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  • writing this from the mbp with help of vurtal keyboard. think its ok....watching video and stuff think the blue screen problem is fixed yeah the orange ribbon was under the board so had to take it apart agian.....maybe the power button is working st…
    in jump start 17 inch unibody Comment by gbk June 2014
  • i will add i got stuck on the blue screen turns out I did not snap in the orange optical drive ribbon. so i took stuff apart to get it hooked up again....now have a red light and blue screen. ok it powered on again not with power button and battrire…
    in jump start 17 inch unibody Comment by gbk June 2014
  • Hey Hey John. I put most of it back together all except the bottom case/ lid thingy. It was nice to see the green light light up strong. The computer actually started up where I left off back in September 2011... same web pages opened a…
    in jump start 17 inch unibody Comment by gbk June 2014
  • we will see... funny " the power-on pads are in the far bottom-left corner, between the screw in the corner and the small sleep sensor ribbon cable. They are vertical. " your description seems far form concrete. again 3000 $ computer al…
    in jump start 17 inch unibody Comment by gbk June 2014
  • Um OK I took the computer apart i have to disagree its looks like the keyboard is sealed well 50 screws along with the sealed backlight ... tempeture did not heat up and melt the key... The melted plastic I was referring to is internal... Each key…
    in jump start 17 inch unibody Comment by gbk June 2014
  • Hi thanks ....well im still thinking there might be a chance to get this working again. Ok the dim light could be that I didn't put everthing back togeter correctly, lots of little screwes and cables.I dont see any thing that would indicate the boa…
    in jump start 17 inch unibody Comment by gbk June 2014
  • Hi John thanks. Okay the logic board looks good. After taking it out I found under it a nice even layer of dust. So I am fairly certain that no liquid dripped through the three layers of key board. I cleaned off the dust with a q-tip and alcoh…
    in jump start 17 inch unibody Comment by gbk March 2012
  • Hi John. Well I have some tools to start this project up again. I am thinking I should take it all apart take off the board and maybe try cooking it in the oven after I buy a keybord on line or just wait...? Is it hard to find a board on for this co…
    in jump start 17 inch unibody Comment by gbk February 2012