Dead MagSafe 2
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I wish Apple put as much R&D into making these things quality pieces of equipment as they did on the magnet itself.
This happened after about a month of normal use. The same thing happened to my iBook's power cord, but after a year, not a month.
It no longer actually supplies power to the MacBook, making my shiny new laptop a 5 pound brick.
Oh well, at least it didn't
melt .
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what happened? yanked out?
Posted 28 months ago.
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This happened slowly, over the course of a
couple of weeks. At first I didn't pay much
attention to it, but it slowly got worse and
worse. Yesterday I pick up my MacBook, plug
it in, and no power light. Jiggling it around
and messing with it will get the light to
turn on for a few seconds, but that's it.
Posted 28 months ago.
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Talked to apple yet?
Posted 28 months ago.
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Not yet, the AppleCare call center closes at
7pm EST, which is early for me (I tend to get
home between 6 and 9pm), so I haven't gotten
the chance.
Posted 28 months ago.
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Can't wait to hear what they say
Posted 28 months ago.
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I wonder whether it was the magnet, or just a
faulty power cord...
Posted 28 months ago.
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i don't know how it could be the magnet when
the cord itself is clearly completely mangled
Posted 28 months ago.
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Just got off the phone with Apple. They
apparently have an ongoing internal
investigation about the MacBook Pro power
cables, and they were very interested in
getting mine back so they could check it out.
I mentioned the burn mark and they didn't
seem the slightest bit surprised.
Posted 28 months ago.
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cool hope it works out for ya, and them if
there haveing a problem, it sounds like there
trying to fix it
Posted 28 months ago.
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mikhoohkim :and make it harder to mess up the cord.
Posted 28 months ago.
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That is true, if feels like you need some
needle nose pliers to pull it out by the
plastic piece, that part of why it looks so
cool.
Posted 28 months ago.
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Interesting update: Just got off the phone
with Apple again. They want me to ignore the
return shipping label that comes with the
replacement and instead wait a few days for a
FedEx label that will send it directly to
their engineers.
Posted 28 months ago.
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um, what'd you do? Tie it up and swing from
the plug?
Posted 28 months ago.
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tercster:
Posted 28 months ago.
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Judd, I just blew through my THIRD adapter
and no, I don't yank them out by the cord.
The first and third shorted out, exactly like
yours. The second was my first replacement
from Apple and the LED wouldn't light up, so
I made them send me another. I was really
interested to read that an Apple tech told
you they were having problems with the
magsafe; the tech I spoke to yesterday said
he's had almost no complaints about them.
Guess that's why #4 is on its way, you think?
Posted 25 months ago.
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The exact same thing has happened to my cord.
One more thing to add to my list of now
broken apple products and by the amount of
simmilar cases found it seems to be a problem
with the Apple design. Finding a replecement
is not easy in South Africa where i live and
get ripped off.
Posted 24 months ago.
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selleto:
Posted 24 months ago.
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The same thing has happend to me too...
TWICE!!
Posted 13 months ago.
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i'm on my 3rd brick too!. my powerbook brick
lasted 3 years! until i sold it...
Posted 12 months ago.
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