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Battery not charging, SMC reset is not helping

My Magsafe power adapter is stuck on green light, battery is not always charging. I’ve tried unplugging and plugging back battery and SMC reset. Sometimes it helps, but battery gets stuck usually around 60-70% if I disconnect the adapter Macbook turns off and it will not turn on without adapter. It seems to work normally if battery is between 80-100% anything below shows green light on adapter and if I’m lucky SMC reset will work. Battery was replaced and worked for like 8 months. It shows 177 cycles and “normal” status. Here is snapshot

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Install this gem of an app CoconutBattery take a snapshot of the apps main window and post it here for us to see Adding images to an existing question

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Hey, what worked for you in the end?

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Ouch! Sadly your logic board needs repairs, the charging logic is damaged!

I often see this when cloned chargers are used as the comparator logic gets damaged. Here’s the details What does a knockoff charger do to a Macbook Pro? Why should you not use one?

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I was afraid someone will say this. So my question is. Can my logic board get damaged any further? I've bought this Mac with apparently cloned charger for like 100 euros so i was expecting some issues. I can keep it plugged it when I work, but I don't want to completely destroy it. Certainly I'll use original chargers in the future.

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