

Powering Up a MacBook Pro After Replacing Battery, Logic Board, Hard Drive, RAM, etc tooĪpparently the same aforementioned scenario of the MacBook / MacBook Pro not starting up can also unfold when replacing other internal components on these older model year MacBook Pro (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, etc), including replaced logic boards, internal hard drives, RAM, battery, and perhaps other hardware components too. Nonetheless, Snow Leopard still runs well!Īs you can see in the screenshot below, the “No Battery” indicator is visible, but the MacBook Pro is booted and working.Īnd indeed, this particular MacBook Pro has no physical battery installed as you can see the internals in this picture:

However, the above method of disconnecting and reconnecting MagSafe while holding the Power button was successful in starting up the Mac – with fans running at full speed and at reduced clock speed however. Once the battery was removed you can press the power button but nothing happens.

I experienced this scenario on an old MacBook Pro 2010 model after removing a swollen battery. The only way to stop the fans from running at full speed and to return the clock speed to regular performance is to install a new battery into the MacBook Pro. When the MacBook Pro does boot, the fans will be blasting at full speed for the entire time you are using the Mac ( resetting SMC or PRAM does not stop the fans running, only replacing the battery will).Īlso it appears that the MacBook Pro will reduce its own clock speed in this situation, thereby reducing performance.
