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The symptoms are when you startup, the fans run full throttle, the trackpad and keyboard work for a little while, you can login. But almost instantly the built-in mouse and keyboard stop responding, and a dialog comes up asking to pair a bluetooth keyboard. If I connect an external keyboard and mouse they work, but the fans are still running full throttle on the laptop. Thinking it must be a logic board issue, I purchased a replacement online and just finished installing it using the iFixit repair guide, and to my disappointment the laptop has the exact same symptoms. And before you say it’s a software issue, if I boot using a macOS installer USB, the symptoms are very similar. Do you think I should replace the trackpad component next, or what else could be causing these issues considering I’ve already replaced the logic board?
Replace the keyboard
