the caps 'look' ok...............and that's all.

when you cleaned it with alcohol you cleaned off the electrolyte and it worked. It will fail again. These caps always look ok....even after they have leaked.............there is no visable difference to the cap..........what you will see is basically a 'stain' on the motherboard , directly under the cap. That stain is electrolyte and it is conductive and will start to short things out. Usually the first thing to go is the sound. What is the volume of the sound when you put it a full volume?

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take out that battery ASAP...........if that leaks you machine will be dead for good.

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all the battery does is hold the date and time................too big a risk to have it in their

if you want you mac to stay alive get that battery out and leave it out.

I removed every battery from all my macs.................and its no big deal the time and date being wrong.................makes no difference to me

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your mac, your call..................your risk!