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Mid 2012 model, A1278 / 2.5 GHz i5 or 2.9 GHz i7 processor.

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Sleep light not working and laptop suddenly switching off

Hi all,

I recently changed the battery, hard drive, hard drive cable and RAM on my macbook pro. Unfortunately though the sleep light that pulsates on the front of the mac is no longer working. Moreover, the computer now suddenly switches off from time to time. When it does this there is no warning, nor is there an error report upon switching the computer back on. Sometimes it's when the computer is starting to run low (for example it just happened now with the battery at 20%). Other times however, it happens when the battery is almost full, for example it seems to take a very long time to charge full and a few days ago after hours charging, the battery was at 60% when it suddenly just switched off. I turned the computer back on and suddenly it was reading 98%. There are a few other odd things going on related to this but I don't want to bore you with an essay.

Let me know if there’s any additional info you need that will help clear this up. It's really disappointing to have this new problem appear after all the upgrades/repairs I've made and the time and money invested.

I've installed coconutBattery and that seems to give the same battery status reading as the mac.

Thanks in advance for any help!

EDIT: I should also add that I’ve already done an SMC reset a couple of times and also I’ve reset the PRAM. Unfortunately, the problems have not been solved.

2nd EDIT: screenshot shows battery stats after charging (after computer last switched itself off)

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Update (04/08/2020)

An update regarding this as unfortunately I still have the problem:

I was finding many posts here on IFIXIT and elsewhere on the web regarding the same issue. Laptop suddenly jumping down from a relatively full percentage to critically low (always confirmed by coconut battery).

I was also reading that there seem to be many batteries out there that are faulty/not compatible, so I had it replaced by IFIXIT. This hasn't corrected the issue unfortunately...and I've lost count of the amount of times I've reset the SMC.

I'd like to mention that I also have the issue that when the laptop switches off, due to the battery being too low, it often completely dies, so that even after being plugged in I have to wait some time till the laptop will respond to my attempts to switch it back on. I then get the message that the computer switched off because of a problem (though there is no report or explanation given as to what this problem was). Are there any logs or info I could share that would help you work out why this is happening?

I've looked at the logs and there is some mention of a bug; for example:

8. Apr 2020 at 14:37:06 cfprefsd[260]: BUG in libdispatch client: kevent[mach_recv] monitored resource vanished before the source cancel handler was invoked

I have no idea what any of this means though... It's getting extremely frustrating and I'm worried that each time the laptop dies like this it's risking damaging my hard drive/files. Thanks to anyone who can provide any support here.

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Can you post a snapshot of the CoconutBattery main window so we can see it Adding images to an existing question

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@dg91 - OK the battery currently looks good, now let the system fail don't let it charge! Take a second snapshot.

I don't think you have a power issue here. Let's make sure.

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@danj - Could it be that the hard drive cable is in some way faulty and causing the laptop to randomly shut down? I mean, considering the fact that the sleep light on the front of the laptop is also not working anymore.

I used the hard drive cable from ifixit (the version with the bracket included).

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Thank you, there is so much useful information here.

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That can explain the Sleep Indicator LED not lighting. It doesn't explain the shutdown aspect. Often times over stressing of the cable by sharp folds can damage the cable. So Yes you likely need a new cable but lets finish drilling down to the root issue before we do that.

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Ok thanks for the reply. Well it might be a while till I can get back to you on this, as the shut downs are so random I don't know when it will happen next. Just one question though; you say don't let it charge but what do I do if the battery is flat or the computer won't come back on without connecting to the mains?

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The idea here is to capture one event not make it so you can't use your system.

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Not sure I understand your reply...so if it won't turn on after shutting down, I should charge it a little and then take a screenshot of coconut battery, right ? I understand you're not saying I should in general stop charging the laptop :-) Just not sure if there's some process I should follow should I find the laptop won't go back on after shutting down, and I want to make sure I do things right so the matter is cleared up as quickly as possible.

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The idea here is to capture the point of the failure. You implied the problem happened when the system was on battery and went to sleep which is why we wanted to capture it at the event while on battery.

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@dg91 - Did you replace the HD SATA cable so you get a fresh sleep indicator?

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