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    Macbook Pro won't charge with dead battery!!

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by petemaresco, Apr 17, 2011.

  1. petemaresco

    petemaresco Newbie

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    I have a Macbook pro, 15" and have a problem that has been happening on and on and now I'm tired of buying new batteries. This is what happens;

    Simply put, once the battery drains to 0% and the computer shuts down, it will not recharge. The power plug LED stays green and will not turn orange to indicate that its charging. This has happened with 2 other batteries now and I can't figure out why it keeps happening. Please tell me theres a simple solution to this!
     
    petemaresco, Apr 17, 2011
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  2. wave

    wave Notebook Virtuoso

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    Are you using the power supply that came with your Mac?

    If I use a smaller power supply from a Macbook book on a Macbook pro it will not charge sometimes but only manages to run the Macbook.

    There are 2 voltages on the power supplies. Maybe your power supply has problems switching between the two. Lower voltage (I think 12V) is green light and higher (19V??) is orange.

    If you shut your Macbook it charges your battery as long as the computer is off?
     
    wave, Apr 18, 2011
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  3. doh123

    doh123 Without ME its just AWESO

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    There could be something wrong with the power adapter.. or the charging circuitry on the logic board in the Macbook Pro.
     
    doh123, Apr 18, 2011
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