MacBook A1181 Question and Emergency.
Hello. My Uncle gave me his MacBook A1181 three days ago with a problem. I've read some forums online and my problem is that the MacBook had an overheat problem. What happened was my uncle was using it and all of a sudden it shut off completely, and the bottom was very hot, and could only turn on and work fine when plugged into a charger.So what happened was I looked into the logic board and noticed a large amount of dust trapped in the fan and heat sink. I've cleaned it out. Disassembled the fan, cleaned it, vacuumed the rotors, and am reassembling everything back together. And I thought that also it was a problem with the DC board. As I was CAREFULLY getting the DC board out I had to take off the logic board first. And as I was removing it CAREFULLY, I noticed that 1 of the four tiny metal brackets between the Audiojack and Battery adapter plug to the logic board was missing, and I found it laying against the wall of the bar holding all of the side ports. And my emergency is.. DID I JUST KILL THE COMPUTER!? It's 1 out of the billions that are on the board. None of the little connectors on the Battery Plug Adapter are damaged.. So I want to know if I killed the computer? :c and the DC board seemed fine. Battery could charge. Nothing strange. But I need to know. Do I still have to replace the fan? Or do I need the fan and a whole new logic board? :c help would be VERY much appreciated! If anyone thinks it might be a problem with the DC board anyway, I'd be happy to know the reason why. And the charger I had got fried. So before I do anything I want to know what you guys think.
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