To start troubleshooting water damage, it needs to be cleaned off to avoid further damage to work with and do more harm
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Take the computer apart and remove the heatsink, soak the board in isapropal alcohol for a hour or 2, and scrub it gently with a toothbrush to loosen dirt, let it dry for a few hours and put the heatsink on and use quality thermal paste and work from there
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Take the computer apart and remove the heatsink, soak the board in isapropal alcohol for a hour or 2(you should clean your heatsink and fan too while it's apart too), and scrub it gently with a toothbrush to loosen dirt, let it dry for a few hours and put the heatsink on and use quality thermal paste and work from there
If that does help, it was just dirty
This is all we can do right now till this is more clear on what it is doing after the boards is clean
As per my suggestions for thermal paste, don't bother the cheap stuff all OEM's use, it's that bad. I suggest Artic Silver 5 hands or Cooler Master High Performance thermal paste instead of the cheap stuff Apple uses from the factory all over again
To start troubleshooting water damage, it needs to be cleaned off to avoid further damage to work with and do more harm
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Take the computer apart and remove the heatsink, soak the board in isapropal alcohol for a hour or 2, and scrub it gently with a toothbrush to loosen dirt, put the heatsink on and use quality thermal paste and work form there
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Take the computer apart and remove the heatsink, soak the board in isapropal alcohol for a hour or 2, and scrub it gently with a toothbrush to loosen dirt, let it dry for a few hours and put the heatsink on and use quality thermal paste and work from there
If that does help, it was just dirty
This is all we can do right now till this is more clear on what it is doing after the boards is clean
As per my suggestions for thermal paste, don't bother the cheap stuff all OEM's use, it's that bad. I suggest Artic Silver 5 hands or Cooler Master High Performance thermal paste instead of the cheap stuff Apple uses from the factory all over again
To start troubleshooting water damage, it needs to be cleaned off to avoid further damage to work with and do more harm
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take the computer apart and remove the heatsink, soak the board in isapropal alcohol for a hour or 2, and scrub it gently with a toothbrush to looses dirt, put the heatsink on and use quality thermal paste and work form there
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Take the computer apart and remove the heatsink, soak the board in isapropal alcohol for a hour or 2, and scrub it gently with a toothbrush to loosen dirt, put the heatsink on and use quality thermal paste and work form there
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if that does help, it was just dirty
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If that does help, it was just dirty
This is all we can do right now till this is more clear on what it is doing after the boards is clean
As per my suggestions for thermal paste, don't bother the cheap stuff all OEM's use, it's that bad. I suggest Artic Silver 5 hands or Cooler Master High Performance thermal paste instead of the cheap stuff Apple uses from the factory all over again
To start troubleshooting water damage, it needs to be cleaned off to avoid further damage to work with and do more harm
take the computer apart and remove the heatsink, soak the board in isapropal alcohol for a hour or 2, and scrub it gently with a toothbrush to looses dirt, put the heatsink on and use quality thermal paste and work form there
if that does help, it was just dirty
This is all we can do right now till this is more clear on what it is doing after the boards is clean
As per my suggestions for thermal paste, don't bother the cheap stuff all OEM's use, it's that bad. I suggest Artic Silver 5 hands or Cooler Master High Performance thermal paste instead of the cheap stuff apple uses from the factory all over again
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As per my suggestions for thermal paste, don't bother the cheap stuff all OEM's use, it's that bad. I suggest Artic Silver 5 hands or Cooler Master High Performance thermal paste instead of the cheap stuff Apple uses from the factory all over again
To start troubleshooting water damage, it needs to be cleaned off to avoid further damage to work with and do more harm
take the computer apart and remove the heatsink, soak the board in isapropal alcohol for a hour or 2, and scrub it gently with a toothbrush to looses dirt, put the heatsink on and use quality thermal paste and work form there
if that does help, it was just dirty
This is all we can do right now till this is more clear on what it is doing after the boards is clean
As per my suggestions for thermal paste, don't bother the cheap stuff all OEM's use, it's that bad. I suggest Artic Silver 5 hands or Cooler Master High Performance thermal paste instead of the cheap stuff apple uses from the factory all over agin
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As per my suggestions for thermal paste, don't bother the cheap stuff all OEM's use, it's that bad. I suggest Artic Silver 5 hands or Cooler Master High Performance thermal paste instead of the cheap stuff apple uses from the factory all over again
To start troubleshooting water damage, it needs to be cleaned off to avoid further damage to work with and do more harm
take the computer apart and remove the heatsink, soak the board in isapropal alcohol for a hour or 2, and scrub it gently with a toothbrush to looses dirt, put the heatsink on and use quality thermal paste and work form there
if that does help, it was just dirty
This is all we can do right now till this is more clear on what it is doing after the boards is clean
As per my suggestions for thermal paste, don't bother the cheap stuff all OEM's use, it's that bad. I suggest Artic Silver 5 hands or Cooler Master High Performance thermal paste instead of the cheap stuff apple uses from the factory all over agin
To start troubleshooting water damage, it needs to be cleaned off to avoid further damage to work with and do more harm
take the computer apart and remove the heatsink, soak the board in isapropal alcohol for a hour or 2, and scrub it gently with a toothbrush to looses dirt, put the heatsink on and use quality thermal paste and work form there
if that does help, it was just dirty
This is all we can do right now till this is more clear on what it is doing after the boards is clean
To start troubleshooting water damage, it needs to be cleaned off to avoid further damage to work with and do more harm
take the computer apart and remove the heatsink, soak the board in isapropal alcohol for a hour or 2, and scrub it gently with a toothbrush to looses dirt, put the heatsink on and use quality thermal paste and work form there
if that does help, it was just dirty
This is all we can do right now till this is more clear on what it is doing after the boards is clean
To start troubleshooting water damage, it needs to be cleaned off to avoid further damage to work with and do more harm
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take the computer apart and remove the heatsink, soak the board in isapropal alcohol for a hour or 2, and scrub it gently with a toothbrush to looses dirt, put the heatsink on and use quality thermal paste and work form there because I am not qualified to do board level work, but know enough to give you a start
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take the computer apart and remove the heatsink, soak the board in isapropal alcohol for a hour or 2, and scrub it gently with a toothbrush to looses dirt, put the heatsink on and use quality thermal paste and work form there
if that does help, it was just dirty
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if not, the top case may be bad, replace it, if that doesn't help, the logicboard is cooked, and call it quits because of the cost of a logicboard, but in your case, it may be worth it because it's relatively new, but a example of a machine is mine if the logicboard fries, is because it is from 2009(i have the 17'' early 2009), there have been many improvements over the years to justify a new computer, so it's up to you if a logicboard is worth it really
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This is all we can do right now till this is more clear on what it is doing after the boards is clean
To start troubleshooting water damage, it needs to be cleaned off to avoid further damage to work with and do more harm
-
take the computer apart and remove the heatsink, soak the board in isapropal alcohol for a hour or 2, and scrub it gently with a toothbrush to looses dirt, put the heatsink on and use quality thermal paste and work form there
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take the computer apart and remove the heatsink, soak the board in isapropal alcohol for a hour or 2, and scrub it gently with a toothbrush to looses dirt, put the heatsink on and use quality thermal paste and work form there because I am not qualified to do board level work, but know enough to give you a start
if that does help, it was just dirty
if not, the top case may be bad, replace it, if that doesn't help, the logicboard is cooked, and call it quits because of the cost of a logicboard, but in your case, it may be worth it because it's relatively new, but a example of a machine is mine if the logicboard fries, is because it is from 2009(i have the 17'' early 2009), there have been many improvements over the years to justify a new computer, so it's up to you if a logicboard is worth it really
To start troubleshooting water damage, it needs to be cleaned off to avoid further damage to work with and do more harm
take the computer apart and remove the heatsink, soak the board in isapropal alcohol for a hour or 2, and scrub it gently with a toothbrush to looses dirt, put the heatsink on and use quality thermal paste and work form there
if that does help, it was just dirty
if not, the top case may be bad, replace it, if that doesn't help, the logicboard is cooked, and call it quits because of the cost of a logicboard, but in your case, it may be worth it because it's relatively new, but a example of a machine is mine if the logicboard fries, is because it is from 2009(i have the 17'' early 2009), there have been many improvements over the years to justify a new computer, so it's up to you if a logicboard is worth it really