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    Aluminum MBP13 battery Not Charging

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Koshinn, Nov 2, 2009.

  1. Koshinn

    Koshinn Notebook Deity

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    My battery is at roughly 50% charge and I only have 7 cycles through it, yet I get a (Not Charging) message when I plug it in to the wall.

    I've tried a few other bricks that other people own, all of which work to charge their MBP13s, but it doesn't work on mine. I even tried booting to Win7 and it still doesn't charge.

    I tried shutting down then holding the power button for a long time, but didn't work.

    I tried shutting down then holding shift-control-alt and hitting the power button once, then waiting 5 seconds before turning it on and that didn't work either.

    So what do I do?
     
  2. Koshinn

    Koshinn Notebook Deity

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    Anyone have an answer? My laptop is slowly dying..
     
  3. OTACORB

    OTACORB Notebook Consultant

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    Need to contact Apple supports,sounds like you are going to need service!
     
  4. crazycanuk

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    send it back to them, needs a battery or charging circuit fix
     
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    Yep, sounds like it's gotta go back :( I believe bringing it to an Apple store is probably the quickest way to get it serviced if you're not too far away from one.
     
  6. Koshinn

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    Went to Apple, they said they'd have to ship it to the mainland, so 2-4 weeks.

    They found and replicated the problem and can't fix it in-store.

    It works while plugged in but just doesn't charge, and I'm getting near to finals so I can't really send it to Apple... so I guess I'm stuck with a Mac that doesn't just work. :(