Macbook Air magsafe charger pins burnt and wont charge

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Macbook Air magsafe charger pins burnt and wont charge

So I made a question on this before but I never really figured out why it was that this happened so now that I have pictures im going back to ask the question again. So the problem is my magsafe charger pins are burnt and they wont charge. The place where it connects to the macbook air is a little brown around the circles aswell. The charger cable line is also yellow. And the macbook wont charger unless you slam the charger in hard enough after a few tries. Here is a picture below. Does anyone know if buying a new charger would fix it and why this happened?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.14

Posted on Sep 19, 2021 3:24 PM

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K Shaffer

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Sep 19, 2021 3:58 PM in response to Ortonx9

These two products should be presented to an Apple authorized service provider

& ask about replacement costs for I/O Board (A 'combo DC-in Board' secondary to

the logic board, which need not be replaced to repair these MagSafe issues.) And

buy a replacement MagSafe adapter for your MacBook Air, too. [Yours looks older.]

Those two halves of the MagSafe connection should be kept clean (& dry)

and the 'essentially gone' Pins originally were spring-loaded, to keep snug

the connection for power. Also concerned about the inside of MB/Air case.

• Apple Repair and Repair Status Check - Official Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/repair

• Genius Bar Reservation and Apple Support Options - Apple

https://www.apple.com/retail/geniusbar/

[For 'hardware repair from Genius' see that portion of page further down from top.]

• Apple - Find Locations

https://locate.apple.com/

Or if older and more worn than these two parts (consider battery replacement too)

Add all costs, & think of buying 'new/er or refurbished' mac from reputable source.

Make backups, before taking product to service inspection for assessment estimates.

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Ortonx9 Author

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Sep 19, 2021 3:27 PM in response to Ortonx9

I also forgot to mention, prior to this happening, when it charged, it would be burning hot to touch. And still now if you touch it when its charging its also burning hot. It isn't warm, it's like touching a burning stove.

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Macbook Air magsafe charger pins burnt and wont charge

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