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These boards contain mostly surface mounted devices. This isn’t a TV from the 80s. You can’t just go in and solder things, even if you have the schematics.

The pro market doesn’t care about that anyway, they just get AppleCare.

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It's definitely possible. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl2mFZoRqjw_ELax4Yisf6w (he does a bunch of different issues, just click any of the board level repair videos). I mean if you don't own the equipment yourself (or don't feel like doing it) I don't see why /other people/ well versed in doing it should not be allowed to. As a so called "pro" AppleCare is not always an option. You loose all your data and often enough have to wait several weeks to get your device back...and in a lot of places there are no certified apple dealers in a 700 mile radius. It's just user hostile, and completely unnecessary.

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