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Hi everyone, new to this forum. I managed to get a MacBook Pro 15” Retina Mid 2015 for dirt cheap. It will be delivered somewhere this week. It’s missing a charger and the SSD. I already have a charger which I can use. The MacBook is the i7 2.2GHZ with Intel Iris graphics by the way. The previous owner told me the laptop has a big issue: it’s not turning on anymore. One of his kids broke the keyboard (by pulling keys out, lol) so he tried replacing it. After replacing it with a new keyboard, the MacBook wouldn’t turn on anymore. That’s why he listed it for sale. When he is plugging in the charger, the charger light is green. I know buying this is quite the gamble, as there can probably a lot off issues that can cause this. I don’t mind: for me this is just a learning experience. I’m wondering what my first steps would be when I get this MacBook delivered. I’m thinking about trying these things: See if I can hear/see the fans runSMC resetPRAM resetI can try to hook it up to an external displayI can try to disconnect the battery and then try to turn it on with the charger connected Does this make sense? Any other thing I can try? This would be my first MacBook repair. Oh and do I need an SSD already to test if I can get it to power on? Or can I first try without and buy/install it as soon as I confirm it works again? Thanks a lot! Kind regards, Jeroen
Using an Apple USB keyboard maybe needed here if the keyboard is messed up. Having a external drive which is setup as a bootable running macOS Sierra would be useful USB or Thunderbolt. For now with no drive using the either the internal or external keyboard see if you can get into the onboard diagnostics using the D key at startup. Reference: Mac startup key combinations To setup a bootable drive download the OS installer from here How to get old versions of macOS and follow this guide How to create a bootable macOS Sierra installer drive You only need a 32 MB USB thumb drive which is first formatted with GUID and a Journaled file system. Let us know how it goes.
