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{A1989 / EMC3214}—Released in July 2018, the 13" MacBook Pro features quad-core i5 and i7 processors and Intel Iris Plus integrated graphics.

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MBP won’t turn on but battery charges

Hi all - my MBP 13” retina with touchbar from mid 2018 is in a bit of a pickle. I came home to open it up today and it wouldn’t turn on. I thought maybe the battery was dead so I left it on charge for half an hour and tried again to no avail. I called Apple and we went through all their troubleshooting steps ie different mode resets/restarts and the tech reckons it is a hardware issue. We’ve just entered 6 weeks of Covid lockdown so I both need my laptop and cannot take it in to a store!

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It seems to charge as it makes the battery charging noise when I plug it in to power. The battery is also heating up indicating it is taking up power. The haptic feedback on the mousepad works. The light on the caps lock button DOES NOT go on. All forms of booting up SMC reset etc do not work.

PLEASE HELP!

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Have you tried an external monitor to see if the internal display is the issue?

This series does have a power regulation issue. What happens is if one latches high the other side won't work. This will require someone skilled in fixing this issue or replacing the logic board.

Review Step 10 in the teardown (orange chips) MacBook Pro 13" Touch Bar 2018 Teardown

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There is nothing on the screen with an external display. The laptop shows no sign of life other than haptic feedback response on the mousepad and the charging noise when I plug it in to power. No fans or anything working

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Do you have AppleCare+ contract? If not this will likely need a new logic board ;-{

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I do not :(

Thanks for trying to help though!

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