Q: Macbook Pro not charging
I feel like this question gets asked a million times, but let me walk you guys through my situation.
Retina Macbook Pro 2013 (out of warranty of course ) in excellent condition. Software fully updated.
About a year ago, I had an intermittent charging issue. Of course, I went online and followed the instructions about resetting the SMC. Sometimes it would work, other times not. Sometimes software updates would trigger the charger to activate upon system reboot. I'd try various power outlets around the house with none of them working. Took the laptop into my nearest Apple Certified tech and it charged off of their magsafe charger just fine. I thought, cool, i'll just buy a new charger. I get it home and it won't charge. This process repeats for a year. I could get either the new charger or the one the laptop shipped with to work. After a time I had kind of nailed it down that I could warm up the charger bricks with body heat and get them to come on. Kind of weird but it worked... sometimes. So fast forward to a couple of weeks ago. I couldn't get the computer to charge at all. I took a day and tried everything in the book:
- Resetting the SMC
- Trying different outlets
- Warming the charger
- Updating the system software
- Leaving the charger unplugged for hours and trying again (This is in case of dirty power coming out of the walls, and tripping the charger?)
So I took it to my local tech again and it started charging automatically off of not only their chargers but both of mine... He performs an SMC reset, talks to me about over voltages home circuits and sends me on my way, pretty confused. I get it home and charge the battery to 100%, but two weeks later here I am again with a Macbook Pro that won't charge... This time I've even tried charging it off of a UPS system.
I consider myself very computer savvy, especially with macs. I have a decent background in electrical systems from classes I took in high school and college. I read the manuals, I do my homework, I take excellent care of my devices. But sincerely, ***...
Any ideas would be appreciated. I'm going to take it in again anyway. My local tech takes walk-ins and I can't get a genius bar appointment until next week. I'll have a dead laptop by then.
MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013), OS X El Capitan (10.11.6)
Posted on Aug 30, 2016 3:02 PM