MacBook stopped charging after battery depletion

Hi there,

 

I drained the battery on my five-year-old MacBook one evening while working...to the point that it shut off on me.  I then did not re-charge it immediately, nor did I start the computer up again for several weeks.  I thought, "Eh, no big deal, I'll just plug it in and let it charge up again when I use it next time."  Well, I just plugged her in and now the charging cord is lit up green as though the battery is completely charged, yet the battery indicator at the top left of the screen says (Not Charging.)  Also, if I unplug the battery charging cable, the notebook shuts completely off.

 

Any suggestions or ideas, as I have NEVER had battery charge issues with this notebook before?

 

Thanks for any help you may have to offer.

 

J. Rowland

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Macbook pro cooling fan runs continuously after software update

I updated Mountain Lion last night (Mar 15, 2013). I forgot the version number, but it was 10.8.? I think.

After restarting the computer this morning, the cooling fan suddenly shot up, making crazy noise. It didn't come back, so I had to turn the computer off with physical switch. While the fan was running, battery was draining so fast. I began with 100%, but went to 65% in 45 minutes. Such thing never happened before. I did not run the computer with complicated Apps when it happened. I was using Safari and Logos Bible software. Does it have anything to do with the new software?

It is quiet right now, after restarting. I paid more than $2k for this computer last fall. Didn't have any problems yet. But it happened all of a sudden. Anyone has any idea?? 

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I have a Macbook Pro 2.2 GHz i7 4GB 1333 MHz DDR3 with OS X 10.8.2 that is having some problems with Kernel going crazy and battery not being recognized after I put the computer to sleep and then I wake it up.

Some more information in here https://discussions.apple.com/message/21221254#21221254

Now I have discovered that the problem happens when I wake up my Macbook. At firts I thought that the problem was related to problems with the network, then I thought that it was temperature related (but the temperature has always been low...) and then I realized that when waking up the computer, the computer will wake up with a gray screen and then problems will start.

Anybody having similar problems ?

You can see in the picture that temperature is low, kernel has gone crazy and that battery is not being recognized. By the way, Battery healt is OK according to coconut.

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MacBook Pro Battery 'Service Battery' after Snow Upgrade

MacBook Pro Battery 'Service Battery' after Snow Upgrade

Way to many people are reporting this to just be failed batteries unless we all got them form the warranty program at the same time. I rather think its an issue with the upgrade.

Note that the KB fix did not help my machine so this needs more trouble shooting.
Any help would be great.

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Macbook Pro 2008 - battery dead after 149 cycles

Hi all,

I am now on my second battery with my late 2008 MacBook Pro. The original battery lasted almost three years and eventually was replaced after it could no longer hold a charge beyond 30 minutes. It had reached a reasonable cycle count around a 1000'ish (can't remember the exact count number).

Anyway the replacement battery was installed on March 11th 2011. I have been doing discharges and charges over this period (once every two months). The problem I have now is the MacBook Pro won't even deal with the battery and shows a X on the battery symbol. This happened about a month ago and now I believe something is wrong but not my fault...

I downloaded coconut battery app and it shows only 149 cycles completed.

I don't think this is normal battery behaviour, any thoughts. It's way out of warranty but given the low cycle count do you think Apple would replace it?

Cheers,

Carl

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MacBook Air not booting after liquid damage and smc reset

I spilled a bit of energy drink on my macbook air earlier today and it seemed to be working fine for a few hours, but after taking it out of my bag now it won't boot up. Strangely however the charging light works as normal, glowing orange and doing the steps for an SMC reset makes it flash green which
I assume means it was successful, but the computer still won't respond to the power button. Is there anything else I can do before taking it to apple?

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After SMC 1.8 Update, mid-2011 Air won't sleep, battery drains constantly

TL;DR: Installed SMC 1.8, computer won't sleep. Do I have to do a full system wipe / restore?

 

I've seen a few other threads noting issues after the SMC 1.8 update (like https://discussions.apple.com/message/21130929 ) but nothing matches my exact symptoms so I'll post a new one.

 

For the past week, it seems that my mid-2011 13" 128GB MBA won't go to sleep, either by closing the lid or Apple->Sleep from the menu. The bottom of the case is perpetually warm and the battery drains from full to dead in ~6 hours. I had installed a couple of pieces of software around the time that I did the SMC 1.8 update so I'm not sure exactly what the culprit is but I'll go on a limb and say the SMC update is the likeliest suspect.

 

I have tried the following steps to no avail:

• shutting off Wifi and Bluetooth (and disabling "Wake on" features)
• rebooting
• powering down and resetting the SMC
• cursing in several languages

 

When I run "pmset -g assertions" this is the summary output:

2/14/13 2:28:35 PM EST  

Assertion status system-wide:

   PreventUserIdleDisplaySleep    0

   PreventSystemSleep             0

   PreventUserIdleSystemSleep     0

   ExternalMedia                  0

   UserIsActive                   0

   ApplePushServiceTask           0

   BackgroundTask                 0

 

So as best I can understand the issue, there's no user-level software keeping my system running and thus I'm blaming SMC. I'm at a loss for next steps... I've never tried the genuis bar but I'm skeptical they can add much, so am I down to doing a system restore or is there something else to pursue first?

 

Tyler

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Battery dead after 22% cycles

Dear All,

I bought a original Apple battery Nov. 2011 in Berlin for my Mac Book Pro. Now after 14 month and 22 cycles the battery is dead and the vendor (GRAVIS) will not replace the battery 138 Euro just gone...

Anybody an idea how to re-activate the battery?

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Macbook dead after disconnecting from external monitor

Unable to power on Macbook after disconnecting from external monitor. After disconnecting, it completely stopped responding. Power supply good, and magsafe light is bright green, but no pulsing white "on" light.

 

I disconnected battery, reinserted it, then plugged back up and symptoms are unchanged...is it dead forever?

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After I've charged the battery, voice over tells me "battery low"

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My Ipod Nano 5th Generation battery display goes down immidiately after I touch the wheel.

Hello,

 

My Ipod Nano 5th Generation battery display (the green bar) goes down immidiately after I touch the touch wheel. If I leave it after that, the bar fills itself again. This doesnt affect my usage of the iPod, (I can still use the machine for 5 hours+), but its kind of annoying. So I'm wondering is my battery display messed up or is this normal?

 

Thanks in advance.

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MacBook Air not booting after liquid damage and smc reset

I spilled a bit of energy drink on my macbook air earlier today and it seemed to be working fine for a few hours, but after taking it out of my bag now it won't boot up. Strangely however the charging light works as normal, glowing orange and doing the steps for an SMC reset makes it flash green which
I assume means it was successful, but the computer still won't respond to the power button. Is there anything else I can do before taking it to apple?

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MacBook Pro Battery 'Service Battery' after Snow Upgrade

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Way to many people are reporting this to just be failed batteries unless we all got them form the warranty program at the same time. I rather think its an issue with the upgrade.

Note that the KB fix did not help my machine so this needs more trouble shooting.
Any help would be great.

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Macbook Pro 2008 - battery dead after 149 cycles

Hi all,

I am now on my second battery with my late 2008 MacBook Pro. The original battery lasted almost three years and eventually was replaced after it could no longer hold a charge beyond 30 minutes. It had reached a reasonable cycle count around a 1000'ish (can't remember the exact count number).

Anyway the replacement battery was installed on March 11th 2011. I have been doing discharges and charges over this period (once every two months). The problem I have now is the MacBook Pro won't even deal with the battery and shows a X on the battery symbol. This happened about a month ago and now I believe something is wrong but not my fault...

I downloaded coconut battery app and it shows only 149 cycles completed.

I don't think this is normal battery behaviour, any thoughts. It's way out of warranty but given the low cycle count do you think Apple would replace it?

Cheers,

Carl

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After SMC 1.8 Update, mid-2011 Air won't sleep, battery drains constantly

TL;DR: Installed SMC 1.8, computer won't sleep. Do I have to do a full system wipe / restore?

 

I've seen a few other threads noting issues after the SMC 1.8 update (like https://discussions.apple.com/message/21130929 ) but nothing matches my exact symptoms so I'll post a new one.

 

For the past week, it seems that my mid-2011 13" 128GB MBA won't go to sleep, either by closing the lid or Apple->Sleep from the menu. The bottom of the case is perpetually warm and the battery drains from full to dead in ~6 hours. I had installed a couple of pieces of software around the time that I did the SMC 1.8 update so I'm not sure exactly what the culprit is but I'll go on a limb and say the SMC update is the likeliest suspect.

 

I have tried the following steps to no avail:

• shutting off Wifi and Bluetooth (and disabling "Wake on" features)
• rebooting
• powering down and resetting the SMC
• cursing in several languages

 

When I run "pmset -g assertions" this is the summary output:

2/14/13 2:28:35 PM EST  

Assertion status system-wide:

   PreventUserIdleDisplaySleep    0

   PreventSystemSleep             0

   PreventUserIdleSystemSleep     0

   ExternalMedia                  0

   UserIsActive                   0

   ApplePushServiceTask           0

   BackgroundTask                 0

 

So as best I can understand the issue, there's no user-level software keeping my system running and thus I'm blaming SMC. I'm at a loss for next steps... I've never tried the genuis bar but I'm skeptical they can add much, so am I down to doing a system restore or is there something else to pursue first?

 

Tyler

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Macbook dead after disconnecting from external monitor

Unable to power on Macbook after disconnecting from external monitor. After disconnecting, it completely stopped responding. Power supply good, and magsafe light is bright green, but no pulsing white "on" light.

 

I disconnected battery, reinserted it, then plugged back up and symptoms are unchanged...is it dead forever?

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Battery won't charge after long period of non-use

My Macbook Pro 13" (early 2011) was put away for about 6 months. When I opened it up now, the battery is dead, and won't charge. It will run on
AC as long as I have it plugged in but the menu shows that it's not charging and the light on the magsafe adapter shows green. I've left it plugged in for a few hours, but it's still dead with no charge when I return.

Should the battery always be kept with a charge? Is this battery a goner?

Thanks in advance.

Rich

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Macbook Pro Battery not recognized even after replacement

I purchased my MBP in late 2011. a couple weeks ago my battery stopped being recognized and i went to the genius bar. they wanted me to pay $129 for a battery replacement but i instead purchased my battery from amazon. same EXACT battery. and it still doesn't work. any suggestions?

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MacBook Air 5,2 after EFI 2.6 Update

I have a new MBA 13" (5,2 w/ i7 and 8GB RAM) I received at the beginning of this year. The unit seems fine overall, but I noticed that the battery life seems to drain when I'm not using it, or drain faster than I expected when using it after the EFI 2.6 upgrade. Is anyone else noticing this change?

 

My brightness sits at about 50% with only WiFi on and surfer of web content mostly. I have the i7 chip, so I'm not expecting the full 7 hours as advertised, but I would expect something close to 5 hours doing these simple things.

 

Also, it went from 84% last night when I went to bed in seep mode to 72% now when I opened it to use it. (Power Nap is turned off).

 

Anyone else?

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