MacBook Pro won't power on

kahlil88 · kahlil88 #1 (**permalink**)

10-07-2011, 04:47 PM

Someone brought a MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo to the computer repair shop I work at. Originally they wanted a hard drive upgrade, but it seems to be having other problems. The other technician reported a burning smell when he tried to turn it on. It will stay on for at most 3-5 seconds then shuts off, and every attempt to power it on after that will be even shorter. I know this model has a known-to-fail NVidia GPU, but it seems unrelated to the problem.

chscag · chscag #2 (**permalink**)

10-07-2011, 10:30 PM

If the tech smelled something burning, that should be clue enough to indicate there's a short somewhere. Power supply, logic board, ??? Probably a good idea to notify the customer and pass along the bad news.

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Member Since: Jan 29, 2008 Location: Mendocino, CA Posts: 671 Mac Specs: 17" MacBook Pro A1151 2.16 GHz	10-07-2011, 04:47 PM Someone brought a MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo to the computer repair shop I work at. Originally they wanted a hard drive upgrade, but it seems to be having other problems. The other technician reported a burning smell when he tried to turn it on. It will stay on for at most 3-5 seconds then shuts off, and every attempt to power it on after that will be even shorter. I know this model has a known-to-fail NVidia GPU, but it seems unrelated to the problem. There is no system but GNU and Linux is one of its kernels. Join the FSF as an Associate Member!
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Member Since: Jan 23, 2008 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 32,016 Mac Specs: 21.5" iMac 2.5 GHz i5, iPad 3rd Gen., 3 iPods	10-07-2011, 10:30 PM If the tech smelled something burning, that should be clue enough to indicate there's a short somewhere. Power supply, logic board, ??? Probably a good idea to notify the customer and pass along the bad news. Community Guidelines
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