laptop to replace the battery, I wondered if this issue might be caused by a loose connection and so could be fixed? I also wonder if opening the laptop up would have extra potential for more damage, due to the screen already being a bit broken!

What do you think? Any possibility of some magic happening here? Or should I leave it alone just in case... 🤔

(Oh! And I realise that maybe I could have gotten this replaced as part of the program that ran for screens a few years ago, but I had no idea it was happening when it was happening... 🤷‍♀️)
 
I would do one first, then the other. However, an unintended question, why not look at a new Mac?
Thanks, good advice.

On a new Mac, I definitely plan to upgrade at some point, I'm not sure it's time yet though. This computer is still a joy to use for the most part (it's most often used with an external monitor) and does everything I need it to do. A new battery could improve it for a few more years for <€100, and I can get whatever the new Mac is at that point.
 
In case anyone looks up this thread in the future, the battery was easily replaced in a few hours here, alongside much cleaning. The screen remains the same, but the battery health is normal again ✌️
 
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