Magsafe connector Scalding hot when charging

"Mohammed Furqan



Rep: 121




1


1


1"

The first actionable step is to see to it that the Megasafe is having a contact issue with the the system port where it is plugged. I’d this issue earlier and I noticed that some of the pins on the Megasafe is dented, and observed there are dirts in both Megasafe and the port so I cleaned both using ethyl (thinner) and it starts working properly.

"i think you have bad contact with pins on charger or charging port on laptop, i sugest you use eraser to clean up those pins on charging port.

Eraser helps me to remove oxides on contacts"

"I have purchased three brand new MagSafe 2 adapters directly from Apple, and they all get scalding hot. It's so hot that I feel it might start a fire if it were on paper or even a rug.

Also, can some explain what Liaat mean't when he said, ""In my opinion if the Magsafe pins are not depressed, fully popped out and make firm contact with DC-in Board, the problem is 90% solved."" It's unclear whether he means the pins should be pushed in or popped out. Which is it?"

I ended up replacing my Magsafe DC-in board port. It wasn’t as difficult of a process as I thought and I’m using my Mac again to respond to this thread. I ended up replacing the Magsafe connector as well. I had scalded that so bad and burnt up that I was scared to use it without replacing the connector. I ultimately just spliced the new connector wire to my old one, so now my cable is nearly twice as long.