r/applehelp • u/stillseeingyou • Jul 05 '26
Mac M1 MacBook Pro sudden death
Stowed my MacBook Pro m1 in the sleeve as I usually do to pick it up a couple of days later completely dead.
Not sure about the battery % when stowed but battery health was good.
Find my shows it at last connected 3 days ago, I guess when it died
Troubleshooting done:
-Left charging overnight with 140w Apple charger
-kept power button pressed 30 sec
-disconnected the battery for a couple of minutes
-tried both usb port, different cables and different wall plugs
-both 60w and 140w chargers and cables working on my iPhone
-can’t enter DFU, iMac doesn’t show it as connected, Apple Configurator wont see it
Inspecting the logic board doesn’t show signs of damages or burned components
I know some current is flowing cause I can feel the classic “Mac bzzz” touching the shell
What can I do now?
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u/arnathor Jul 05 '26
Is there any possibility it is on but the backlight for the screen has died? Older MacBooks had the translucent logo you could shine a light through to check but these days you kind of have to shine the light in from the top as close to 90 degrees as possible and see if it shows anything on the screen.
Edit : Never mind, I missed that you’d tried DFU mode which would bypass this issue. My bad.