After a wine spill and much logic board cleaning, I've got my Macbook so it starts up (chime, system log-in screen), but then it shuts off about 15 seconds in. A couple of times I've made it past the log-in to a brief glimpse of the desktop where it asked "Are you sure you want to shut down?" then did it for me. Tried a safe start, tried it without the battery hooked up -- same results. Does this sound like a logic board issue, or something with the keyboard? (Some keys don't work, so I know the keyboard's been damaged somewhat.) Thanks.
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Macbook A1342 shutting off at start up (post-spill)
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not really
Power button seems fine -- but so do the ones that don't work, so I'm not sure that indicates anything. It's not behaving like I'm holding the power button down for a hard shut down, which had occurred to me. Got the machine to work for about 15 minutes today before it died -- although every few minutes it would ask "Are you sure you want to shut down?" and I'd cancel. Wondering if reinstalling the system would help (or even be possible), if maybe something's overheating, or if it's just a matter of more spill cleanup.
Power button seems fine -- but so do the ones that don't work, so I'm not sure that indicates anything. It's not behaving like I'm holding the power button down for a hard shut down, which had occurred to me. Got the machine to work for about 15 minutes today before it died -- although every few minutes it would ask "Are you sure you want to shut down?" and I'd cancel. Wondering if reinstalling the system would help (or even be possible), if maybe something's overheating, or if it's just a matter of more spill cleanup.
I once dripped a few drops of water on an old Macbook's (2,1 Late 2006) keyboard years ago. After that point I had to touch a key (any key) on the keyboard at least once every ~2mins or the shut down window you speak of would pop up. Then the computer would power down. I could put something heavy on the keyboard to weigh down a key and it would run for days.
I brought it in to an apple store and they replaced the logic board under warranty. I would guess its logic board/SMC related. Try an SMC reset maybe?
I brought it in to an apple store and they replaced the logic board under warranty. I would guess its logic board/SMC related. Try an SMC reset maybe?
same thing
I just had it up and running, but if I don't mess with it for, oh, 10 seconds the shut down window pops up. Would reinstalling the system (no loss for me except time) take care of an SMC reset, or do I need to do that separately? Thanks.
I just had it up and running, but if I don't mess with it for, oh, 10 seconds the shut down window pops up. Would reinstalling the system (no loss for me except time) take care of an SMC reset, or do I need to do that separately? Thanks.
you can replace the topcase on your macbook to fix the problem, and hope that your logic board isn't where your problem is...
topcase issue
It works fine if I just depress a key while I work (taped down the fn key, bottom left, and no shutdown problems). I've read around a little and it seems most likely a keyboard/topcase issue. Others who've had this problem have fixed it with a replacement. From ebay they cost about $70, usually from China. I'll probably give it a go.
It works fine if I just depress a key while I work (taped down the fn key, bottom left, and no shutdown problems). I've read around a little and it seems most likely a keyboard/topcase issue. Others who've had this problem have fixed it with a replacement. From ebay they cost about $70, usually from China. I'll probably give it a go.
To be fair, when I brought it into the Apple store and they diagnosed it as a logic board problem they also replaced my top case cause it was cracked.
Maybe they misdiagnosed the problem for me.
Maybe they misdiagnosed the problem for me.
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So I replaced the top case ($65 on eBay) and it now works fine. Not sure if the logic board was ever an issue, but I did take it out and clean it more than once, so it may have been both top case and board. So for under $100, and a whole lot of time, a working machine.
So I replaced the top case ($65 on eBay) and it now works fine. Not sure if the logic board was ever an issue, but I did take it out and clean it more than once, so it may have been both top case and board. So for under $100, and a whole lot of time, a working machine.