Macbook A1278 has problems booting and staying alive on the battery. The mainboard is quite clean compared to what we normally see and there's no thermal irregularities even though the board is cycling / pulsing similar to what is experienced when there is a shorted capacitor on one of the lower circuits (ie, audio). Ultimately it is found that the ISL battery charge current sense circuit is damaged as is the battery and ISL.
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