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Hi, how do I boot a 2006 macbook (power button on logic board is a black chip) without the keyboard? I think the keyboard connector on the board is bad, but I dont know which to short on that chip to boot the computer with no keyboard! Thanks Steve
Unfortunately these models don’t have the jump pads that the MacBook Pro range has to start the computer without the topcase. You will have to try another TC.
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WELL I AM SO IMPRESSED WITH THIS THREAD THAT I TOOK A PHOTO OF MY LATE 2006 DUO CORE 2 MACBOOK, ITS AS PER ADVISE ABOVE. JUMP STARTING IS A CONFUSING WAY OF SAYING SHORT THE 2 PADS TOGETHER, AS SHOWN IN THE PHOTO. TOP CIRCUITS WITH THE KEYPAD AND TRACK PAD ARE COMMONLY AVAILABLE AT LOW COST AT THIS STAGE!
- THIS WORKED FOR ME, NEW KEYPAD ORDERED! FOR SOME REASON IFIXIT HAS ROTATED THE PHOTO!
I broke my working keypad’s ribbon as I unmounted it several times in order to start another MacBook, because I was trying the short that one at the only place I knew; just below the fan ! This is so stupid ! I should have check iFixit before, i should, I should, I should :) But I learned something. Some things like : I can order ribbons, instead of entire keypads (I have 4 broken ones, now, no… 5 !). Thanks again, iFixit.
