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Macbook Pro 15" Late 2013 Hello, My MBP had a shattered screen which I was not able to replace for some time. So it sat for many months without being used. I was using it with an external monitor, but it went into some weird power save mode and would only turn on for like 2 seconds then turn off. It wasn’t enough time for the external monitor to come on so I could never see what the issue was, even after disconnecting the battery and resetting the laptop. SO, after many months of no use, I finalle putchased and replaced the screen, and I also had to replace the internal magsafe power connector and I had to purchase a new power supply because something happened to my stock power supply. While I had it open, I accidentally broke one of the levers that lock down the ribbon cable next to the battery. But I shoved a piece of paper in there to get it snug but I’m not sure if it’s snug enough… If anyone knows how I can order a new one of those, that would be awesome as I don’t know what they are called. Here is a pic of where it goes:
Anyways … with everything put back together, when I connect the power supply, the light on the connector goes green for a quick moment, then goes orange. I have left it connected overnight and it never goes back from orange to green, so its obvious that the battery isn’t being charged. So I checked the voltages on the battery connector. The attached photo shows what voltage readings I am getting from the connector. I have no idea what they should read. Basically I’m getting 2 volts on some pins and 1.9 to 1.8 volts on some others. Here’s a pic.
Does anyone know what that small plastic fitting is called - the one that clamps down on the ribbon cable? Finally, if anyone has any ideas on what the problem might be, I would appreciate any feedback. Thank you, Mike Sims
The part which is damaged is the latch for the keyboard connector. I do not know if you can buy the latch separately, but I find it easier to solder a new keyboard connector if this is missing, since it is very fiddly to fit the latch back in. The Macbook should boot when a charger is plugged in, even if the keyboard is not plugged in or recognised. Try plugging the charger in without the battery plugged in, see if it boots. To see if the keyboard is recognised, have you tried an SMC reset, to see if the orange light on the charger goes to green? Is the new charger supply directly from Apple? If not, it will likely not be genuine and I would recommend getting one from Apple. Why did you change the charging port? The new one could be faulty, so I would recommend plugging the old one in to see if it works. Sorry for bombarding you with questions, but work through this and let me know how it goes.
What i did was to disassemble the logic board cleaned the entire board with alcohol, cleaned the charging port thoroughly with alcohol, then allowed everything to dry up before reassembling. After everything connected the battery and the laptop came up. Thanks
