MACBOOK POWER BUTTON WONT WORK!! help!!!

[seminole913]

My Macbook Was On And Working And I Tried To Hit The Power Button To Turn The Macbook Off And It Would Not Work....so I Shut It Down Using Computer Shut Down Under The Apple ....now It Will Not Turn Back On......it Has To Be The Power Button Itself....is There Any Where I Could Buy A Replacement Power Button? And Is There Any Other Way To Get It To Turn On Without Using The Power Button???????

[thecritix]

Not sure if its your power button..

If the power button had been stuck in, the computer would have turned off earlier. (If I hold my down it forces shut down)

Can you not book an appointment at the genius bar?

Hope you've got APP.

[seminole913]

its not under warranty nemore.....its just strange the button wouldnt turn off the computer so i shut it down under the menu ...and now the button wont turn it on

[seminole913]

come on ppl ik u all are smart????? what could it be ????

[UltraNEO*]

If your good with electronics you could take apart the machine and look for a test patch to short, on the logicboard which would allow an engineer to fire up the Mac.

However, there's no way to tell what marking it might have near it other than a couple of square brackets.. kinda like: [• •]

[meligo]

Im having the same problem right now...
one day my mac was working perfectly and i wanted to shut it down... and the power button doesnt seem to respond soo i went to thee apple menu and hit the Shut Down.. later i realized that i wouldnt be able to power it up again!:( what can i do!! any help is appreciated
Thanks in advance

[electrolux76]

A SMU reset is worth a try.

Check out this apple document:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964?viewlocale=en_US

Obviously, you'll have to ignore the part about what to try before reseting the SMU because you can't power the machine on but give the reset a shot, it might work.
Good Luck

[emmaandrews]

hello all,

the same thing has happened to me!!!!

im really stuck i have tried so many things even your link above^^^
which hasnt helped me at sorry but if anyone could help me i would really love it if you helped me because this is a school computer and i will have to pay heaps of money which i have already done and i have to do homework on it, if you guys could tell me what happened to your computer it would help a lot thanks so much!!!!!