We provide professional MacBook screen flexgate repair service at an affordable price (price list in Australian dollars provided).
IT-Tech Online is a Mac repair specialist in Melbourne. Apple charges a premium price for a new screen replacement when the extended program no longer covers your mac. In late 2022, most Mac owners have found their devices not covered by the program. You can find out whether or not your MacBook is eligible for the backlight repair program on Apple’s website.Įven though Apple did make the essential changes to solve the flexgate MacBook Pro 2017/2016 issue, we have come across some 2018/2019 models that might also be affected by this problem and not covered under the free repair program. If you have a black screen on MacBook Pro A1708, A1707 and A1706, pay attention to the “flexgate" issue.Īpple has launched the MacBook Pro Display Backlight Service Program to service the affected MacBook for free. The flexgate issue has affected both 13” and 15” MacBook Pros Manufactured in 2016/2017 with model numbers A1706, A1707 and A1708. If you have confirmed the hardware issue causing your MacBook black screen, and you are keen to explore the MacBook hardware world, let’s move on to the next steps – Mac hardware troubleshooting. For more details see Independent Services Providers. Customer reviews such as Google Reviews and Yelp Reviews can provide additional information about the service providers. The level of third-party services varies from top professionals to newbies. The computer service industry is not regulated. Use our Mac Hardware Repair Price List as a reference if you like. Usually, a third-party quote is one-third to half Apple’s quote price. If your Mac is out of warranty and you want to fix the hardware problem, get a quote from Apple and at least a quote from a third-party repairer. Please see our Data Recovery Service Price List if you are interested in it. We provide data recovery services in Melbourne. A Mac with a T2 security chip is much harder to recover the data. If you need the data, get a third-party repairer to backup the data before sending it out to Apple.ĭata backup or recovery service costs are based on the difficulty of the recovery process. Bear in mind that Apple will not provide a data backup service. If your Mac is under warranty, Apple will fix it for free. If your Mac has a hardware issue, contact Apple. In other words, if you still get a black screen on your MacBook after a fresh, clean installation, there must be some fault(s) in your Mac’s hardware. MacOS fresh installation will fix any software errors and incompatible settings causing a black screen on your MacBook. Then select Reinstall macOS and continue to install OS. Once you load the macOS Recovery, select Disk Utility to format the hard drive. Now you can use Disk Utility to repair your startup disk.Ī fresh installation is similar to a repair installation, except you need to empty the hard drive before installing a new macOS. The Mac black screen issue is caused by a software problem. If your Mac can boot from macOS Recovery, there should be no problem with your Mac display hardware. If you never see the startup options window, you may have a faulty Mac display.If you can see the startup options window, your screen hardware is working fine.If you can’t see anything on the screen, you may have a faulty Mac display.If you can see an Apple logo or other image, your MacBook screen (hardware) works.Press the power button again, then immediately press and hold Command and R keys.Press and hold the power button for 10 seconds.You can find it on the back cover of your Mac. These are the Mac with M1 and M2 processors. If your Mac seems to be turned on, but your MacBook screen blacking out, determine whether you’re using an Intel CPU or an Apple silicon (CPU), then follow the appropriate instructionsĪpple started to use its own design CPU called Apple Silicon in 2020. This procedure will determine whether a software issue or a hardware problem causes your MacBook black screen.