Won't start up; charger blinking orange

this worked on my macbook - thank you so much for the advise!

Hello,

When my computer was left uncharged, it died. And it wouldn't turn back on, as strangely it wouldn't charge 😕(the light on the charger just didn't light up).So I tried and tried for a couple of days and nothing worked. I though it was my charger so I bought a new one but that wasn't the problem. 😢

So I took it to Apple and they tried charging it at the time and it worked just fine. It magically turned on 😮?!!

Thus I took my laptop back today as according to the people in Apple my laptop was perfectly fine.

Today when my laptop was 100% charged I took the charger out and started watching a movie. Suddenly it died and the same thing is happening😠😠

It just won't charger. And since it won't charge it won't turn on....

PLEASE HELP ME 😍

MacBook Pro

Okay, just like the posts at the start of this thread, I went directly for the battery connector.

I Opened, unscrewed, the bottom cover of my late 2012 MBP.

Located the battery connector using images from google.

Disconnected the battery connector.

A few seconds later, reconnected it.

Connected the charger to check if the green light comes on.

After seeing the charger green light is on, I screwed back the bottom cover.

Just finished this and the MBP is working fine.

Good luck.

I am experiencing this problem with my late 2011 mac book 13" pro now. I have an appointment at the genius bar tommorrow for them to try and get this thing working again without me messing with the screws and messing something else up. I hop this works out being all my important stuff on my comp still has yet to be backed up. Thanks for your help guys.

To be clear, there isn't any Apple Store near my place. Morelike; in the whole country. I live in the UAE and although there are Apple authorized service centers listed in my country, they are just plain old service centers for repair and spare parts. There is no Genius bar there.

Which is why I choose to open up my MBP whenever it is necessary. This is the second time. The first was to remove the 2 DVDs, Lion King & Kung Fu Panda I, my 4 year old son stuffed into the DVD slot.

Also I am a working electronics engineer so its actually fun to fix my things. Plus the warranty is not important anyway. I also use time machine to backup my MBP every other week.

Basically that is why I DIY the MBP.

I tried this step by step. My MacBook was doing the same, blinking orange and I went ahead and disconnected the battery and all. It is now charging correctly and fully with a solid green light but the MacBook itself still will not Turn On. Please help someone.

Thank you sooooooo much!! I am so relief just now. It worked exacly as you said. thousands of thanks!!

I'm so glad you posted this. Your solution worked, of course. Saved me money and time. Thanks.

I really want to try your solution as it seems to have a high success rate! I've got the case open but now I'm stumped. WHERE is the battery connector cable on this 2008 or 2009 Macbook? Mine doesn't look like the pic that was posted or the vid that was linked to. Anyone who can help, please do & many thanks. BTW I'm a total novice so be as explicit as possible.

Try a Google image search with this: "2008 MBP battery connector".

Many images were displayed including this one.

https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/MacBook+Pro+15-Inch+Unibody+Late+2008+and+Early+200 9+Battery+Connector+Replacement/827

This solved my problem too. Thought it was the thunder that caused my laptop to die, but this worked. Thank you very much.

I don't know how many like you would get for this quick fix. It happened to me today...my laptop was fully charged and my wife moved to the next room and screen went blank. For me it was blinking green instead of blinking orange. I am assuming blinking orange for battery that is depleted whereas blinking green is for battery that is changed but not supplying power to the motherboard.

In parallel i called up apple store & they gave me an appointment tomorrow @ 4.00 PM whereas I have an international flight to catch the next day. They would have definitely charged a lot of money for this asking to replace parts. You saved my time....thanks a Ton!

That's the one. The tech told me it was possibly a fried logic board.... you saved me a 2 hour trip to the city. Thanks!

Thanks @dbartul! Your trick worked for me as well. Same issue with my MBP and unplugging the battery from the board did the trick!

Thanks to dbartul!!

One quick not, if you are thinking on "HOw do i unplug the battery??"

Just look to the righ, for a flat cable. Use your nail and GENTLY remove it and put it back. Pretty simple!