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TheRealTeeHill

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Feb 13, 2013
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Hello all

I recently purchased a spill damaged Macbook late 2007 Core 2 Duo 2GHz 1GB RAM. Opened it up and cleaned it all out with water dispersent and contact cleaner and re-pasted the heatsinks. Plugged the keyboard in, hit the power button and... Nothing!

So I watched this video... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cnXsKBX5LM tried it and pow, Macbook fires up! Happy days, now have a semi-working macbook for under £30.

My question now relates to the keyboard and its port/socket on the logic board. If I am able to start the Macbook using the method in the video above, can I assume that its the keyboard that is damage/broken and not the port on the board? And that if I were to buy a new one for around £50 would it work?

I realise nobody could give me a definitive answer but a general consensus would be prime :)

Thanks in advance. TRTH
 
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