Power / Boot Issues
I have been trying to figure this out but can’t.
The Mac is being quite unpredictable when it is powered on. I have removed the screen to get to the diagnostic LEDs and to change the internal battery.
Basically, when power is plugged in LED 1 is lit up - that is the same no matter what. When the power button is pressed, some times LED 2 will flash on and off, sometimes it stays on for a few seconds and goes off and sometimes it stays on until I turn it off.
The fan will kick in at full speed when the computer stays on for more than a few seconds. There was one time after removing the on board battery when it came on and chimed, then LED 3 was on. It was very dim but it was lit. haven’t been able to get that to happen since.
I have tried removing and re seating the RAM and changed out the sticks without any change.
Any Suggestions?
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Not sure I follow your reasoning on replacing the PRAM battery. The battery only holds the settings when the system has become unplugged.
Dan 의
What happened at the very start. Did the system not turn on in the morning? Did you leave it running and in the morning found it had turned off? Where you in the middle of something and it went dead?
Do you have a surge suppressor or a UPS and are all of the peripherals plugged into the same suppressor or UPS?
Dan 의
Hi, thanks for the reply. I was reading that the third diagnostic light off could mean there was an issue with the battery so I replaced it as a matter of course, being that it's easy to do I tried it just to get that troubleshooting step out of the way. I also noticed the old battery was reading just over 2 volts so I thought it was worth a try.
The computer has been a problem for a while. At first it wouldn't turn on in the morning without resetting the SMC. That started getting worse and I was resetting it up to 10 times before the system would boot in the end but now its not booting at all. The computer is plugged into a standard 4 way power cable without surge protection. Any help would be appreciated.
Whisky Lima 의
So I currently have the dim 3rd led status. Power supply?? Thanks!
Jordan Shababy 의