Re:It's your device, you should be able to repair it
by AdrianB1 on Friday April 30, 2021 @12:44PM
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When I was born all electric and electronic appliances came with a complete diagram in the box. I don't understand how disclosing the schematic has any negative impact of any sort. Also the vendor contracts in these cases are based on volume discounts which are not affected by non-restricted sale to other parties.
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Re:It's your device, you should be able to repair it
by duped on Friday April 30, 2021 @02:09PM
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Well two points on that:
- Repair schematics and diagrams are not necessarily complete schematics and may be abridged or missing some details
- Modern electronics are significantly more complex than when you were a child, unless you were born yesterday. Schematics for designs are barely useful for assembly today, let alone repair. They are primarily design documentation.
Re:It's your device, you should be able to repair it
by swiley on Friday April 30, 2021 @04:05PM
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I've seen the macbook air schematic/vector art for the board (I had to replace that BGA backlight driver on my sister's laptop.) It's certainly big but at the end of the day it's networks of chips and L/R/C like any other circuit, you just walk through it like any other maze/graph and get to where you need to be.