Random Shutting Down Even When Plugged In and On Battery
Hi there, I recently purchased a refurbished Macbook Pro Model A1278 online to replace another I lost. The model worked fine for a few months, outside of glitchy Bluetooth connections. But just over the last few days, it has begun shutting down on me at random.
A Typical Cccurrence Looks Like This:
I put on a video. The video plays for 3 minutes or so and then the device turns off. Shuts-downs occur sometimes sooner, sometimes later. It does not happen while in active use, but will as soon as I stop using (talking within 5 seconds of inactivity).
What We Know
Shuts downs occur both when on the power adapter and when on the battery. Even went so far as to unplug the battery and see if it would happen when running off purely plug power. It does.
No visible difference was seen between the shutdowns on the battery vs plugged-in.
Shut Downs occur both on the log-in screen and after logging in.
After each reboot, the chime sound is heard every time
No other devices are plugged in
Running Mac OS Cataline V 10.15.7 on a Samsung SSD
Energy saver sleep cycle is set to 2 hours, both on battery and power adapter
No hot corners present
Power
Log During Shut Downs Reads:
Timestamp Thread Type Activity PID TTL
2022-10-21 19:49:52.851166-0700 0xab Default 0x0 0 0 kernel: (AppleSMC) Previous shutdown cause: 5
2022-10-21 20:15:16.866277-0700 0xab Default 0x0 0 0 kernel: (AppleSMC) Previous shutdown cause: 5
2022-10-21 20:35:20.038875-0700 0xab Default 0x0 0 0 kernel: (AppleSMC) Previous shutdown cause: 3
2022-10-21 21:00:01.924581-0700 0xab Default 0x0 0 0 kernel: (AppleSMC) Previous shutdown cause: 3
2022-10-21 21:12:20.854263-0700 0xab Default 0x0 0 0 kernel: (AppleSMC) Previous shutdown cause: 5
2022-10-22 08:27:34.904853-0700 0xab Default 0x0 0 0 kernel: (AppleSMC) Previous shutdown cause: -112
2022-10-22 08:49:05.846907-0700 0xab Default 0x0 0 0 kernel: (AppleSMC) Previous shutdown cause: 0
2022-10-22 08:51:52.041003-0700 0xab Default 0x0 0 0 kernel: (AppleSMC) Previous shutdown cause: 0
2022-10-22 09:23:12.866302-0700 0xab Default 0x0 0 0 kernel: (AppleSMC) Previous shutdown cause: 3
2020-12-31 16:00:22.880487-0800 0xab Default 0x0 0 0 kernel: (AppleSMC) Previous shutdown cause: 0
2020-12-31 16:06:14.860617-0800 0xab Default 0x0 0 0 kernel: (AppleSMC) Previous shutdown cause: 5
Fixes Tried
Running MacKeeper
Resetting SMC
Running Disk Utility First Aid
PRAM reset
Start the computer in safe mode: shut down still occurs
Possible Red Herrings:
From time to time the computer will ask me "whether I am sure I want to shut down" I hit cancel, keep working and then in a moment of inactivity, the MacBook will shut down on me.
From time to time a pink little bar will appear after powering back up
Shuts downtimes are not consistent but have gotten more sudden since starting three days ago
Happens both when hot and cold
Sometimes the device screen will go black and then wake itself up again a couple of seconds later
Happens when no applications are running
CPU's typically run in the 55-degree range
Alright, that's all I've got. Really appreciate any help. This has been quite frustrating
crwdns2934109:0crwdne2934109:0
I’m suspecting your battery is in trouble! Given the systems age now nine years or so, you likely need a new battery. For reference I use an old 2012 15” MacBook Pro answering questions here and general web browsing for the last Ten years every day, I’m on my sixth battery now.
OK how tell if that’s the issue? You need a good battery monitoring app like CoconutBattery post a snapshot of the apps window with the battery tab open and the MagSafe charger plugged in.
crwdns2934271:0crwdnd2934271:0 Dan crwdne2934271:0
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Something to note: I tried running the system purely on plug power (battery unplugged. , shuts down continues.
crwdns2934271:0crwdnd2934271:0 Trevor Pogue crwdne2934271:0
Photo not coming through from coconut battery
Readouts:
THIS MAC
MacBook Pro 13 inch, mid-2012
Model: MB PRo9, 2
Manufacture Date: 2015-06-29
Current Charge: 2988 MAh
Design capacity 5770MAH
Manufacture Date: 2015-06-19
Cycle count 498
Battery Status: Check Battery
Batt Temp: 22.3 C
Charge With 13.84 Watts
Power Adapter" connected
History
Date: 2022-10
Healthy: 72%
Cycles: 498
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