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I purchased an old MacBook Pro 2007 17" the night before last. On the train back, I gave it a quick check (power on, to see if the chime sounded) - the HDD is new (250Gb) and wiped, so I expected nothing there. The chime sounded, so I knew that things should be okay.
When I got home, I removed all the screws and took the keyboard/lid off just to check things, reattached the bus cable, since it'd come lose. Since then the MBP hasn't powered on at all.
Interestingly, the battery indicator is permanently lit up - and when the power cable is plugged in, it goes orange for about 20 minutes then turns green.
So I'm a tad confused - if the logic board has gone, I can understand that... If the power has gone, surely the charger cable wouldn't be able to detect whether the battery needs charging or not?
I'm not 100% certain what the problem is, though I'm starting to suspect the logic board (which is awful, considering it *was* working when I purchased it! Only after I opened it up did it stop working).
Assuming it is indeed the logic board, is there anywhere I can get a replacement fairly cheaply? I don't mind if it's second-user - so long as it works!
Any ideas what else could be the problem?
When I got home, I removed all the screws and took the keyboard/lid off just to check things, reattached the bus cable, since it'd come lose. Since then the MBP hasn't powered on at all.
Interestingly, the battery indicator is permanently lit up - and when the power cable is plugged in, it goes orange for about 20 minutes then turns green.
So I'm a tad confused - if the logic board has gone, I can understand that... If the power has gone, surely the charger cable wouldn't be able to detect whether the battery needs charging or not?
I'm not 100% certain what the problem is, though I'm starting to suspect the logic board (which is awful, considering it *was* working when I purchased it! Only after I opened it up did it stop working).
Assuming it is indeed the logic board, is there anywhere I can get a replacement fairly cheaply? I don't mind if it's second-user - so long as it works!
Any ideas what else could be the problem?