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Hi everyone I worked on my MacBook yesterday when I heard a “sizzle”. Right afterwards the light of my charger turned off and the MacBook didn’t run anymore. Now when I look at the charging port of the MacBook I can clearly see that it burnt. As I needed to study for an exam I took out my SSD in order to study on a PC in the library. But this is no long-term solution… Does anyone have a clue what happened and how I can solve it? And why did this happen? I assume that if only the Charging Port would have burnt out the Laptop would still be running, would it? As a consequence I fear that there must be more damage.. Thanks for your help & all the best, Luca
You likely have a short somewhere so the charger and/or battery power overheated the connection. At this point you’ll need to replace the MagSafe port and I would strongly recommend you replace the MagSafe charger as well. Here’s the IFIXIT guide you’ll need to follow: MacBook Pro 15" Unibody Early 2011 MagSafe DC-In Board Replacement. As you can see this is not an easy repair. It maybe best to bring your system in to an Apple Store or Apple authorized service center.
I have this problem too. Let me know how it worked out for you. I’m really worried because I don’t wanna spend money on anything except the charging port and the charger itself .
I had the same problem as well my charging port being burnt out as well as the charger and I was gonna replace the charging port and the charger but a day or two ago I wanted to use my Mac and wouldn’t turn on I pressed the power button it would turn on and immediately turn off… the only way to turn it on is to keep pressing the power button until I had to put in my password. Then when it was all the way on. Everything is completely slow now, like everything.. I’m so confused and idk if the charging port was the cause to all of this.. someone please help me…
