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jumbz55

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Jan 1, 2017
4
1
Australia
Hi all,

I have an Early 2011 MBP 15” (A1286) of which I am the original owner.

Have had a few issues with it over the years (GPU died and had to implement the bypass software hack and had to replace the charger).

However, last night it suddenly died whilst converting a video from Zoom.

Doesn’t turn on at all. No MagSafe light. Battery had had about 300-400 cycles, but was plugged in whilst using Zoom.

I tried the suggestions in this Thread to no avail.

Upon opening the bottom, I did notice that a piece of plastic from a fuse-looking part had popped up and was sitting on top of the battery (attached picture below - it’s the one labelled ‘22‘ ‘1E12’ - unfortunately I can’t find much on Google on this number).

I’d take it to an Apple store, but they’re all unfortunately closed at the moment due to COVID.
Just wondering if anybody else has experienced something similar and might be able to provide some advice?

Thankfully I was able to check my SSD and it seems to be fine, so I’m not too worried about my data.

However, I was hoping to wait out before having to buy a new MBP 2020, particularly as I imagine the 16” will get an update this year/not willing to fork out $1000s whilst there are economic issues happening at the moment due to COVID.

Cheers!
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Audit13

macrumors 604
Apr 19, 2017
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The part certainly looks like a surface-mounted chip and is probably the cause of the malfunction.

All you can do is try to locate where the part came from and perhaps have it replaced, provided it's not too expensive, by a repair shop that is capable of performing board-level repairs.
 

jumbz55

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Jan 1, 2017
4
1
Australia
Thanks for your reply. Yes - looks like it’s something that is going to need a professional. I was able to get someone to identify the part on iFixit. So it will be a matter of finding a repairer that’s open and able to do it. I wonder if it will be super expensive though...
 
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