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Looking at this MacBook, It's the Late 2018 model w/4 thunderbolt ports. Nothing I can do will get it to start. None of the key combos work. I have tried disconnecting the battery and plugging it in, and still nothing. Is it supposed to be able to turn on with the battery unplugged?
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I am pretty sure it is an SSD failure. As on the TBMPBs used a T2 chip, the Mac would be unable to boot, even post with any NAND chips not working, which in turn, makes the board not functional. I am not 100% sure on this, but it is quite likely as this would happen if a single NAND chip died due to the RAID configuration and the way the Bootloader is stored. Hope this helped.
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The laptop should power on with the power chord. Does it make any noise when plugging it in? Does the fan turn on?
by Michael Ohmstede
@mike_ohmstede No, nothing at all happens and nothing responds to any input
by Mark Student
@the_horak
How many watts for the charger
by Ola
According to Apple, it should be a 61W USB-C Power Adapter. I've charged other apples with less wattage with it completely turned off and the lid closed.
https://support.apple.com/kb/SP775?local...
by Michael Ohmstede
@mike_ohmstede probably the motherboard died
by Ola