Hi,
so my older core 2 duo 2.33 15in MacBook Pro started to overheat, often to the point of shutting down, and that's just when in word processing. Flash or video games? Let's just say you could fry an egg if you flipped it upside down.
After having some cooling pads, I got sick of the issue and troubleshot it all the way down to bad thermal paste. I cracked it open (it was already past Applecare) and applied Artic 5. That solved the heat issue (along with air-blasting the insides).
Now, being the klutz that I am, while I was cleaning the old thermal compound off, I knocked over and spilled a bottle of acetone all over the motherboard. Twice. After letting it dry for a day, the computer booted up, but the keyboard was not recognized, the fans were stuck on full blast, and the battery was not recognized by the computer, nor would it charge. It would still power the laptop without the magsafe plugged in.
The keyboard problem went away (further drying, I suspect) but fans and battery issue did not.
I tried restarting and doing the SMU reset several times with no luck (I have no indication I did it right in the first place because nothing is different). Now the computer itself runs fine, with fans stuck on full blast the thing barely exceeds room temperatures. But it's loud. And the battery does not charge, and that not only means I can't use it without it constantly being plugged in, I also won't have the back-up power once the battery drains in case someone knocks out the mag-safe. I DJ in Ableton Live and I played a show on it in a hot room after the botched operation and it was fine, but someone (drunk) knocked out the mag-safe and that will no longer work once the battery drains.
Any thoughts? Is it possible i missed a couple of sensors while assembling it (although I'm pretty mrticulous when it comes to that), did I permanently ruin the motherboard? Am I just a complete hack that can't do SMU reset correctly?
Thanks for the answers
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