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Macbook Pro dead?

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cj1171

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Oct 25, 2007
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Hi everyone, so here's the deal. I was using my macbook pro at a client, working fine. I put it in my back and head back to the office and one hour later when I go to wake it from sleep, I notice the pulsing light is not on. The battery still had a charge, so I tried turning it on and all that would happen is a brief blip of the white light and then it would power off. If I held down the power button, I would hear the DVD drive starting up but as soon as I let go, it would power off or if I held it long enough, the light would flash rapidly and then it would power off. I tried resetting the SMC controller, reseating the RAM, different RAM, and even taking the top case off to make sure no cables were loose.
Any ideas? Anyone seen this behavior before? I'm just hoping it's not the logic board or AC board or something cause I'm not under applecare anymore...
Thanks.
 
It was nice and dry and did not feel warm when I pulled it out...it's the Early 08 model..I've barely ever seen this model get hot compared to the older ones...
 
What happens when you try to start it up plugged in to the power adaptor?

Can you restart using the Hardware Test CD and holding the C key?
 
Before you try buying one on eBay try running the Apple Hardware test in the DVD drive, if that doesn't yield any results try starting up from your OSX install CD/DVD.

If that doesn't work you've got a dead logic board :(
 
same thing happens when plugged in or without battery in...
It never gets far enough to even boot anything, the screen doesn't come on and it literally shuts off as soon as I let go of the power button...so strange
 
cj1171 said:
same thing happens when plugged in or without battery in...
It never gets far enough to even boot anything, the screen doesn't come on and it literally shuts off as soon as I let go of the power button...so strange
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gah same problem happened to me this morning after i put it to sleep...
brought it to a repair center...but damn gotta wait for 2 -3 days for a diagnostic..

mine is 2.4 penryn
 
anzo said:
gah same problem happened to me this morning after i put it to sleep...
brought it to a repair center...but damn gotta wait for 2 -3 days for a diagnostic..

mine is 2.4 penryn
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Strange...that's the same model I have...

please let me know what the repair center says!
 
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