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So I have been using this laptop for around 6 years. This one evening I opened the lid and it did not wake from sleep. I pressed the keyboard several times but it did not have any responses. And I long pressed the power button to do a hard shutdown. Then I managed to power it on by short pressed the power button again. However I heard fan running at full speed constantly. The keyboard backlight wasn’t on and overall system performance was about 50% slower than usual. In Activity Monitor I saw nothing using much of the CPU. I reset the SMC and NVRAM and solved the issue. But after a few days I noticed that when closed the lid it puts the laptop to shutdown,as I had to press the power button after opening the lid to use it. And I saw the login screen instead of the lock screen. At that point, resetting the SMC and NVRAM won’t help. It gets worse after a few days: Its fans run at full speed all the time. Keyboard backlight doesn’t work and does not have related options in System Preferences. I see a noticeable impact on system performance. Closing the lid does not put it to sleep (the Apple logo still glows) When not using I have to power it off. And I can only power it on by long press the power button for 5 seconds and a short press on power button. coconutBattery shows abnormal battery info:
Resetting SMC and NVRAM doesn’t help. Reinstalling or restore from Time Machine doesn’t help either.
I guess it’s an SMC or logic board issue. I would be grateful if anyone can help me with diagnosis or repairing. Thanks. Update (04/02/2020) Hi, people. I did get it fixed and it’s not the battery. I guess it’s worth mentioning here. I was able to find a repair shop in Shenzhen, China. After opening the bottom, the shop took less than one minute to identify the issue. They told me it’s a broken “IO“ but didn’t give me more details. The part replacement and labor was US$105 in total. The “IO” part was out of stock. I had to wait 2 weeks. Everything’s normal now and after my inspection, it’s not the IO board that was replaced, nor the battery. I wasn’t sure what was replaced.
SMC or some related rails seem to be bad here (SMC lid would be the first I’d check, but it’s not a typical DIY troubleshooting). Before potentially waste money on a battery replacement I’d suggest, if you can use it for some time in that condition, to open up the bottom cover and disconnect battery from your Mac. If problems persist that would confirm an SMC issue.
You have a battery issue as the SMC data connection is not working. Is this a new battery? If it is you need to get it replaced.
Bumping up this thread. Did you manage to find out what was replaced or how did they fix it. Im having the same exact issue.
