I'll dive into it again today and see what if I can eliminate some problems.īTW: Pretty cool, Scott, that your with Asus! I only use Asus motherboards in all my custom builds. I was surprised at how easy (almost too easy) it was to change out the board, but it's a Macbook, after all. I've read a bit about people buying these "tested/working" logicboards, and they have similar problems. I'll get someone to run the battery to "Batteries Plus" and check it out, though I'd rather get an actual Mac battery. We got good readings with a multi-meter at the connectors. All that's left is to swap out the battery connector to the logicboard, but I really don't think it's going to work. Today I'm going to try swapping out the magsafe charge port, but the one we ordered is, of course, used:-( Came in looking worse than the original. So I held that down quite a few times, just to make sure. It is the original and it has the test button with the five LED's. I did get a chance yesterday to check out the battery for a chip or some sort of reset. I would really appreciate any advice or thoughts as to what the problem could be. I've worked on iPhones and pads galore, but the Macbook is a different beast entirely to me. I'm at a loss here as to what it could be. Yet the charger, when plugged in, will hold the battery at 30%. It's the original, as the new logicboard did not come with one. Lastly, I'm wondering if it is the battery port itself that connects to the logicboard. Or, it is either a dead battery (I think this unlikely as well). It's either some software reset I'm missing, the charge port (is the original, as the new one has not yet arrived) and is somehow receiving wattage to power the macbook, but not charging the battery (I think this unlikely). The Magsafe charger is the original 60w one and tested with a multimeter shows that the correct wattage is coming through. Brand new ones where much more expensive. Another is the fact that the new logicboard is used, but it functions well. I did notice the old logicboard and the new one do not have batteries on the bottom, as I've seen illustrated for some of the a1181 models. Updated the Macbook with an SMC update and still the battery would not charge. Also, booted several times resetting with the "Command, Option, P+R". ![]() ![]() Basically, just removing the charger, holding the power button for 10 seconds, inserting charger while holding the power button, and it would power on with the fan at high speed. We tried the SMC reset and PRAM commands. It will boot under the fan test w/o the battery in it. It would boot from the battery and as long as the Magsafe charger was plugged in, the battery retained it's 30% charge (but would not charge upward above 30%). It initially started up fine, but the battery is not charging. We ordered a new logicboard and I replaced it. So, I cleaned it up and reapplied some AS5. The wine acidity had done some serious damage to the "logicboard" and the thermal compound was fairly corroded at several angles (as well as spotty all over the board). The other day a customer brought in a black Macbook 13 (model a1181) they spilled wine on (guessing it was white wine because I couldn't see any reddish blotches). Not sure if this is the right thread to post under but I didn't see a hardware forum for mac.
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