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Hello there guys! Hope someone can help me to figure out what’s going on. So I have a Late 2017 Macbook Pro and for a while now I have a problem with charging. If I unplug the mac for a while and let it fall to low percentage, sometimes when I try plugging it back in it’s not reacting to it in any of 4 USB-c. Like nothing is happening it doesn’t start charging. All I can do is trying plugging it in and out and hope that it will work. Occasionally it will start charging by itself but sometimes it doesn’t. And here comes another issue, if I will let it turn off with no charge - It’s a really big hustle to turn it back on again. Sometimes it’s not going to be working for days because it just won’t charge. I mean it turns on, shows an empty battery icon and turns off again - while it’s plugged in but not reacting to the charger.The Only thing that can help after that is SMC reset, but I have to try it like literally about a hundred times. After desperately doing it for hours it will start charging again and work as usual. So what things I’ve already tried: Trying different charging cables (including those at Apple store) - no difference.Different power adapters - no difference.Replaced the USB port module on one side - no difference.Replaced the Macbook battery - no difference. So if anyone has any idea what can be causing that and how (or if) it can be fixed? Cheers.
At this point it sounds like the charging control logic within the main logic board is having a problem. To be sure I would install this gem of an app! CoconutBattery as well as get a USB-C power meter like this one Temu USB-C meter Then you can monitor the power going in and the batteries state. Post a snapshot of CoconutBattery main window and the battery info tab opened so we can see the batteries health and chargers charge rate.
