MacBook: no response to trying to power up
Last night I was using my MacBook and in the middle of using it, it completely froze. No mouse movement, no reaction to anything. Tried to power off by holding down the power button, no reaction. I turned it off by removing power cable and battery, and then plugged it back in and added battery back, pressed the power button, and nothing. I then followed all steps on Apple's site (except taking it into a store, which I can't do until the weekend) and it still won't start up. Is there anything I can look at doing? I wanted to see before I took it into the store because it'll be a few days away. Plus it's not under warranty anymore and I don't want to have to spend anywhere near the cost of a new laptop to repair it. If there's something I can check or maybe replace myself I would try, I'm familiar with the iFixIt instructions and have no problem going into the laptop itself.
Thank you,
Matt
CClips aren't inside the application.
What version are you using? older versions don't work with 10.9.
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