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I found out a very small hairline crack at the bottom left of the screen that could explain the screen blacking out at the leftmost 2cm. Now I am shopping for a replacement lid assembly. I have came across an entry which says: For Apple Macbook Pro Retina A1398 ME874 MC975 MC976 661-6529 2012year Laptop I found out that the model number of the late 2013 15" macbook pro retina with 16GB RAM is ME874, am I right? But the screen lists so many models, but it says “2012 year laptop”, is it true that the lid assembly is universal across all these models? I don’t want to buy the wrong thing.
Only difference is the webcam connector, the rest is the same. Just make sure you have the right webcam connector.
