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1.8GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 (Turbo Boost up to 2.8GHz) with 3MB shared L3 cache

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Powers off during boot

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The laptop powers off during boot. Tried to boot from local drive, USB external, Internet recovery mode. It simply powers off itself when boot progress bar are running. Any ideas?

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@rouslan - What is the color of the MagSafe LED? Amber or Green or not lit at all!

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@danj The color is green.

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OK, that's good!

What do you see if you connect an external monitor to your system or if you aim a flashlight through the lid logo? Do you see a faint image or a clean image on the external.

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@danj I have no external monitor now :-(

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@rouslan - Then flash light test

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Have you tried to run an SMC reset? Try that first and then report back! https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295

(while powered off, connect to power, then hold left side, shift, control, and option, then press the power button. wait 5 seconds (you might see the mag-safe connector go from green to orange, then green again) then try again)

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You could also try holding command and s while attempting to boot and you'll get the single-user-mode console that will show you exactly where it's booting, and maybe you'll see the string that it's failing on to get more insight.

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@jabackes Yes, I have tried SMC and PROM reset.

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