MBP won't turn on at all...

My wife's Macbook Pro has been overheating recently. Additionally, the battery will charge until the power adapter is green and it says it has a full charge, but within minutes of unplugging it, the computer is dead. We figured she had a bad battery or whatever, but now — out of the blue — the computer won't turn on at all. The power adapter is orange, but it randomly flashes green really fast. The power light on the battery stays at one cell.
We can't get it to turn on, regardless of what we do. Help?

Alright, we reset the system management controller by unplugging, taking out the battery, holding power for 5 seconds and turning back on, and that got it back on. We checked the health of her battery on the Apple menu and it says her battery is in good condition, which was surprising. I'm glad to know about the SMC reset if for no other reason than future reference, but surely it can't be a good thing to have to do that every time we want to turn the computer on...

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Hi all,
My Macbook Pro won't turn on anymore. My girlfriend was watching a DVD and it just stopped on her. With all my files inside. No matter what I do it will no longer respond.
The magsafe is green, so I tried resetting SMC but nothing happened, I have no indication that this is even working because the magsafe does not react when I reset
I am really not sure what to do because there is no firewire and I can't access my files.
To make matters worse I am currently in Shanghai for work and I don't think they have any Genius bar her.
Would really appreciate any idea at all. Thanks.

The green light on the magsafe will not respond as the Apple docs say when doing a SMC reset on that model. Instead, look at the little row of battery indicator lights on the side of the computer. When doing the reset they should go off and on in a pattern that I do not have in my memory (grey matter).
As far as retrieving your computer's data files, remove your drive and put it in an external enclosure or put it in another MacBook Pro of the same model and you are set, assuming it has not been corrupted. If you do not already have a backup, and I assume you do not (for shame ) you can buy a backup drive right now and you will have an external enclosure. Buy a backup drive with a SATA enclosure and then you can put your computer's drive in it. You will be able to get your data eventually this way.
If you were to take your computer to an Apple store now, you may or may not ever see your data again. They have no obligation to take care of it for you if they are only fixing your machine under warranty. It is your obligation to save that data. You do that by keeping your drive or copying it from your drive to another drive.

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Yes if your model MBP has a removable battery. If it does not:
Shut down the computer.
Plug in the MagSafe power adapter to a power source, connecting it to the Mac if its not already connected.
On the built-in keyboard, press the (left side) Shift-Control-Option keys and the power button at the same time.
Release all the keys and the power button at the same time.
Press the power button to turn on the computer.
Note: The LED on the MagSafe power adapter may change states or temporarily turn off when you reset the SMC.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964

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