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Nimesh Neema ♦
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I have a 2012 13 inch non13" MacBook Pro (non retina MBP). The power button is not working. Other thanthen that the system was working fine. iI tried to fix the power button by opening the back cover, disconnecting the battery, followed by removing and reattaching the keyboard wire. after iAfter I connected the battery and booted the system by connecting the magsafeMagSafe connector., the system booted really slow ( iI have an ssdSSD, and it usually takes 10~10 seconds but it took 3 mins) and the fans were at full speed. the

The system became really slow and apps launched really slowly. iI check the activity monitorActivity Monitor and CPU was idle. so iSo I figured out that iI need to reset the smcSMC. but i dontBut I don't know how to do it, as the power button is not working. iI tried resetting with smcflasher.efismcflasher.efi (from the smcupdate.pkgsmcupdate.pkg) by booting to rEFIt. itIt says the reset option is unavailable and figured it out that appleApple locked down resetting/modifying firmware externally. so is

Is there any other method to reset SMC?

I have a 2012 13 inch non retina MBP. The power button is not working. Other than that the system was working fine. i tried to fix the power button by opening the back cover disconnecting the battery followed by removing and reattaching the keyboard wire. after i connected the battery and booted the system by connecting the magsafe connector. the system booted really slow ( i have an ssd and it usually takes 10 seconds but it took 3 mins) and the fans were at full speed. the system became really slow and apps launched really slowly. i check the activity monitor and CPU was idle. so i figured out that i need to reset the smc. but i dont know how to do it as the power button is not working. i tried resetting with smcflasher.efi (from the smcupdate.pkg) by booting to rEFIt. it says the reset option is unavailable and figured it out that apple locked down resetting/modifying firmware externally. so is there any other method to reset SMC?

I have a 2012 13" MacBook Pro (non retina). The power button is not working. Other then that the system was working fine. I tried to fix the power button by opening the back cover, disconnecting the battery, followed by removing and reattaching the keyboard wire. After I connected the battery and booted the system by connecting the MagSafe connector, the system booted really slow (I have an SSD, and it usually takes ~10 seconds but it took 3 mins) and the fans were at full speed.

The system became really slow and apps launched really slowly. I check the Activity Monitor and CPU was idle. So I figured out that I need to reset the SMC. But I don't know how to do it, as the power button is not working. I tried resetting with smcflasher.efi (from the smcupdate.pkg) by booting to rEFIt. It says the reset option is unavailable and figured it out that Apple locked down resetting/modifying firmware externally.

Is there any other method to reset SMC?

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Reset SMC without power button

I have a 2012 13 inch non retina MBP. The power button is not working. Other than that the system was working fine. i tried to fix the power button by opening the back cover disconnecting the battery followed by removing and reattaching the keyboard wire. after i connected the battery and booted the system by connecting the magsafe connector. the system booted really slow ( i have an ssd and it usually takes 10 seconds but it took 3 mins) and the fans were at full speed. the system became really slow and apps launched really slowly. i check the activity monitor and CPU was idle. so i figured out that i need to reset the smc. but i dont know how to do it as the power button is not working. i tried resetting with smcflasher.efi (from the smcupdate.pkg) by booting to rEFIt. it says the reset option is unavailable and figured it out that apple locked down resetting/modifying firmware externally. so is there any other method to reset SMC?