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Macbook 2,1 dim charger light, no boot

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GodsOtherHand

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Sep 19, 2014
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Hello.
I have an old macbook 2,1 (late 2006). The battery is long dead, and i have been using it plugged in.(I recently got it as a browsing laptop for my parents).

Since i got it, the charger had a dim green light. I thought that this is because it didn't had a battery.
It worked fine until a few days ago, when it didnt boot up. When i press the power button, the LCD flashed for a split second then turns of. The fans start up, and the light indicator in the bottom of the laptop stays on.

I tried removing the RAM modules, and the light still stays on (it should normally blink).

I tried the charger with a similar laptop (early 2007) with no battery, and the green light on the charger is not dim, indicating my laptop had a problem even before.

Any idea on what the problem might be? Is it the logic board, or could it be a corrupt firmware, or a problem with the power connector?

Tried SMC reset, did not help.
This problem (laptop not booting) happened a couple of times before. The solution was to unplug the laptop and wait 15-20 minutes. After that, it would work. But this time, it didn't.
 
GodsOtherHand said:
Hello.
I have an old macbook 2,1 (late 2006). The battery is long dead, and i have been using it plugged in.(I recently got it as a browsing laptop for my parents).

Since i got it, the charger had a dim green light. I thought that this is because it didn't had a battery.
It worked fine until a few days ago, when it didnt boot up. When i press the power button, the LCD flashed for a split second then turns of. The fans start up, and the light indicator in the bottom of the laptop stays on.

I tried removing the RAM modules, and the light still stays on (it should normally blink).

I tried the charger with a similar laptop (early 2007) with no battery, and the green light on the charger is not dim, indicating my laptop had a problem even before.

Any idea on what the problem might be? Is it the logic board, or could it be a corrupt firmware, or a problem with the power connector?

Tried SMC reset, did not help.
This problem (laptop not booting) happened a couple of times before. The solution was to unplug the laptop and wait 15-20 minutes. After that, it would work. But this time, it didn't.
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You should try with an other charger... Get one from Amazon, if it's not that, send it back.
 
bibyfok said:
You should try with an other charger... Get one from Amazon, if it's not that, send it back.
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The charger works fine (full light) on a very similar macbook.. I will try to get a hold on a different charger to try it with this laptop, just to be safe. :D
 
Update: The macbook is ok now.
I did not do anything to it, it just started working after a few days.. weird.

Ty :D
 
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