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crucius

macrumors regular
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Apr 4, 2010
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Portugal
Hi everyone! I have a 2017 Macbook (1.2 GHz M3, 8 Gb RAM) and my charger broke. I made due with my phone charger and it was working fine (as in: it wouldn't charge my Mac but kept my battery percentage stable while working, and at night it would charge back to 100%). Over the last few days that stopped happening, and having the charger connected or not the battery would deplete as if unplugged (or even faster, it seemed). I was waiting for a new 30W charger from Amazon. It arrived today. I have connected it and the issue is the same. What I have noticed is that regardless of having the cable on the system information is the same: Battery is Not Charing, Power Source: Power Adapter, Battery Condition: Normal. Also, on System Report, this shows up:

AC Charger Information:
Connected: Yes
Wattage (W): 7
Charging: No

I have reset the SMC so I really don't know what else to do. I would appreciate all help. Thank you!
 

crucius

macrumors regular
Original poster
Apr 4, 2010
156
0
Portugal
Yes, both the cable and the charger. But the big issue here is that regardless of having anything plugged in, the system information is the same: charger connected, battery not charging.
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Here's a video:
 
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cmaier

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Jul 25, 2007
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California
Yes, both the cable and the charger. But the big issue here is that regardless of having anything plugged in, the system information is the same: charger connected, battery not charging.
[automerge]1585579098[/automerge]
Here's a video:
I‘ve only seen that happen before with a bad cable (or a cable with too low a current capacity)
 
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