Won't start up; charger blinking orange

Hey dbartul one year and a half and your solution still is saving lifes :-). Thanks a lot man, God Bless you. Regards from Venezuela!

You are the man dbartul! Perfect advice! Disonnect...Reconnect...easy as sipping Amaretto! Ever find yourself in Washington D.C., drinks on me bro!

Cheers!

I also had the issue (Macbook powered down and power cable light blinking orange) happen when plugging in a 3rd party lightning cable for my iPhone 5s while my Macbook Pro was asleep. I heard it instantly power down (whirring slowing from fans).

However, dbartul's fix worked exactly as so many others said. It is tremendously easy compared to other fixes and upgrades I've done (one was replacing the bulb in a Macbook screen...not recommended). First time I opened this MacBook Pro of mine.

When I rebooted and started iTunes again, I plugged the same 3rd party cable and it didn't have the same effect. I'm wondering if its only when the MacBook Pro is asleep or maybe the connector is just fidgety and will randomly cause problems (as others have described). The issue is definitely related to plugging into the USB but I'm not sure its just a 3rd party cable that would do it. It seems there is a safety breaker that trips the system when it tries to manage the power supply to the USB.

My advice would be to only use 3rd party cables for charging and use the original Apple cable to connect to the MacBook. Unless someone has other advice or evidence that its only when the Macbook is asleep?

Had the problem today and solved it thank's to your advice - a very big THANK YOU!

Good to know that dbartul's advice still continues to work.

This is the same thing as an SMC reset when you could remove the battery which has been quite a while. Apparently the keyboard reset is not quite the same thing.

thanks dbartul, worked like a charm. weird as the connection wasn't loose or faulty in anyway. you saved me a massive hassle!

I had the issue, macbook pro suddenly dead, battery check lights dead, won't start up, and the megasafe charge had a dim green light. I was veru worry, i google and found this post. I opn the back, unplug the connector of the battery , plug it back and SOLVED, and Macbook back to life. Open the back is easy , and so to find the connector, but for any who fill scare to do it , ifixit have great guides.

here is teh Link to the guide for the battery connector.

https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/MacBook+Pro+13-Inch+Unibody+Early+2011+Battery+Repl acement/5116

THANKS a lot for your help to sort the problem

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I also just had an issue w/ a early 2010 MBP 13" that had sleep problems. It would wake up from sleep after much prompting, sometimes it wouldn't wake at all. Once it was awake it would go back to sleep after only a few seconds and be difficult to wake again.

So naturally I'm thinking SMC right? Actually I was also thinking battery. Anyway standard SMC reset had no affect so I did my "hard SMC reset": disconnect the battery, let it sit for a few minutes and push the power button. In this case I actually swapped in another batter, started it up and problem gone! Put in the old battery and problem gone. I'm still suspicious of that old battery tho'!

I Had the same issue and tried to fix it now. My macbook pro is now working for i have followed the instructions correctly. But then i had another problem, my keyboard is not working ever since my macbook worked. Please help.. What can i do?

Thank you dbartul & Fiachrag, with your teaching, my son's Macbook Pro works again!!! You help me to save time and money, thank you thank you very much!!!

Thanks from Brazil, save my presentation. thanks a lot

Have a Early 2011 MBP. Laptop was dead when I came home. Tried SMC reset, tried disconnecting battery and neither work. Has newer OEM battery and have tried two different charging cables. Is it possible that the MagSafe DC-In Board adapter is damaged or not working properly?

I don't know how much I can help you, but I've realized that most of the time, the battery fix only works when the charger is blinking when you plug it in. Check if yours does blink. It might be hard to see so you might want to cup your hands over. And if the charger isn't blinking that could be the reason. Maybe. 😝

"Is it possible that the MagSafe DC-In Board adapter is damaged or not working properly?"

Yes this can happen but it's rare usually it's the battery itself. Did you try a start w/o the battery connected?

Thanks a million. This saved me a million headaches and a trip to the not so genius bar, which surely would have led to more headaches, more cost and more time without my computer!