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I have a Macbook Pro A1150 which is now a brick after being smashed on the keyboard/trackpad when I dropped a maglight on it. It instantly went black, and hasn’t shown any signs of life since. Even the charge light is out. I imagined that the logic board was probably cracked, but I just removed the upper case and I can’t see any obvious damage. Anybody have a guess what part is most likely to have been damaged? I’m not sure where to start.
CHIME! Not saying Mayer is wrong but a couple things worth a try Disconnect keyboard completely. Inspect connectors. Restart with keyboard disconnected.Try powering up without the battery installed If it boots, replace battery connector cable.Reset the power manager. Resetting the Power Manager (SMC) Disconnect the power adapter and remove the main battery. Hold the power button down for five seconds, then release. Install the main battery and connect the power adapter. Press the power button to restart the computer. There is a whole page of troubleshooting in the manual that may assist you to progress further
Unless you have an identical MacBook to switch parts with to test them, this sounds like a job for a professional who has the tools. Pros do have their place.
Mayer, check EVERY ribbon cable in that thing. I bought one that was doing the same thing off Ebay for a hundred bucks and several of the ribbon cables were loose. When I checked them all and reseated them, it worked fine. It’s now my second and testing computer … I use it to test parts I might want to put on this one so if anything goes wrong, I don’t mess up my main computer. Also could be a hairline crack on the logic board causing problems. You can’t really see those very well but they might sever a connection on the printed circuit board also causing problems. I’d probably get on Ebay and buy a logic board off there to replace it. Lynn in New Orleans, LA.
