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Older intel mac won't power on at all (lemdro.id)

submitted 2 months ago by potentiallynotfelix@lemdro.id to c/mac@lemmy.ml

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I've got a pretty old macbook pro, I would assume it's intel. I'd installed refind and debian on it then just left it for a while. No damage that I know of, but I did move houses. Now, I plug it in and the power cord shows green, and the battery indicator shows blinking fully bars. I have tried all the keyboard things to reset, but no luck. Is this thing fucked, or are there any possible solutions? Thanks for the help guys!

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[–] phanto@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

This happened to me on a fourth generation Intel MacBook Air with Refind and Fedora. When you say all the keyboard things, do you mean resetting the NVRAM and SMC? I thought I did the NVRAM, but it turns out I didn't hold down the buttons for nearly long enough. After what felt like two minutes, I got the "Bong" sound, and I was back in business.

[–] potentiallynotfelix@lemdro.id -1 points 2 months ago

I held it for about 5 minutes, and still nothing. I do have a french keyboard, so I don't knopw if that might impact the key combo? I think it wouldn't however, just cause it still has option(written as alt), cmd, and p+r. No other guesses, the laptop is completely unresponsive. Thanks for the idea, I will probably just take it apart and look

[–] potentiallynotfelix@lemdro.id -1 points 2 months ago

Yes, that is what I meant. I will try them for very long and see if that solves it. Thank you very much for your idea!