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Released October 2008 / 2.4, 2.53, 2.66, 2.8 or 2.93 GHz Core 2 Duo Processor

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Both fans running high constantly from cold boot up

Hello all

Picked up a clean , late 2008 mbp 15.4" , 2.4ghz intel core duo, 4gb ram, 250gb sata drive,

The problem is both fans are roaring away at full speed the second I press the power button.

I removed the battery, reset the smc. Reset the nvram / pram. Still the same!

Now then, I removed the rear case, hoovered out all the dust and fluff. Gave it a good inspection. Repasted the 3 chips, reseated the heat sink and reassembed.

The laptop then , wouldn't boot unless i held down the power button and plugged in the magsafe (battery removed). The laptop wouldn't boot with just the battery on its own either. And wouldn't boot if the magsafe was connected before the power button pressed.

When it finally booted up, fans roaring away again.

The same happened in safe mode also.

I installed El capitan. Then installed Yosemite. Then went back to Snow Leopard. All the same on all 3 osx versions , fans running high.

I installed TG Pro fan software , tried smc fan control and mac fan control software. All fan software resulted in 'no fans detected on this machine' , therefore no control option to lower fan speeds.

I removed the original 250gb apple sata and tried a ssd in place and it booted from the power key alone. Put the original sata back in and no boot unless, power key held down then magsafe plugged in.

Has anyone any ideas what it could be ? Why are the fans running at take off speed the second laptop powers on? Why are the fans not detected on machine by software? Why a change in hard drive type allows machine to boot off the power key and then not?

Theres no liquid damage or any other signs of anything to suggest otherwise. The machine has never been dissassembled before. The superdrive dvd player doesnt accept discs either. The original battery charges up but wil need replacing at some point.

Thanks for readng

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It seems that might be not detecting something correctly. Check your ram and your temperature sensors too. Boot with as less parts required to boot.

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By experimenting, it appears the problem has been solved. The macbook was booting up in 'smc bypass mode'. After running ASD 3S132 OS test, it turns out 'fans & sensors' weren't recognised in the test menu. The SMC initial start up test failed.

I located the SMC on logic board and blew some compressed air around it a few times. (worth a try I thought) , then reset smc & nvram.

Turned macbook on, and the fans were at normal speed! Great result.

Ran ASD again, 'fans & sensors' now appeared in test menu. SMC initial test 'passed' straight off. Focussed ontesting the fans & sensors.

The only message now is on one sensor ; Temp (TG1H) left heat pipe/fin stack proximity temp test #1sensor reads within operating range - check to ensure that sensor reads within operating range.

Laptop seems ok.

Hope this helps someone out in the future.

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Great! Thanks for the update!

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ssavva05 , many thanks but if you read my update comment you will see I found the solution. The upshot of it was the macbook was booting up in 'smc bypass mode'. And after running ASD twice. The problem was rectified. Regards

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