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The battery has been gone for awhile. I’ve been using it plugged in still. Used it last night, went to today and won’t turn on. Even when holding for ten seconds. One charger is showing up green. The others is green and then flashing orange/yellow (pictures l attached). Screen will not turn on even when plugged in. Not sure what could’ve happened besides battery totally dying?
MacBook Pro 13″, OS X 10.10
SelbacchCh Said:
"Is my old laptop shot?: The battery has been gone for awhile. I’ve been using it plugged in still. Used it last night, went to today and won’t turn on. Even when holding for ten seconds. One charger is showing up green. The others is green and then flashing orange/yellow (pictures l attached). Screen will not turn on even when plugged in. Not sure what could’ve happened besides battery totally dying?"
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Troubleshooting This:
Try a New Charger:
A Few Links to Refer to for Power:
SelbacchCh Said:
"Is my old laptop shot?: Upon further inspection it appears as if it’s coming from right around where the charger plugs in/logic board plugs in”
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Try a New Charger:
It’s likely an issue with the electric current resulting from where the slice of the wire is:
Try an SMC reset.
Disconnect all external devices.
If the battery is bad, then it can interfere with powering on the laptop or cause issues with the Magsafe charger. Try disconnecting the battery and power on the laptop using only the charger.
Sometimes an Apple power adapter can get into a weird state when the laptop has charging/battery issues. When this happens you need to unplug the charger from the electrical outlet for a minute to reset the internal circuitry of the power adapter.
Even if this is a 2012 "Vintage" laptop you may still be able to have Apple replace the battery for you. I highly recommend an original Apple battery if you have a choice since the quality of third party Lithium-ion batteries is extremely poor. If you need to purchase a third party battery, then OWC is your best option.
Edit: Also make sure you are using a large enough power adapter for that laptop.
SelbacchCh Said:
"Is my old laptop shot?: The wire on the inside of the computer or the wire on the charger? because I have another charger I’m trying with. I could even find another to try it with, if it could work.“
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The Wire on the Charger.
Rather than fiddle with it, I’d just get a new charger. Get it directly from Apple, and none other. Getting it on eBay or Amazon, it might not be an official Apple product. It would cost much less than a new Mac. Refer to my previous reply to getting the correct charger.
SelbacchCh Said:
"Is my old laptop shot?: The low hum is the only sound I’ve gotten so far. Happens when I disconnect battery with the laptop in, then re plug battery in. At this point I’m just trying to get it on so I can get the past four or five days worth of work on my external hard drive and not have to redo it."
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About this Humming Noise...:
Laying your ear atop this laptop, where are you hearing this humming? Is it above the...
The low hum is the only sound I’ve gotten so far. Happens when I disconnect battery with the laptop in, then re plug battery in. At this point I’m just trying to get it on so I can get the past four or five days worth of work on my external hard drive and not have to redo it.
SelbacchCh Said:
"Is my old laptop shot?: Hard to pinpoint exactly but it was definitely the back/ screen end of the computer. From the corner the power button was what it seemed like. Seemed like it could be from the battery/speaker area."
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Any Indent in the Cover?:
That's where I one time had an issue - it was a ding in the cover of the notebook. The indent was causing the builtin fan to blow it out at a forceful rate. So, they (Apple) replaced the cover (It was more of a rough-whistling sound, rather than a humming sound, I guess you'd say).
SelbacchCh wrote:
No noticeable dings. Could the fact that the green dots aren’t showing up be a clue? Would a new battery solve the issue?
Does the laptop work with the battery disconnected? If not, then a new battery will not help. At that point assuming at least one of your chargers is large enough for this laptop and is working properly, then the issue would most likely be a defective Logic Board or a DC-In Board. Of course a connected device (internal or external) could also interfere as well.
MagSafe ports tend to attract small metal shavings that can prevent the charger from seating properly. Also make sure the pins on both the charger & the DC-In port on the laptop are all clean and in good condition.
Left it plugged in while humming for about an hour or two. Tried it one more time before bed and it turned on fine. Charger also has full green light now all the time. Worked again this morning. I don’t know what it was, but I appreciate all the help. Last week of files transferred to external hard drive, crisis averted.
did that with the power and it actually changed the light on the charger and there’s briefly some humming from laptop now when I plug the battery back in. Will stop once I unplug charger. Progress?
The cable on the charger you show in the photo looks badly damaged.
Yes this is a second charger I have. It was working fine. The other one is not damaged and no luck either
Hard to pinpoint exactly but it was definitely the back/ screen end of the computer. From the corner the power button was what it seemed like. Seemed like it could be from the battery/speaker area.
Upon further inspection it appears as if it’s coming from right around where the charger plugs in/logic board plugs in
No noticeable dings. Could the fact that the green dots aren’t showing up be a clue? Would a new battery solve the issue?
Is my old laptop shot?
