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[Hodge]

Do you know if a dead battery would cause this @Hodge? I would of assumed it would still work as normal with the charger plugged in

From past experience some laptops boot up when battery is removed due to battery or battery connections on the laptop are faulty.
Removing the battery and directly running laptop from mains, sometimes helps.
Can a macbook battery be removed ?