Current version by: Dan ,
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| You shouldn’t need to tape or glue any cables! That could interfere with the removal for repair or damage things. |
| This sounds like the classic case of a squeezed cable! What happens is the battery over time swells up pressing on the trackpad & keyboard cables. I would first run this gem of an app [https://www.coconut-flavour.com/coconutbattery/|CoconutBattery] to see what the health of the battery looks like (post a snapshot of the apps main window here for us to see as well [guide|21499] |
| You could also take the bottom cover off and check it as well [guide|45137] compare it to a good battery like this one |
| [image|2170926] |
| Note the surfaces are flat across each cell. |
| Even after replacing the battery you may also need to replace the trackpad cable [product|IF123-130] |
| === Update (08/01/2020) === |
| Well the battery does need to be replaced as you are near the end of the batteries life of 1000 cycles! Some batteries |
| Well the battery does need to be replaced as you are near the end of the batteries life of 1000 cycles! Some batteries |
| Did the system get a liquid spill at some point? Thats about all there is. You may need to replace the trackpad its self as it could be messing up the internal USB data lines. |
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Edit by: Dan ,
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| You shouldn’t need to tape or glue any cables! That could interfere with the removal for repair or damage things. |
| This sounds like the classic case of a squeezed cable! What happens is the battery over time swells up pressing on the trackpad & keyboard cables. I would first run this gem of an app [https://www.coconut-flavour.com/coconutbattery/|CoconutBattery] to see what the health of the battery looks like (post a snapshot of the apps main window here for us to see as well [guide|21499] |
| You could also take the bottom cover off and check it as well [guide|45137] compare it to a good battery like this one |
| [image|2170926] |
| Note the surfaces are flat across each cell. |
| Even after replacing the battery you may also need to replace the trackpad cable [product|IF123-130] |
| === Update (08/01/2020) === |
| Well the battery does need to be replaced as you are near the end of the batteries life of 1000 cycles! Some batteries konkout sooner! [https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201585|Determine battery cycle count for Mac notebooks] |
| Did the system get a liquid spill at some point? Thats about all there is. You may need to replace the trackpad its self as it could be messing up the internal USB data lines. |
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Original post by: Dan ,
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You shouldn’t need to tape or glue any cables! That could interfere with the removal for repair or damage things. This sounds like the classic case of a squeezed cable! What happens is the battery over time swells up pressing on the trackpad & keyboard cables. I would first run this gem of an app [https://www.coconut-flavour.com/coconutbattery/|CoconutBattery] to see what the health of the battery looks like (post a snapshot of the apps main window here for us to see as well [guide|21499] You could also take the bottom cover off and check it as well [guide|45137] compare it to a good battery like this one [image|2170926] Note the surfaces are flat across each cell. Even after replacing the battery you may also need to replace the trackpad cable [product|IF123-130]
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