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I have a 13" Mackbook Pro (mid 2014). I have never had a problem with it, but all of a sudden I started to get replace battery warning on the laptop. To verify it was in fact the battery, I ran a diagnostics TechTool Pro 9.6.2 Build 3820 on the laptop. It confirmed that the battery needed replacement. I didn’t want to change the battery myself, so I did what every other non geek does and brought into the Apple store. They sent it out, because for some unknown reason they don’t do that in house. I just got an email from them saying that the logic board has to be replaced at a cost of $475. I work I.T for a living and have heard off and personally seen situations where consumers at the Apple store are misinformed and ripped off for diagnosis that are in fact wrong. I told them to just replace the battery, They said no. I said ship it back. I just purchased the battery kit from here and will do the job myself. Anyone have any ideas here? Update (04/26/2018) My ifixit battery kit came yesterday. I took out the hair blower and proceeded very carefully remove the battery. I did not use the liquid that came in the box. I put in the new battery, tested everything before sealing everything back up. I did NOT paste the batteries back to the laptop. (and I can’t fathom why Apple glues them either, unless it’s just to make money on the replacement labor) I used very small, thin foam that came with the new battery to make sure nothing rattled or moved. Again, there was absolutely no symptoms of logic board failure or anything else wrong with the laptop. This was, I believe, a flagrant attempt to get consumers to update. There simply is no other plausible explanation. This, I know has happened to other people. I am going to show documentation and and email correspondence, and forward a complaint to the better business bureau and any one else I can think off. Thanks for your help and FYI. Update (04/26/2018) Just to give people the heads up, the MacBook pro hasn’t had any random re-boots and everything is working well since I changed the battery. No logic board issues. Thank you ifixit!

Could be your battery could be your board. I’d say plug in a new battery first and see what it says. If it recognizes, charges, and runs off of the new battery, then you’re golden. If not, then there is some sort of board issue that needs repaired. Apple can suck it, so I’d say send it off for board repair if it’s necessary. Peep my bio for a recommendation usually it’s way cheaper than Apple 475 is absurd.

Hello all, I have a MacBook Pro, Mid 2015. Recently I noticed that my battery health dropped down to 70% at only 500 charging cycles. I took it for repair (where it still is) and was told that the battery is swollen and the repair replacement would cost me 369€. Nice! I had the very same MacBook Pro in repair shortly after I had bought it in 2015. Back then, it would crash randomly and it took me several attempts/visits until the repair company believed me and was actually able to reproduce the issue. Then they replaced the motherboard. And since then it was working perfectly fine. Now I am being told that not only the battery, but also the motherboard must be replaced (again!) at an additional 579€!!! Because some analysis program indicates that the new battery is still defect .. so the issue must be the mainboard. I am shocked! This is my work PC that I was perfectly happy with until I got the “Service Battery” message. Now I should suddenly pay almost 1000€ for repair?! For a 3 year old MBP?? I have contacted Apple but they could not care less. They said warranty is over, .. they cannot do anything. Really? Not even for such a case? I am very disappointed by all of this. Apple products should be outstanding in quality and reliability. This is how I knew Apple products for a very long time. After all I am paying a really high amount of money in the first place for these products which I expect to be high quality. So I have decided to take only the battery replacement. The repair store tells me that the battery gets charged normally and the “Service Battery message is gone. So why should this be an issue with the Mainboard? I’ll pick up the MBP tomorrow and will keep you posted on how it works, etc. cheers, -tom Update (11/22/2018) ok - I have the MBP now in use since 5 days. Battery charging, discharging works all normally. Don’t see any issues so far.

Hey JOHNR Usually what I look for in these types of repairs (assuming the computer is still running) is unresponsiveness, frequent unexpected shutdowns, confusion on key inputs, etc,. These type of issues are “Logic Board” related. However MacBook’s are never wrong when the “Replace Battery” message comes up. A simple test that will prove it this is a logic board issue is running the Macbook without the battery on the MagSafe charger. If the Mac can successfully run without any issues its a battery NOT YOUR LOGIC BOARD! Alongside what @brady8812 has suggested on replacing the battery first, is the issue. I wouldn’t mess with the Logic Board, as you found out they aren’t cheap to replace and install. Good Luck!