Apple Laptops are really lovely, except for one thing:
Electric Power
The Reasons:
- The iBook and PowerBook (G4s) had a lot of trouble with the connection into the laptop, the plugs easily broke. Two of mine had the same problem, although one still worked.
- The new MacBooks and MacBook Pros have the “MagSafe” connections… which fixes the easily broke problem. However, Apple have now had endless problems with batteries. They have a scheme to replace some of the early battery models, and a “battery update” patch for some of the new ones - but they still exhibit problems. Which brings me to the reason I am blogging about this:
My Apple MacBook battery is playing about, at least I think its the battery. It seems like many people also have similar problems, and they also think that it might be the power unit. Here is the status:
- Battery doesn’t charge when I have power plugged in, this is true when system is switched on or off
- Power unit manages to power the laptop when the battery is in and when the battery is out
- Battery LED flashes when I press the button on it
- Laptop recognises that the battery is in. When it is in it says 0% charge. When I take it out it has an x, and says no batteries detected.
- The power plug LED is solid orange when it is plugged into my laptop. This is when the laptop is on and when it is off, this is also when the battery is in and when it is not in.
- Resetting the PMU doesn’t fix the issue
- Leaving the power supply to get rid of static doesn’t fix the issue
- Leaving the battery to charge over night doesn’t charge the battery
So if you happen to be one of the Apple Genius Bar guys or an Apple Technician then could you let me know what is wrong. You can leave a comment on here or email me danieljohnlewis -at- gmail.com.
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