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2.4GHz, 2.7GHz, or 2.8GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor (Turbo Boost up to 3.8GHz) with 6MB shared L3 cache. Released February 2013.

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Mac turns off randomly, fans keep spinning.

Hey, so as you see i have a MBP 15’’ Retina, Early 2013.

I have the latest OS, and everything was fine for a while.

It started turning off randomly (fans keep spinning, no apple backlit logo, no keyboard led and caps light), sometimes it boots, but eventually shuts off. I have tried all the key combos, battery is bad but i have tried to run it with the battery disconnected (same problem) also tried with external screen. Checked all the connections on the logic board etc. Nothing has been upgraded or swapped.

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Oh, and sometimes there is no boot chime, but the fans go on.

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Update: i got it to boot and ran the TechTool only showed up a dead battery, but also doing a weird thing with trackpad, when i disconnect the trackpad the fans rev siper high and when i boot it is super laggy.

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It sounds like there may be an issue with the sensors on the main logic board. Assuming there are no signs of liquid or other damage internally, you may need to run a tool that gives you a better sense of the logic board condition. Are you able to boot into the operating system at all, or does it always fail on startup? If you can boot into an OS, download a tool like TechTool Pro and run a full hardware test. If you can’t successfully boot into an OS, try running the built-in Apple diagnostic test (hold the ‘D’ key on startup).


You can also attempt to isolate the problem through the method of elimination - try disconnecting non-essential components from the logic board one at a time and testing for the symptoms after each disconnection. If the symptoms persist even with all non-essential components disconnected from the logic board, you most likely have a logic board issue that would require deeper knowledge to resolve.

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Hey, thanks, no liquid damage, i have tried the apple diagnostics but it doesnt run. But i can ocasionally get it to run for a solid time, i will try the tool.

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Stumbled upon a new thing, while i tried to boot my mac to run the tool, i started to disconnect some components and i noticed that when i disconnect the trackpad my fans run crazy high and the mac boots, but its suuuuper laggy.

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Also when i dc the trackpad my keyboard doesnt work

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