Won't start up; charger blinking orange

The truth was that I was working on a doc and then I plugged in my iPod touch(pretty old school haha) with a semi damages cord, and out of the blue my screen darkened! I don't think it has anything to do with the magnet but possibly some defect either in that cord you plug in your mini pad or like you said, just a defect product. At least you bought it in, the moment I sensed my pro with a problem when I got it fresh out of the box I convince myself that I just have to get used to the pro from my MacBook, but problems occur so soon! I regret getting my pro, honest to god! $1200 for an impersonal product since there is always that chance of getting a defected one!!! I think this is the last apple product I'm purchasing. Even the iPhones. After trying all their models, one by one they falls into the same problem but none of them are fixed?! iPhone heats up like crazy after updating its iOS, battery life falls downhill after a year of age, etc, etc. it's quite upsetting to see this happening. I loved my MacBook!

Thanks Fiachrag for the photo, my MBP is a little different than the one described, so I was able to find the part using your pic as a reference. This thread seems to have saved a bunch of people from headaches with an easy fix. Thanks dbartul!

same with me, i was in school and doesnt have time to send it to the stored, left it untouch for a week and now back alive

Hi,

I have the same problem it was ok with unplug the connector then plug the connector with mother board, but it is repeated again. What is the main problem

Thanks

Hi,

I have the same problem it was ok with unplug the connector then plug the connector with mother board, but it is repeated again. What is the main problem

Thanks

Tinesh

Thank you for posting this answer, fixed my problem too. Battery was completely empty, after disconnecting (the connector on my MBP is also a little different, but on the same place, had to push it with a screwdriver towards the battery to make the pins come loose of the connector on the motherboad) it worked. I could not get it out (so first try did nothing because the disconnection was not fully disconnected, you really have to see the pins.

This fixed my problem thank you SO MUCH late 2012 Macbook pro, in fact I found a bit of plastic near the battery connector, it may have been the cause of a lot of other problems.

But thank you so much

Paul

http://www.dailyforextrader.me

just performed this on a 2012 macbook and worked perfectly to fix the issue

thank you to dbartul for the information and fiachrag for the picture 😀

would you please do a vid on how to do this

i've tried this yet its still blinking :/

@dannykool, you might try doing it again but wait a few minutes before reconnecting. Here's from an earlier post of mine:

...."Not remembering which cable I was testing when it went dead, I started testing them again. When I got to the bad cable, my Mac instantly went dead! So I did the battery disconnect. This time it didn't seem to work. Oh cr#p!. Tried again. No go. I disconnected the battery a 3rd time and, thinking maybe I'd forgotten a step I got on my other computer to review but didn't find anything. Went back, re-connected the battery and immediately connected the charger. Success!! I'm not sure if it was the extra time the battery was disconnected or the fact that the charger was connected immediately (or maybe some other factor), but the bottom line is don't give up if it doesn't work the first time.

Also, as I found out the first time, the clock gets reset to some time in 2000. Depending on what programs are going to restart (Safari being a prime example) on startup, many will not be happy with this! So the second time I logged into the Guest account and reset the clock before logging into my regular account....."

Hope this helps!

Thank you Fiachrag!!- I don't know how to pronounce your username 😉 but I followed your instructions and my Macbook is working again. Whew!

Unplugging the connector worked for me as well. I had to do it twice. It didn't work the first time so on the second attempt I waited about 30 seconds instead of plugging immediately back in. Thanks for the fix.

Tried your technique several times and still no luck. I'm glad several others had better luck.

dbartul - thanks!