Early 2011 MBP doesn't charge - also strange 'click'

[dcuatro]

Hi there!
I'm new here. I did a search but didn't find this subject - sorry if there's already one and couldn't find it. My Early 2011 MBP stopped charging. When it drained, the charging light stayed on green, but nothing happened. Tried with other battery, other charger, nothing. So I've ordered a charging port, very affordable. Didn't work, no green light even. Ordered a second one, it stays like the original one: green light, no charge but also a cyclical sound, like a 'clic' (reminds me of some old HDD), accompanied by the white light on the bottom right. So, ideas, anyone? I'm thinking that maybe it's a motherboard error, but before considering buying one or selling my Mac for pieces, just wanted to let you guys know if maybe I'm missing something.
Thanks a lot,
dcuatro.
PS: this is the sound

 

[Freeangel1]

I own a 2011 17 inch MacBook Pro. i7 quad core.

I recently took the bottom cover off and installed a new battery and an SSD drive 1 TB from otherworld computing

maxed out the ram to 16 GB. some have installed Big Sur on this laptop with graphics acceleration I have not tried yet. running high Sierra.

If you can get the battery/charging issue figured out I would replace the slow 5400 rpm hard drive with a fast SSD.

and max out your ram.

Maybe you just bought a bad replacement battery first time around?

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[dcuatro]

I own a 2011 17 inch MacBook Pro. i7 quad core.

I recently took the bottom cover off and installed a new battery and an SSD drive 1 TB from otherworld computing

maxed out the ram to 16 GB. some have installed Big Sur on this laptop with graphics acceleration I have not tried yet. running high Sierra.

If you can get the battery/charging issue figured out I would replace the slow 5400 rpm hard drive with a fast SSD.

and max out your ram.

Maybe you just bought a bad replacement battery first time around?

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Hi!

Thanks a lot for your reply. Mine is the same: I've replaced the HD for an SSD and maxed out the RAM to 16GB. Also changed the vent and reapplied thermal paste long ago. I don't think it's due to the battery, because it was drastic, from 2h+ of life to just not charging at all. Also I've tried the original Apple one and does the same. That's why I thought of being the charging port or the motherboard. But I'm no expert, so maybe I'm not focusing on the right thing! ;

Thanks again,
dCuatro.

 

[bobnugget]

Hi!

Thanks a lot for your reply. Mine is the same: I've replaced the HD for an SSD and maxed out the RAM to 16GB. Also changed the vent and reapplied thermal paste long ago. I don't think it's due to the battery, because it was drastic, from 2h+ of life to just not charging at all. Also I've tried the original Apple one and does the same. That's why I thought of being the charging port or the motherboard. But I'm no expert, so maybe I'm not focusing on the right thing! ;

Thanks again,
dCuatro.

Might be worth trying a little debugging; I've seen machines do that when the onboard GPU is fried, but the 13" doesn't have one, so it won't be that.

I'd recommend first of all checking that all the connectors are connected properly including the display.

Can you see if it does the same thing with the battery completely disconnected? The machine should start up without a battery connected. I can't remember if the 2011's throttle to 1 GHz if you do that, but it should at least run.

If that doesn't work you could try disconnecting more to see if it's a poor connection, but not sure how helpful that would be. It should run without the battery, drives or screen connected.

 

[dcuatro]

Might be worth trying a little debugging; I've seen machines do that when the onboard GPU is fried, but the 13" doesn't have one, so it won't be that.

I'd recommend first of all checking that all the connectors are connected properly including the display.

Can you see if it does the same thing with the battery completely disconnected? The machine should start up without a battery connected. I can't remember if the 2011's throttle to 1 GHz if you do that, but it should at least run.

If that doesn't work you could try disconnecting more to see if it's a poor connection, but not sure how helpful that would be. It should run without the battery, drives or screen connected.

Hey, Bob, thanks for sharing your thoughts and ideas. My MBP doesn't boot up w/o battery by himself. Googleing, I've tried the 10-seconds method (https://osxdaily.com/2019/06/14/how-boot-macbook-pro-without-battery-older-models/) but the Mac wouldn't turn on either way...