There's a good change you don't need a new cable, and you can re-position it so that it's not being crimped. What often happens is that the cable gets crimped in the hinge, and so moving the hinge can tug at it, or smash it, causing the outage. This is about a 3" cable that goes from the inverter at the base of the screen, through the hinge, and into a socket in the upper-left of the board.
It's usually the screen going bad, but the fact that it goes on and off when you tilt the screen is a very good indicator that the inverter cable is at fault. That's great news! I'm really glad to hear it worked out!Ī dead backlight can be the board, the inverter cable, the inverter, or the screen. Who knows, depending on how nice they feel like being, they might replace the board if they discover that the machine does not power on with a new topcase.
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If your topcase has any cracks around the sides and front, you can take the computer (make sure to put it together first) to the Apple Store and they will replace the topcase, since they consider the cracked plastic to be a design defect. You can get them new on eBay for $30, and used for even less. I've found the pads to be temperamental, so if that doesn't work, I wouldn't give up before trying another topcase. If that works, you know the topcase is at fault. The location of the pads is shown in this link: Make sure the topcase is completely disconnected, or the pads will not be active. These are two metal dots on the board which, when connected by a common piece of metal, trigger the computer to power on. If re-seating the topcase connector does not help, you can take the topcase off, and trigger the "power-on pads" on the logic board. The button behaving as if it is permanently depressed can occur when the button gets stuck in position, and often this can be resolved by pressing upward directly against the battery from inside the battery compartment (this can also help reverse the "soft" button issue). The battery sits beneath the button and provides some resistance against it, so without the battery in, the button can be a little "softer" than it would be otherwise. If you go to and look in the guides for the A1181, you'll find one for removing the topcase. A loose connection could account for most of the quirky behavior you're seeing. I wonder if your topcase connector inside the computer may have come loose and/or disconnected. So now I'm not sure what my options are here: should i assume it's the logic board? something regarding the magsafe adapter? a faulty keyboard? water damage?
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NOTHING! No sounds, no humming, no fans, NOTHING! When connecting the magsafe it will light green, and then go to amber as if it were charging, but still nothing on the mac starts. So i took the battery out and placed it back in, connected the power supply and tried to power it back on. The white sleep light was going on and off, so i tried to wake the machine. When i came back the mac had gone to sleep. I didn't have time to really mess with it so i left it open, not connected to any power, and went out for a few hours. The caps-lock button remained lit, and even pressing that there was no change to the light. And then out of nowhere, the keyboard stopped working.
I managed to get snow leopard installed, then things started to go south.įirst, when clicking on the trackpad "button", it would register as a "secondary-click" constantly opening up little menus all over, no matter what i clicked on. So I went out and purchased a new hard drive for the machine and started it up. His hard drive crashed and he ended up just going out and buying a new mac.
I just purchased a used macbook off of a buddy of mine.
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