![]() What is the likelihood that my DC-in board is the culprit? Or what else would you folks suggest doing at this point? (and please don't tell me to take it to the "genius bar". Meanwhile, there was a big X over the battery icon saying that there was no battery recognized. It first told me N/A in all battery related fields, but then started to say that my battery was at a consistent 76% charge. We found your location using your IP address or because you entered it during a previous visit to Apple. During which I threw all of my documents on a thumb drive and installed Coconut Battery. I put everything back in place, closed her up, and tadaaaaa! My macbook worked. I did some research and found that isopropyl alcohol could remove those deposits, and I immediately set about swabbing up those points. On the BACK of the motherboard, I noticed blue battery-acid deposits on the pins that correspond to the DC-in board. Feeling adventurous, I opened up the laptop and removed ALL of the components and removed the motherboard. As I can't power up at all (no front white light, no fan or harddrive sounds), I tried the SMC reset without power (holding power button 5 seconds without installed battery), and that got me nowhere. Both the cable and the battery work when plugged into my friend's laptop (same model). Replaced battery from another (different color) 2008 MacBook. The charger shows a dim green light when plugged in, and my battery shows a full charge. The black MacBook A1181 is rare & almost a collector’s item. That being said, my macbook stopped working out of the blue. ![]()
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