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Replaced 4 Parts, still shuts down when power cable removed

Hi all,

I have a Mid 2014 13" Retina MacBook Pro that acquired liquid damage. I had an apple authorized repair center diagnose it and they quoted 3 parts that needed to be replaced: The logic board, the IO board, and the top case with battery.

I replaced the logic board with a used one off eBay that was guaranteed to be 100% functional, and I still had issues with the fans running loud constantly and CPU maxed out. After research, it appeared there were parts in the top case that could cause this, so I replaced the top case with battery, again off eBay guaranteed working, as well as the IO board. I also replaced the magsafe connector as well to be safe.

After a successful rebuild using these new parts, it now operates as expected! No CPU maxed out, no fans running, and when I run an AHT, I get no errors! It thinks everything is fine.

When I boot up the mac, it shows 63% battery and yet it says it isn't charging. When I remove the power cable, it immediatly powers off.

I had reset SMC and PRAM immediatly after the repair. I tried resetting them a few more times, and nothing helps. However, when the power cable is plugged in, it's orange like it's charging. System Info gives me all the info on the battery, tells me the cycle count and temperature and all that, and all health is Normal/Healthy.... yet it doesn't charge.

I can't think of what else to possibly replace... the mac sees the battery, thinks it's connected and fine, yet won't use it. Has anyone ever seen this before?

P.S. I've tried multiple power cables, and cleaned the connectors on the magsafe, even replaced the magsafe connector in the computer... still no luck. If it wasn't for the fact that it powers off when I remove the power cable, you would never expect anything was wrong.

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Obviously you received a bad logic board or bad battery.

Personally I would try to test the battery first.

If a different *known good battery* does the same, then you purchased a bad logic board.

You need someone who can properly diagnose, NOT someone who is going to quote you a *complete* laptop in parts because they're not allowed to fix of they don't have machines with known good parts to test with - so they quote everything that can go wrong.

If you find someone like that, they can pin point the failing part (board or battery).

(By the way, I would buy your old damaged board if you still have it. You can find my email on my profile if you click on my name).

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