crwdns2934243:0crwdne2934243:0 Katie diatho
crwdns2947189:0crwdne2947189:0:
No boot. Black screen. No chime.
crwdns2934249:0crwdne2934249:0:
== Is it my logic board? or my top case?== mine is the model with the 3.06GHz processor and a matte screen. My computer was fine until April 2010, when I returned from 2 weeks in Haiti [volunteering, not a holiday] with HD errors [was left in backpack, in full sun for an hour one day]. I replaced HD with a Seagate Momentus Solid State Hybrid SATA Drive. Blew out some dust with compressed air since the case was open. Optical drive stopped reading and writing in Nov 2011. So, I started copying over firewire to the dvd burner on my old powerbook. I often keep the Macbook pro running for a week or so before rebooting... but I run disk utility regularly, and repair permissions every month or so. Otherwise, everything was fine until it stopped dead last week. I went out for groceries, came back... dead. It was running when I left. It was cold. No boot, no chime. It was connected to an external display, so I knew it wasn't just the backlight. I read a lot here, at ifixit, to try and figure it out. I followed the apple troubleshooting and disconnected all the peripherals and zapped the PRAM, reset the SMC, to no avail. If I held down the power I could get the fans to spin up and the tiny light at the front to go on, steady. But that's it. Since I have no applecare, I cracked it open and swapped RAM in and out to see if it has gone bad. While was in there, I blew out some dust. The heat sink [the long twisty one from the fans across the chips] had obviously been hot: it had slightly adhered to the black plastic that covers the keyboard. I feel like it has been running hot, but I cannot quantify that with numbers. I checked the logic board for anything obvious and saw a small amount of corrosion on the board near the audio jacks and card slot. Mostly, the solder appeared dull compared to the rest of the board. I cleaned it with 99% alcohol on a little brush. I was checking it out with a loupe, and I could see dust on everything, so I gave the whole board a bit of a once-over with the alcohol/brush. I put everything back together. No chime, no signs of life of any sort [except the battery gauge responds accurately]. The battery charges, the adapter goes from orange to green. I was pretty careful with discharging static before cleaning the logic board. There may have been a tiny splash of coffee a couple of days before this happened [-- it was on the speaker grille on the DVD side of the case, and there is no evidence of it inside the case, but I have not burrowed into the keyboard]. I disconnected the HD, optical drive, airport, bluetooth, battery gauge, one speaker, keyboard backlight, trackpad and keyboard. I kept the display connector connected [and the speaker and mic on the other side of the LB]. From the keyboard connector, I connected the fifth pin from the left to ground with the power adapter connected and the fans powered up. No other signs of life [as far as I could tell] -- no chime [but one speaker is disconnected], and there is nothing else connected to light up... but the display doesn't do anything. I reconnected everything except the keyboard and optical drive. Powered up again with the contacts on the keyboard connector: the fans, front "sleep light" and HD power up. Still no display, or chime. I connected my ipod to a usb port to see if it charges. It doesn't seem to. I am a bit freaked out, since I spend about 12 hours a day working on my computer [image processing, video editing, writing, browsing, my only phone is voip, and some large file transfers regularly]. It has been very dry here. I have accidentally zapped the trackpad numerous times with static electricity. Is my logic board a goner? I have a multimeter but don't have any idea of what to check, or where... I am grateful for any suggestions, because i am at a bit of a loss here, and I don't know what to do next. If I borrow a usb keyboard should I try to safe boot... would that even work?? could it just be the top case? Please advise....
crwdns2866306:0crwdne2866306:0:
MacBook Pro 15" Unibody Mid 2009
crwdns2915684:0crwdne2915684:0:
open
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crwdns2934245:0crwdne2934245:0 originalmachead
crwdns2947189:0crwdne2947189:0:
No boot. Black screen. No chime.
crwdns2934249:0crwdne2934249:0:
| - | == Is it my logic board? or my top case?== mine is the model with the 3.06GHz processor and a matte screen. |
|---|---|
| - | |
| + | == Is it my logic board? or my top case?== mine is the model with the 3.06GHz processor and a matte screen. |
| + | |
| My computer was fine until April 2010, when I returned from 2 weeks in Haiti [volunteering, not a holiday] with HD errors [was left in backpack, in full sun for an hour one day]. I replaced HD with a Seagate Momentus Solid State Hybrid SATA Drive. Blew out some dust with compressed air since the case was open. | |
| Optical drive stopped reading and writing in Nov 2011. So, I started copying over firewire to the dvd burner on my old powerbook. I often keep the Macbook pro running for a week or so before rebooting... but I run disk utility regularly, and repair permissions every month or so. Otherwise, everything was fine until it stopped dead last week. I went out for groceries, came back... dead. It was running when I left. It was cold. No boot, no chime. It was connected to an external display, so I knew it wasn't just the backlight. I read a lot here, at ifixit, to try and figure it out. | |
| I followed the apple troubleshooting and disconnected all the peripherals and zapped the PRAM, reset the SMC, to no avail. If I held down the power I could get the fans to spin up and the tiny light at the front to go on, steady. But that's it. Since I have no applecare, I cracked it open and swapped RAM in and out to see if it has gone bad. While was in there, I blew out some dust. The heat sink [the long twisty one from the fans across the chips] had obviously been hot: it had slightly adhered to the black plastic that covers the keyboard. I feel like it has been running hot, but I cannot quantify that with numbers. | |
| I checked the logic board for anything obvious and saw a small amount of corrosion on the board near the audio jacks and card slot. Mostly, the solder appeared dull compared to the rest of the board. I cleaned it with 99% alcohol on a little brush. I was checking it out with a loupe, and I could see dust on everything, so I gave the whole board a bit of a once-over with the alcohol/brush. | |
| I put everything back together. No chime, no signs of life of any sort [except the battery gauge responds accurately]. The battery charges, the adapter goes from orange to green. I was pretty careful with discharging static before cleaning the logic board. There may have been a tiny splash of coffee a couple of days before this happened [-- it was on the speaker grille on the DVD side of the case, and there is no evidence of it inside the case, but I have not burrowed into the keyboard]. | |
| I disconnected the HD, optical drive, airport, bluetooth, battery gauge, one speaker, keyboard backlight, trackpad and keyboard. I kept the display connector connected [and the speaker and mic on the other side of the LB]. From the keyboard connector, I connected the fifth pin from the left to ground with the power adapter connected and the fans powered up. No other signs of life [as far as I could tell] -- no chime [but one speaker is disconnected], and there is nothing else connected to light up... but the display doesn't do anything. | |
| I reconnected everything except the keyboard and optical drive. Powered up again with the contacts on the keyboard connector: the fans, front "sleep light" and HD power up. Still no display, or chime. | |
| I connected my ipod to a usb port to see if it charges. It doesn't seem to. I am a bit freaked out, since I spend about 12 hours a day working on my computer [image processing, video editing, writing, browsing, my only phone is voip, and some large file transfers regularly]. | |
| + | |
| It has been very dry here. I have accidentally zapped the trackpad numerous times with static electricity. | |
| Is my logic board a goner? I have a multimeter but don't have any idea of what to check, or where... I am grateful for any suggestions, because i am at a bit of a loss here, and I don't know what to do next. If I borrow a usb keyboard should I try to safe boot... would that even work?? could it just be the top case? Please advise.... |
crwdns2866306:0crwdne2866306:0:
MacBook Pro 15" Unibody Mid 2009
crwdns2915684:0crwdne2915684:0:
open
crwdns2934245:0crwdne2934245:0 Katie diatho
crwdns2947189:0crwdne2947189:0:
No boot. Black screen. No chime.
crwdns2934249:0crwdne2934249:0:
| - | My computer was fine until April 2010, when I returned from 2 weeks in Haiti [volunteering, not a holiday] with HD errors [was left in backpack, in full sun for an hour one day]. I replaced HD with a Seagate Momentus Solid State Hybrid SATA Drive. Blew out some dust with compressed air since the case was open. |
|---|---|
| + | == Is it my logic board? or my top case?== mine is the model with the 3.06GHz processor and a matte screen. |
| + | |
| + | My computer was fine until April 2010, when I returned from 2 weeks in Haiti [volunteering, not a holiday] with HD errors [was left in backpack, in full sun for an hour one day]. I replaced HD with a Seagate Momentus Solid State Hybrid SATA Drive. Blew out some dust with compressed air since the case was open. |
| - | Optical drive stopped reading and writing in Nov 2011. So, I started copying over firewire to the dvd burner on my old powerbook. I often keep the Macbook pro running for a week or so before rebooting... but I run disk utility regularly, and repair permissions every month or so. Otherwise, everything was fine until it stopped dead last week. I went out for groceries, came back... dead. It was running when I left. It was cold. No boot, no chime. It was connected to an external display, so I knew it wasn't just the backlight. I read a lot here, at ifixit, to try and figure it out. |
| + | Optical drive stopped reading and writing in Nov 2011. So, I started copying over firewire to the dvd burner on my old powerbook. I often keep the Macbook pro running for a week or so before rebooting... but I run disk utility regularly, and repair permissions every month or so. Otherwise, everything was fine until it stopped dead last week. I went out for groceries, came back... dead. It was running when I left. It was cold. No boot, no chime. It was connected to an external display, so I knew it wasn't just the backlight. I read a lot here, at ifixit, to try and figure it out. |
| - | |
| + | I followed the apple troubleshooting and disconnected all the peripherals and zapped the PRAM, reset the SMC, to no avail. If I held down the power I could get the fans to spin up and the tiny light at the front to go on, steady. But that's it. Since I have no applecare, I cracked it open and swapped RAM in and out to see if it has gone bad. While was in there, I blew out some dust. The heat sink [the long twisty one from the fans across the chips] had obviously been hot: it had slightly adhered to the black plastic that covers the keyboard. I feel like it has been running hot, but I cannot quantify that with numbers. |
| - | I checked the logic board for anything obvious and saw a small amount of corrosion on the board near the audio jacks and card slot. Mostly, the solder appeared dull compared to the rest of the board. I cleaned it with 99% alcohol on a little brush. I was checking it out with a loupe, and I could see dust on everything, so I gave the whole board a bit of a once-over with the alcohol/brush. |
| + | I checked the logic board for anything obvious and saw a small amount of corrosion on the board near the audio jacks and card slot. Mostly, the solder appeared dull compared to the rest of the board. I cleaned it with 99% alcohol on a little brush. I was checking it out with a loupe, and I could see dust on everything, so I gave the whole board a bit of a once-over with the alcohol/brush. |
| - | |
| + | I put everything back together. No chime, no signs of life of any sort [except the battery gauge responds accurately]. The battery charges, the adapter goes from orange to green. I was pretty careful with discharging static before cleaning the logic board. There may have been a tiny splash of coffee a couple of days before this happened [-- it was on the speaker grille on the DVD side of the case, and there is no evidence of it inside the case, but I have not burrowed into the keyboard]. |
| - | |
| + | I disconnected the HD, optical drive, airport, bluetooth, battery gauge, one speaker, keyboard backlight, trackpad and keyboard. I kept the display connector connected [and the speaker and mic on the other side of the LB]. From the keyboard connector, I connected the fifth pin from the left to ground with the power adapter connected and the fans powered up. No other signs of life [as far as I could tell] -- no chime [but one speaker is disconnected], and there is nothing else connected to light up... but the display doesn't do anything. |
| - | I reconnected everything except the keyboard and optical drive. Powered up again with the contacts on the keyboard connector: the fans, front "sleep light" and HD power up. Still no display, or chime. |
| - | I connected my ipod to a usb port to see if it charges. It doesn't seem to. I am a bit freaked out, since I spend about 12 hours a day working on my computer [image processing, video editing, writing, browsing, my only phone is voip, and some large file transfers regularly]. |
| + | I reconnected everything except the keyboard and optical drive. Powered up again with the contacts on the keyboard connector: the fans, front "sleep light" and HD power up. Still no display, or chime. |
| - | Is my logic board a goner? I have a multimeter but don't have any idea of what to check, or where... I am grateful for any suggestions, because i am at a bit of a loss here, and I don't know what to do next. If I borrow a usb keyboard should I try to safe boot... would that even work?? could it just be the top case? Please advise.... |
| + | I connected my ipod to a usb port to see if it charges. It doesn't seem to. I am a bit freaked out, since I spend about 12 hours a day working on my computer [image processing, video editing, writing, browsing, my only phone is voip, and some large file transfers regularly]. |
| + | It has been very dry here. I have accidentally zapped the trackpad numerous times with static electricity. |
| + | |
| + | Is my logic board a goner? I have a multimeter but don't have any idea of what to check, or where... I am grateful for any suggestions, because i am at a bit of a loss here, and I don't know what to do next. If I borrow a usb keyboard should I try to safe boot... would that even work?? could it just be the top case? Please advise.... |
crwdns2866306:0crwdne2866306:0:
MacBook Pro 15" Unibody Mid 2009
crwdns2915684:0crwdne2915684:0:
open
crwdns2934245:0crwdne2934245:0 Katie diatho
crwdns2947189:0crwdne2947189:0:
No boot. Black screen. No chime.
crwdns2934249:0crwdne2934249:0:
| - | My computer was fine until April 2010, when I returned from 2 weeks in |
|---|---|
| + | My computer was fine until April 2010, when I returned from 2 weeks in Haiti [volunteering, not a holiday] with HD errors [was left in backpack, in full sun for an hour one day]. I replaced HD with a Seagate Momentus Solid State Hybrid SATA Drive. Blew out some dust with compressed air since the case was open. |
| - | |
| + | Optical drive stopped reading and writing in Nov 2011. So, I started copying over firewire to the dvd burner on my old powerbook. I often keep the Macbook pro running for a week or so before rebooting... but I run disk utility regularly, and repair permissions every month or so. Otherwise, everything was fine until it stopped dead last week. I went out for groceries, came back... dead. It was running when I left. It was cold. No boot, no chime. It was connected to an external display, so I knew it wasn't just the backlight. I read a lot here, at ifixit, to try and figure it out. |
| - | |
| + | I followed the apple troubleshooting and disconnected all the peripherals and zapped the PRAM, reset the SMC, to no avail. If I held down the power I could get the fans to spin up and the tiny light at the front to go on, steady. But that's it. Since I have no applecare, I cracked it open and swapped RAM in and out to see if it has gone bad. While was in there, I blew out some dust. The heat sink [the long twisty one from the fans across the chips] had obviously been hot: it had slightly adhered to the black plastic that covers the keyboard. I feel like it has been running hot, but I cannot quantify that with numbers. |
| - | |
| + | I checked the logic board for anything obvious and saw a small amount of corrosion on the board near the audio jacks and card slot. Mostly, the solder appeared dull compared to the rest of the board. I cleaned it with 99% alcohol on a little brush. I was checking it out with a loupe, and I could see dust on everything, so I gave the whole board a bit of a once-over with the alcohol/brush. |
| - | with |
| + | I put everything back together. No chime, no signs of life of any sort [except the battery gauge responds accurately]. The battery charges, the adapter goes from orange to green. I was pretty careful with discharging static before cleaning the logic board. There may have been a tiny splash of coffee a couple of days before this happened [-- it was on the speaker grille on the DVD side of the case, and there is no evidence of it inside the case, but I have not burrowed into the keyboard]. |
| - | |
| + | I disconnected the HD, optical drive, airport, bluetooth, battery gauge, one speaker, keyboard backlight, trackpad and keyboard. I kept the display connector connected [and the speaker and mic on the other side of the LB]. From the keyboard connector, I connected the fifth pin from the left to ground with the power adapter connected and the fans powered up. No other signs of life [as far as I could tell] -- no chime [but one speaker is disconnected], and there is nothing else connected to light up... but the display doesn't do anything. |
| - | copying over firewire to the dvd burner on my old powerbook. I often |
| + | I reconnected everything except the keyboard and optical drive. Powered up again with the contacts on the keyboard connector: the fans, front "sleep light" and HD power up. Still no display, or chime. |
| + | I connected my ipod to a usb port to see if it charges. It doesn't seem to. I am a bit freaked out, since I spend about 12 hours a day working on my computer [image processing, video editing, writing, browsing, my only phone is voip, and some large file transfers regularly]. |
| - | keep the Macbook pro running for a week or so before rebooting... but |
| - | |
| - | I run disk utility regularly, and repair permissions every month or |
| - | |
| - | so. Otherwise, everything was fine until it stopped dead last week. |
| - | |
| - | I went out for groceries, came back... dead. It was running when I |
| - | |
| - | left. It was cold. No boot, no chime. It was connected to an external |
| - | |
| - | display, so I knew it wasn't just the backlight. I read a lot here, at |
| - | |
| - | ifixit, to try and figure it out. |
| - | |
| - | I followed the apple troubleshooting and disconnected all the |
| - | |
| - | peripherals and zapped the PRAM, reset the SMC, to no avail. If I held |
| - | |
| - | down the power I could get the fans to spin up and the tiny light at |
| - | |
| - | the front to go on, steady. But that's it. |
| - | |
| - | Since I have no applecare, I cracked it open and swapped RAM in and |
| - | |
| - | out to see if it has gone bad. While was in there, I blew out some |
| - | |
| - | dust. The heat sink [the long twisty one from the fans across the |
| - | |
| - | chips] had obviously been hot: it had slightly adhered to the black |
| - | |
| - | plastic that covers the keyboard. I feel like it has been running hot, |
| - | |
| - | but I cannot quantify that with numbers. |
| - | |
| - | I checked the logic board for anything obvious and saw a small amount |
| - | |
| - | of corrosion on the board near the audio jacks and card slot. Mostly, |
| - | |
| - | the solder appeared dull compared to the rest of the board. I cleaned |
| - | |
| - | it with 99% alcohol on a little brush. I was checking it out with a |
| - | |
| - | loupe, and I could see dust on everything, so I gave the whole board a |
| - | |
| - | bit of a once-over with the alcohol/brush. |
| - | |
| - | I put everything back together. No chime, no signs of life of any sort |
| - | |
| - | [except the battery gauge responds accurately]. The battery charges, |
| - | |
| - | the adapter goes from orange to green. |
| - | |
| - | I was pretty careful with discharging static before cleaning the |
| - | |
| - | logic board. There may have been a tiny splash of coffee a couple of |
| - | |
| - | days before this happened [-- it was on the speaker grille on the DVD |
| - | |
| - | side of the case, and there is no evidence of it inside the case, but |
| - | |
| - | I have not burrowed into the keyboard]. |
| - | |
| - | I disconnected the HD, optical drive, airport, bluetooth, battery |
| - | |
| - | gauge, one speaker, keyboard backlight, trackpad and keyboard. |
| - | |
| - | I kept the display connector connected [and the speaker and mic on the |
| - | |
| - | other side of the LB]. |
| - | |
| - | From the keyboard connector, I connected the fifth pin from the left |
| - | |
| - | to ground with the power adapter connected and the fans powered up. No |
| - | |
| - | other signs of life [as far as I could tell] -- no chime [but one |
| - | |
| - | speaker is disconnected], and there is nothing else connected to light |
| - | |
| - | up... but the display doesn't do anything. |
| - | |
| - | I reconnected everything except the keyboard and optical drive. |
| - | |
| - | Powered up again with the contacts on the keyboard connector: the |
| - | |
| - | fans, front "sleep light" and HD power up. Still no display, or chime. |
| - | |
| - | I connected my ipod to a usb port to see if it charges. It doesn't seem to. |
| - | |
| - | I am a bit freaked out, since I spend about 12 hours a day working on |
| - | |
| - | my computer [image processing, video editing, writing, browsing, my |
| - | |
| - | only phone is voip, and some large file transfers regularly]. Is my |
| - | |
| - | logic board a goner? I have a multimeter but don't have any idea of |
| - | |
| - | what to check, or where... I am grateful for any suggestions, because |
| - | |
| - | i am at a bit of a loss here, and I don't know what to do next. If I |
| - | |
| - | borrow a usb keyboard should I try to safe boot... would that even |
| - | |
| - | work?? |
| - | |
| - | could it just be the top case? Please advise.... |
| + | Is my logic board a goner? I have a multimeter but don't have any idea of what to check, or where... I am grateful for any suggestions, because i am at a bit of a loss here, and I don't know what to do next. If I borrow a usb keyboard should I try to safe boot... would that even work?? could it just be the top case? Please advise.... |
crwdns2866306:0crwdne2866306:0:
MacBook Pro 15" Unibody Mid 2009
crwdns2915684:0crwdne2915684:0:
open
crwdns2934241:0crwdne2934241:0 Katie diatho
crwdns2947189:0crwdne2947189:0:
No boot. Black screen. No chime.
crwdns2934249:0crwdne2934249:0:
My computer was fine until April 2010, when I returned from 2 weeks in Haiti [volunteering, not a holiday] with HD errors [was left in backpack, in full sun for an hour one day]. I replaced HD with a Seagate Momentus Solid State Hybrid SATA Drive. Blew out some dust with compressed air since the case was open. Optical drive stopped reading and writing in Nov 2011. So, I started copying over firewire to the dvd burner on my old powerbook. I often keep the Macbook pro running for a week or so before rebooting... but I run disk utility regularly, and repair permissions every month or so. Otherwise, everything was fine until it stopped dead last week. I went out for groceries, came back... dead. It was running when I left. It was cold. No boot, no chime. It was connected to an external display, so I knew it wasn't just the backlight. I read a lot here, at ifixit, to try and figure it out. I followed the apple troubleshooting and disconnected all the peripherals and zapped the PRAM, reset the SMC, to no avail. If I held down the power I could get the fans to spin up and the tiny light at the front to go on, steady. But that's it. Since I have no applecare, I cracked it open and swapped RAM in and out to see if it has gone bad. While was in there, I blew out some dust. The heat sink [the long twisty one from the fans across the chips] had obviously been hot: it had slightly adhered to the black plastic that covers the keyboard. I feel like it has been running hot, but I cannot quantify that with numbers. I checked the logic board for anything obvious and saw a small amount of corrosion on the board near the audio jacks and card slot. Mostly, the solder appeared dull compared to the rest of the board. I cleaned it with 99% alcohol on a little brush. I was checking it out with a loupe, and I could see dust on everything, so I gave the whole board a bit of a once-over with the alcohol/brush. I put everything back together. No chime, no signs of life of any sort [except the battery gauge responds accurately]. The battery charges, the adapter goes from orange to green. I was pretty careful with discharging static before cleaning the logic board. There may have been a tiny splash of coffee a couple of days before this happened [-- it was on the speaker grille on the DVD side of the case, and there is no evidence of it inside the case, but I have not burrowed into the keyboard]. I disconnected the HD, optical drive, airport, bluetooth, battery gauge, one speaker, keyboard backlight, trackpad and keyboard. I kept the display connector connected [and the speaker and mic on the other side of the LB]. From the keyboard connector, I connected the fifth pin from the left to ground with the power adapter connected and the fans powered up. No other signs of life [as far as I could tell] -- no chime [but one speaker is disconnected], and there is nothing else connected to light up... but the display doesn't do anything. I reconnected everything except the keyboard and optical drive. Powered up again with the contacts on the keyboard connector: the fans, front "sleep light" and HD power up. Still no display, or chime. I connected my ipod to a usb port to see if it charges. It doesn't seem to. I am a bit freaked out, since I spend about 12 hours a day working on my computer [image processing, video editing, writing, browsing, my only phone is voip, and some large file transfers regularly]. Is my logic board a goner? I have a multimeter but don't have any idea of what to check, or where... I am grateful for any suggestions, because i am at a bit of a loss here, and I don't know what to do next. If I borrow a usb keyboard should I try to safe boot... would that even work?? could it just be the top case? Please advise....
crwdns2866306:0crwdne2866306:0:
MacBook Pro 15" Unibody Mid 2009
crwdns2915684:0crwdne2915684:0:
open