![]() It will be a normal apple 45w 24v t-connect magsafe adapter, from the core2duo era of macbook pros. I didn't unsolder the cord from the board myself, and its been long enough since i've done this, I thought I'd make extra sure I have each of the 2 wires going where they should. There's no wire to splice onto, so I'll have to solder it to the board. I've got a good power adapter I can use with a spare magsafe cord I have. ![]() I'm going to be without an adapter for a few days, so I'm going to put one together from my collection of parts I've saved over the years. ![]() Replacement MagSafe cord- I found mine on eBay for like $16. Capacitors can hold a charge for a while so it's best to leave the adapter unplugged for a bit prior to working on it. Next, I decided to figure out how to crack open the adapter and replace the entire cord and that's the process I'll demonstrate with this instructable.īe careful and make sure the adapter is completely discharged. Then I decided to splice out the shorted sections of cord which did work but left me with relatively short cords for charging the computer. I used to buy new MagSafe adapters but that got expensive fairly quickly. Having owned several Apple notebooks which utilize the MagSafe adapters I've seen my share of failures.Īnything in from stuck pins which prevent the computer from charging to my cats deciding the adapters are made out of some rare form of addictive kitty-crack and shorting out the cord by chewing on it.
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