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MacBook A1342 turns on, but will not boot
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<blockquote data-quote="Topher_UK" data-source="post: 1609453" data-attributes="member: 334477"><p>New to the forum, please be gentle...</p><p></p><p>I have a MacBook A1342. It's fully charged, green light on the magsafe. Press the power button, the power light comes on, fans, then nothing. After about 5 seconds it switches off, and tries again. Same thing happens, except it doesn't reboot a second time.</p><p></p><p>I've opened it up, tried with and without the battery connected, battery but no mains, tested both RAM sticks and slots. Stripped it down, cleaned it up, renewed the thermal paste, then reassembled, and it worked! Shut down, restarted, still working. Shut down, restarted, back to original problem.</p><p></p><p>I've tried an SMC reset, PRAM reset, and am totally stumped as to what else it could be, other than a generic "Logic board failure". But if that's the case, how did it work twice after stripping/reassembly, but not any more?</p><p></p><p>Searched online for 2 days solid, without finding a possible answer. Open to all suggestions before I bin it!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Topher_UK, post: 1609453, member: 334477"] New to the forum, please be gentle... I have a MacBook A1342. It's fully charged, green light on the magsafe. Press the power button, the power light comes on, fans, then nothing. After about 5 seconds it switches off, and tries again. Same thing happens, except it doesn't reboot a second time. I've opened it up, tried with and without the battery connected, battery but no mains, tested both RAM sticks and slots. Stripped it down, cleaned it up, renewed the thermal paste, then reassembled, and it worked! Shut down, restarted, still working. Shut down, restarted, back to original problem. I've tried an SMC reset, PRAM reset, and am totally stumped as to what else it could be, other than a generic "Logic board failure". But if that's the case, how did it work twice after stripping/reassembly, but not any more? Searched online for 2 days solid, without finding a possible answer. Open to all suggestions before I bin it! [/QUOTE]
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