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I'd just prefer to use my macbook than my pc (and i don't have the pc version of the progams I need) and the macbook isn't worth spending on fixing unless a repair is super cheap. I can't really afford a new macbook, so all I'm left to do is take the hard drive out and put it in a case and plug it into my girlfriends macbook to back up. What do I need to do to look even deeper into it? Is there an alternative way of powering it up without using the power button? Is there another connector other than the keyboard/power ribbon connecter that might be loose (I think the connectors on the ribbon it'self might not be contacting the mainboard properly.) So I need a bit of help from someone tech minded. I doubt a crash would have fried anything (I hope it didn't) It MUST only be a power button connection issue of some sort because the laptop it'self worked. then I have an issue which no site has been able to help me with. I took my chances and pulled the power and batter (the power button doesn't work PERIOD) then tried my ritual again. but for this laptop, an absolute crash, means the possibility of never turning on again. which for a normal computer isn't the end of the world. and tonight after trying to load a 1gb psd (trying to finish a poster artwork) it froze. So I backed up MOST of my important stuff figuring the next time might be the killer. So I walked away upset with the idea that I might have to buy a new laptop.Ībout half an hour I decided to try again, and it worked. but when I pushed power, nothing happened. Then summer came, making things worse and then after the new year this year, I did the old ritual. So I always left it on the power cable, always leaving it on and only leaving on sleep to let it rest. It got to a point where I had to do this every time I wanted to turn the power off and on, or if it somehow drained battery. Opened it, power ribbon push, power, work. Got it to work, turned it off, wouldn't turn on again. so opened her up, pushed the power ribon, pushed power and it worked. This worked for a few months, then I must have left the power on and drained the battery, so I tried the power cable, and it wouldn't turn on. Gave it a gentle push, pushed power, then lo and behold it worked. I had a feeling it could have gone loose anyway. So I resorted to opening it up and from images online, discovered the power cable ribbon. Tried everything under the sun that google and youtube could provide. I took out the battery, tried mains yadda yadda. Then one day either the battery died or some disturbance in the force caused the computer to crash. I opened her up once to replace a dead hard drive, no problems, and she worked nicely for a few months. Ok, first of all, I did a google search which yeilded nothing (that I could find) for my situation.