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I have a very unusual issue. I recently bought a new palmrest and trackpad for my MacBook Pro. I believe it was a 2011 palmrest and my computer is a mid 2010 model. So I transferred everything to the new palmrest and booted up. Everything seemed great until I had to charge the MacBook Pro. It wouldn’t charge. Dim green light for the magsafe. I tried all the usual solutions. I was able to boot up with the SMC reset, but the battery wasn’t getting recognized. Next I thought I would look at the magsafe connector to the logic board. I tried plugging in the magsafe to just the logic board and it worked. The issue was when I put it all back. Same issue. I opened it again, but this time I left the magsafe plugged in so I could see what made it change. I found that whenever there was light pressure to certain parts of the logic board (especially close to the magsafe connector) it would stop charging. Currently it is working, but if I lean on the palmrest too much it stops charging and goes back to a dim green magsafe. Any help would be great. Thank you!
Strange issue. Does the board definitely fit in ok? I have seen one before where someone had swapped the palmrest with a different year, and the board was slightly bending since it was not sitting flat on the left side (by dvd drive, where the black mid plate goes across the keyboard backlight). Does it do the same thing if you put pressure on it when not inside the MacBook palmrest? Check the magsafe connector (on the board) to see if that is slightly loose. Is the magsafe port definitely secured into the casing (if it isn’t, it may be moving slightly, losing connection with the charger)? Let me know how this goes. Sounds like the board may be bending slightly or something is shorting when pressed.
