Repairing a DRILLED M1 MacBook Air

Video Description

In this video, I perform an unexpectedly in-depth repair on an M1 Apple MacBook Air, which I got off eBay for extremely cheap. Upon receiving the machine, I found that the previous owner had drilled through its NANDs in an attempt to destroy data, but in the process also ended up drilling through the logic board as well, making it unusable. I ended up being able to combine two M1 MacBook Airs together, by transferring the good SoC and paired components onto a board that was iCloud locked, along with using its chassis and other parts. In the end, I was able to cobble together an extremely cheap, fully functional machine! Purchase Topdon's range of thermal cameras here: TC001: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B7LMB22Q?maas=maas_adg_0B8B53E753D311950557EE5BC54CA4C2_afap_abs&ref_=aa_maas&tag=maas&th=1 TC002: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D3DZV19P?maas=maas_adg_06632C9FA039AEF0BF68B310DB014793_afap_abs&ref_=aa_maas&tag=maas TC002C: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BYHP8KM9?maas=maas_adg_28E185BFF892052A3F821C4E131961EA_afap_abs&ref_=aa_maas&tag=maas 0:00 Intro 1:23 Assessing board and internal issues 4:00 Thermal camera sponsor 5:27 Removing drilled NANDs 7:28 Assessing board damage 9:39 Removing SoC from drilled board 10:48 Reballing SoC 18:43 Transferring paired SEP EEPROM 19:43 Removing and replacing SoC on good board 23:44 Preliminary test 25:17 Transferring paired WiFi chip 29:48 Preparing and installing new NANDs 32:53 DFU restore 36:05 Final testing and conclusion