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Help! I think I blew up my MacBook š©
I had my Maschine and power cable plugged into my USB-C hub and SSD in the other port and after an hour my MacBook abruptly shut off and now it wonāt power up or charge š„
I called Apple support and tried everything, no dice. They scheduled a Genius Bar appointment for me Monday. My MacBook is a 2017 Pro, expired warranty - I hope it doesnāt cost a fortune.
Anyone else experience this?
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i hear you bro, its not cheap to get it fix, but hopefully it just a minor hardware problem and not the hard drive, because loosing the hard drive without having everything save somewhere else that is what will hurt a lot, because everything else is replaceable, but not your music projects, photos and anything else that means a lot to you and was not able to save a copy somewhere else! wish you the best and that you get everything back in working conditions šš¼
Thank you so much šš»š
This sounds like an obvious question, but were you running it off of battery or connected to a power source at the time? Maybe the battery gave out?
Thatās what I am thinking. I did have it plugged in the whole time. but the battery is 5 years old. I bought the MacBook new and havenāt used it more than 100 times in five years so Iād be surprised if the battery blew - but I overloaded it?
Damn, Mike, talk about getting a lump of coal in your stocking. I hope, at least, you were naughty. I hope the Apple elves donāt cost you too much. Happy holidays, anyway, mate.
Could be, some kind of automatic protection maybe.
Iāve had laptops and iPads that have appeared to have died. Each time Iāve put them on charge and then just left them for a few hours, and each time theyāve slowly come back to life.
Had something similar happen to a MBP and the main board needed to be replaced. I believe Apple still has their flat rate repair option for older laptops out of warranty, so it should only be around $400 versus the $800-900 a main board costs for a newer laptop.
The flat rate option is just them sending the laptop to an authorized 3rd party repair center, versus them replacing the main board themselves in house.
Thank you kind sir, happy holidays to you and yours!
I was thinking that too because I noticed the Maschine flickered off a few times. I have been powering it via bus only. Perhaps I need to plug it in when Iām using my SSD external drive, where I store all my expansions. ā¦and I just bought Scaler 2 on the desktop (currently on sale btw) š¤¦āāļø Iāve had it plugged in all night, letās see it it comes out of a coma.
Ah, gotcha. The first thought I had when the MacBook abruptly died was that the main board blew up! š©
$400 is a crossroads price for me because Iāve seen some newer, used models with more storage and ram for $500. What would you do?
$400 part or $500 newer model? I also priced a brand new MBP, but not sure I wanna take the dive because I feel like 2023 will be the year of the iPad.
Iām probably not the best person to ask, I always buy new to get the warranty. My laptop is the center of studio/business, so itās worth the premium for me to avoid downtime.
Great point, thatās my mentality with buying cars: always get a manufacturerās warranty! You make another great point - Iām concerned about the chance I take buying a used MacBook. I have a Genius appointment tomorrow. I will pray about this.
Worth checking the Apple refurb prices - they come with a yearās warranty, and you can add Applecare in too. Thatās probably going to be where I head for my next iPad purchase.
Theyāre much better than many manufacturersā refurbs. Definitely donāt have much confidence in refurbs in general based on experience, but I know a lot of people happy with refurbs from Apple.
Thatās exactly what I was about to say. A refurbished computer from Apple has at least been completely tested and has had defective parts fully replaced. Buying used Apple hardware from anyone else I wouldnāt recommend.
Refurb store is definitely a good option if they have what you want, much cheaper for essentially brand new devices.
Good point everyone!
I actually bought a refurb off of eBay many years from a 3rd party and it just happened to have two years of AppleCare left on it which at the time allowed me to get that pesky white body replaced when it started cracking like they so infamously do!
Hey folks, worst case scenario happened: the board is shot! $500 to fix. I was told that I should probably get a larger MacBook so I can handle more in the bus.
Lost my imac a few years ago went the same wayā¦ although everything still seem dead is the fan still working?
Sorry just caught the last post, sounds expensive..ouch
damn, so is it better to avoid using hubs? I've just got my first mac recently, m1 air. I'm considering a hub just to plug all peripherals in one go (audio interface, midi controllers etc).
Ouch. Well, I guess you're getting a new/refurbed computer.
Yeah, Iām not sure what to do as far as a new MacBook. I did go straight to bus for the Maschine. Perhaps I need to plug it into the wall as well? Iām also wondering if I need a hub that plugs into the wall. Iām assuming the MacBook wonāt supply power to peripherals if they are getting enough juice, but does anyone know?
That's a good theory. You could probably find out how much power you're drawing from your external connections and then find out if that draw exceeds the limits of the Macbook's battery. I mean, it sounds like it does.
Heck thatās a rough outcome, sorry to hear that and I hope we can all learn lessons that save similar grief in the futureā¦
Yeah man, Iām shocked because technically only two devices were plugged into the MacBook: Maschine MK3 and SSD external drive which house my expansions, which I feel may have put it over the top. Although, my Hyperdrive hub draws power but I ran the MacBook power cable through it. Could it be that running the expansions from SSD overloaded the logic board? š¤
Iām sorry to hear about your problem. Iāve my own share of problems with iPads (fried 3 of them) due to a power/hub issue and have never found out what the actual problem was.
IMO the MacBook should have never died because of plugging stuff into it. It should have some sort of protection. Right?. If it canāt power those devices, it canātā¦ it should never have broken because of that. Try to get the apple repair people to tell you what actually happened. Itās not ok that you donāt know. How are you supposed to prevent i5 in the future?.
Good luck!
Exactly, I donāt want this to happen again! Usually Apple devices warn you and disable devices that draw too much power. I will admit that Iāve had this MacBook for five years and booted it up less 100 times. It is very new for a five year old laptop. SMH I feel like the Apple Store employee guessed and said logic board.
Oh btw I found āstatic electricityā is a possible explanation as well.
š¤ hub issue: https://www.reddit.com/r/huion/comments/n29kss/fried_my_macbook_air_twice_now/
@Stuntman_mike said:
It's an interesting issue. I had a MacBook Pro that would shut down the USB port as a form of protection if there were power issues going on. Never had an issue with things blowing up. Recently I managed to fry a USB-C hub PD input when I was upgrading my MacBook Air operating system. It went through some power recycling and it must have just been a little too much current for the hub to bare. Thought I had fried the MacBook Air USB C port in the process, but fortunately after a little testing I discovered it was just the hub power input.