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short circuit

  1. PhilT1365

    Short circuit. Battery not charging.

    After removing battery contact board plastic. My screwdriver accidentally fell and touched the battery board. And it short circuited. But I disconnected the battery connector out of its socket on the logic board before doing that. Now my battery doesn't charge. My laptop doesn't work without...
  2. N

    Do modern Macs offer short circuit protection on usb c ports?

    I know for a fact that macbooks around/before 2016 might have had a usb short circuit protection because I've seen these images online- and heard stories where people have connected Faulty/shorted USB-A cables to their macbooks which resulted in one of 3 things- 1.) USB port getting...
  3. T

    Exploding Mac Mini 2012 power adapter

    Ok so this weird thing happened to me: My Mac Mini 2012 power supply kinda exploded... I needed the Mini on another station for the day so I unplugged it and (perhaps the mistake) took a random power cable. Connected everything, power on. Switching to the keyboard... BOOM The power cable...
  4. MaCalifornia

    New USB-C Ports Short Circuit...

    So, since yesterday. After plugging in an iPod Touch with an official Lighting to USB-C cable, the cable itself began acting very strange. It's in great shape, but might take up to 10 minutes before charging any iOS device. And so just this morning, after plugging my iPad Pro into the MacBook...
  5. artkngs

    I damaged my MacBook's headphone jack!

    Hey guys, Yesterday I was trying to fix my Logitech's speaker system while it was connected to my MBPr 15". I know, I'm an idiot. I was playing with the system's cables to find out which was the stereo audio ones and suddenly the right audio channel of the Macbook's headphone jack stopped...