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Macbook Pro not booting

Hi


My macbook pro late 2013 15 inch not working after replacement of speakers which requires the removal of the logic board as they are under the board.


Here is the current behavior:

1) Pressing the power button spins the fan but no chime happens

2) No logo, no light on the apple logo on the back, no keyboard backlit when pressing the backlit buttons, pressing the volume buttons does nothing, brightness buttons do nothing as well

3) When doing NVRAM reset I hear the chime and I can repeat it.

4) When I release the NVRAM buttons and the computer starts still no light however pressing the volume buttons I can hear "voiceover on" or "voiceover off" so it looks like it's on the login screen and it activated the accessibility. Pressing the power button off to force shutdown and reoperating, it again stops working and I no longer get the sounds of voiceover and I have to do the NVRAM again to get the sounds.

5) SMC reset does nothing

6) Battery is so swollen that when I removed the back case, I can it attach it again even though it shows normal health and holds charge for 4 hours. Can the battery damage the logic board?


7) Do I need to do the NVRAM a certain number of times?


I was very careful when I was disassembling the board so I hope I haven't caused a damage to the board or any of the cables :(


8) What cables or connectors that I may have not connected properly that would cause this behavior?


Thanks in advance

Regards

Michael

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 11.1

Posted on Jan 8, 2021 5:06 AM

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Posted on Jan 12, 2021 12:16 AM

It turns out that the far left pin on the display data cable bent over the 29th pin and its tip was broken as well :(


Thanks God, I managed to realign it back to its position and the screen is back on even though the tip is broken and the pin is no longer straight compared to the other pins.


Be EXTREMELY careful when dettaching this cable as it's very fragile.


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Jan 12, 2021 12:16 AM in response to butlimous

It turns out that the far left pin on the display data cable bent over the 29th pin and its tip was broken as well :(


Thanks God, I managed to realign it back to its position and the screen is back on even though the tip is broken and the pin is no longer straight compared to the other pins.


Be EXTREMELY careful when dettaching this cable as it's very fragile.


Macbook Pro not booting

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