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Powering up without a battery

I need to know if a MacBook Pro 13" 2010 model A1278 will work with the battery removed. Reason is that I suspect the battery is dead or shorted preventing it from powering up. Water was spilled on it about 2 yrs ago and was not charged since. Thank you

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It did not power up so I need to tear it down and try to clean the logic bd, it is way too expensive to buy a replacement bd.

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I guess the answer then is yes. I was afraid to make it worse, I heard about the logic bd replacement but want to try this 1st. I'm used to repairing and using pc laptops not macs so this is my 1st that. A friend asked me to look at it because they want to charge her $700 to repair it. Thanks again.

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That does sound like the way to go.Hopefully you do not have to much corrosion damage. Let us know what you find.

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If your mac is plugged to the wall it should unless your logic board is damaged. If it doesn't you have a bad logic board which needs to be repaired.

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