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Macbook A1181 no power on after SMC reset
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<blockquote data-quote="luminarycrush" data-source="post: 1743367" data-attributes="member: 387619"><p>I have an older Macbook (A1181) which had a hard drive crash and no recovery disk so it sat on a shelf for a few years. When trying to boot from a DVD it was partially booting but showing errors (BootCacheControl playlist read only filesystem etc etc) in verbose mode (in hindsight, may have had wrong boot disk for Snow Leopard version). I reset the NVRAM and the Apple wake-up noise played at power on (it didn't before, seemed like progress) but still wouldn't fully boot. I reset the SMC next and now... nothing happens. The Macbook won't power on or show any signs of life, and the LED on the charger is off when plugged in.... well, in complete darkness you can see a very faint glow of a light but it's not the normal bright green or orange. What now?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="luminarycrush, post: 1743367, member: 387619"] I have an older Macbook (A1181) which had a hard drive crash and no recovery disk so it sat on a shelf for a few years. When trying to boot from a DVD it was partially booting but showing errors (BootCacheControl playlist read only filesystem etc etc) in verbose mode (in hindsight, may have had wrong boot disk for Snow Leopard version). I reset the NVRAM and the Apple wake-up noise played at power on (it didn't before, seemed like progress) but still wouldn't fully boot. I reset the SMC next and now... nothing happens. The Macbook won't power on or show any signs of life, and the LED on the charger is off when plugged in.... well, in complete darkness you can see a very faint glow of a light but it's not the normal bright green or orange. What now? [/QUOTE]
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