MacBook 2010 is slow without battery, any way how to speed up?

[MirComputers]

The only way to restore the CPU back to its native speed is either --

1, Put a battery in so you get your native CPU speed in supported macOS or hacked macOS.

or

2, Install Linux like Ubuntu 20.04 or Linux Mint 20 which are both modern OS. Linux doesn't care if you're running with a battery or not. In fact, I gave my MacBook Pro 17" 2009 C2D to my dad running Linux Mint, first without the battery, and now with a cheap battery. Speed is fast with or without a battery @ 3.06Ghz, but having a battery makes it portable again.

On linux you can also undervolt for much better battery life and cooler operation.

 

[Nguyen Duc Hieu]

Yeap. In fact, when I installed Linux, which was Ubuntu first and then switched to Mint 20, both were showing the CPU running @ 3.06Ghz, which is the actual speed for this Core 2 Duo on the 17" MBP, and it was really fast and coping with Ubuntu 18 and now Mint 20 no problems. I got the MacBook Pro from the recycling place where I worked for like $10 because without the battery, it was pretty much useless running at half the speed with macOS. I was surprised that installing Linux removed that limitation. I was skeptical at first, but I did some speed tests as well as doing terminal commands to speed step through all the speeds available on the Core 2 Duo and sure enough, @ half the speed, it was working as slow as it was on macOS without the battery. But when I speed step back to 3.06Ghz, it was definitely working as it should @3.06Ghz and when pushed, it makes the laptop much hotter and you can fix that speed permanently via terminal command via CPUfreq as well, though I didn't have to. This wasn't my idea though. I was actually inspired by a guy who always came to our recycling facility looking for computer parts and who was homeless, but always dressed very nice like a business person, with a beat up MacBook Pro without the battery and a broken WIFI module that he picked out for like $5, and he fixed it up running Ubuntu and a USB broadcom WIFI patched under Ubuntu so he could apply for government benefits and odd jobs in our public library which has WIFI and a free AC outlet. I was surprised that it ran on his MacBook Pro at full speeds and so I thought why not try it on my $10 MBP.

Can you remove the dead battery entirely and use only the adapter to run the MBP with Mac OS?
Would the CPU be throttled down?

 

[Amethyst1]

Can you remove the dead battery entirely and use only the adapter to run the MBP with Mac OS?
Would the CPU be throttled down?

Yes, to 1 GHz. That's what this thread is about.

 

[Nguyen Duc Hieu]

Yes, to 1 GHz. That's what this thread is about.

There is a guy who seemed to have a work around solution on newer Macbook.

Running a macbook without battery ... let's go:

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[MBAir2010]

my other 2GB late macbook air 2010 has
no display, battery and uses a amazin' plug which runs fine to a samsung tv
using snow leopard.

that also goes into a box later this week for good!