I found a white plastic/ rubber 2009 Macbook in the IT Office of my school and was given permission to try to get it to be usable again. Currently, it is able to be charged with its magsafe connector and the indicator LED in the front turns on when I hold down the power button, but the screen never turns on and the keyboard does not respond. (i.e. the Caps Lock indicator button does not turn on.) After a few seconds of this, the fans start to make a lot of noise, but the computer remains unresponsive.
I tried plugging in an external monitor though the thunderbolt connector, but the monitor never picks up a signal. I tried plugging in a device though the USB ports, but this too does not work. I tried resetting the SMC as per that Apple website instructions, and this also does not work.
Is there any way that I could get the computer to boot up into the operating system?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Best Answer
Did you reset both the SMC and PRAM (instructions is on the same support page at the Apple website)? If you did, try it once again.
Did you try all of the things in your post with both the power adapter and on battery?
Since the machine is old and there is no support warrant left at Apple I don't think there is any idea to contact them. Otherwise, you may have found the reason to why it was just laying around at the IT office.