MacBook Pro doesn't charge after replacing Magsafe DC-in Board
Recently my MacBook Pro 13” Retina Early 2015 stopped charging, no green or amber lights on Magsafe. I tried with a friend’s known working charger, still doesn’t charge. I reset the SMC, both with and without charger plugged in, without any luck.
I then ordered a new Magsafe DC-In Board (took parts number off the old one, replaced it with the exact same model; 820-3584-a), installed it, checked for any muck or debris keeping it from connecting to the socket properly, but everything seems to be in order, though it still won’t charge, after resetting SMC a couple of times again - again both with and without adapter plugged in.
I tried resetting my PRAM, that didn’t fix it either. When I turn the laptop on (it still has some 10% charge left), the battery doesn’t indicate any problems as in “replace soon” or “replace now”. Battery isn’t swollen either. Since the charger doesn’t light up at all, I’m assuming there is a problem with the SMC/DC-In/Motherboard, rather than the battery itself, since there seems to be no communication. Under the ‘Hardware’ tab my laptop doesn’t indicate to sense the presence of the charger.
When I installed the new Magsafe DC-In Board, I measured the voltage coming into the motherboard when plugged in, measured about 1V DC.
Has anyone got an idea of what I could try next? The motherboard was replaced under warranty some 3 years ago, but by now that seems to be the only thing left I can imagine keeping the battery from charging.
Thanks a lot!
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Let’s get a better view of things, install this gem of an app! CoconutBattery take a snapshot of the apps main window and post it here for us to see Adding images to an existing question
из Dan
I've added the CoconutBattery screenshots and made an edit to my original post: it seems both the Late 2013 and Early 2015 model are called A1502 and mine is in fact an Early 2015 model, not a Late 2013 as I originally stated.
из Tomasz
It appears the charger is not connected! Is that correct? Please connect it and take a second snapshot after a minute so the know the system acknowledges its connected to the app.
из Dan
The charger was actually connected, but that's the issue: the computer doesn't seem to recognize the presence of the charger...
из Tomasz