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    Can a bad battery make a laptop not boot?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by ClarkD, Sep 21, 2012.

  1. ClarkD

    ClarkD Notebook Consultant

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    Greetings everyone!

    The wife has an early 2008 MBP that she has been using in our sunroom as a "smoking computer".........

    It's held up pretty well for the last 2-3 years of her abusing the poor thing (I will wipe it down and take it apart from time to time to clean it up/out. But now sadly it will not boot anymore. The battery has been dead for a solid year and half now having less than 1 minute of use time with a full charge.

    What I'm wondering is; Can an early 2008 MBP run w/o a battery normally? If so I can prove that the battery isn't the problem. If anyone has any other ideas please don't be shy!

    Thanks!
    Clark
     
    ClarkD, Sep 21, 2012
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  2. ClearSkies

    ClearSkies Well no, I'm still here..

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    Yes, it can; people do this all the time.

    Here's the test - take out the battery, plug in the AC, and start. If it works that way, and doesn't when the battery's put back in, then that's it.
     
    ClearSkies, Sep 21, 2012
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  3. ClarkD

    ClarkD Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks for your help, I got home later that day and cleaned everything up nicely and have figured out that it's the logic board... sad face. RIP old MBP.
     
    ClarkD, Sep 24, 2012
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  4. Mobius 1

    Mobius 1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Have you tried baking the logic board?
     
    Mobius 1, Sep 25, 2012
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  5. Steven

    Steven God Amongst Mere Mortals

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    My mom's Dell laptop has been running with no battery for a year now.
    With a look from Google, it looks like the 2008 Macbook Pro has numerous complaints with the logic board.
     
    Steven, Sep 26, 2012
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    beige Notebook Deity

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    You should give a shot at baking the logic board.
     
    beige, Sep 27, 2012
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  7. Mobius 1

    Mobius 1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Even the unibody 9400M/9600GT models?
     
    Mobius 1, Sep 28, 2012
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  8. Steven

    Steven God Amongst Mere Mortals

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    I believe so. Macrumors has a bunch of threads on it's forums titled "macbook pro 2008 logic board problem"
     
    Steven, Oct 1, 2012
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  9. KCETech1

    KCETech1 Notebook Prophet

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    Yes I have a couple dead ones, macrumors and 9-5 mac is full of them too
     
    KCETech1, Oct 2, 2012
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