My new-ish MBP is still under warranty and with the issues I've had I'm wondering if I don't need to get AppleCare. Hubby is a PC guy and as much as I love my mac, his constant, "My computer doesn't have any problems" is starting to ring true.
Issue #1--CD stuck in optical drive. New drive installed; good.
Issue #2--Battery in (Not Charging) status. Called Apple, got a new power adapter sent to me. While waiting, I purchased a new power adapter. The one I purchased worked fine for the week wait and I returned it when I got the one from Apple. The one from Apple has worked for about a week but now I'm back to same old behavior from it.
Symptoms: Battery status: (Not Charging) but power adapter supplies enough power to run the MBP (just not to charge it). When I unplug the magsafe end, it stays lit green unless I unplug it from the outlet as well.
Troubleshooting: different outlet, different adapter (cord vs. wall adapter)
Complicating factors/possible causes:
--My baby put the magsafe end in his mouth, so it got wet. I didn't know about that until I said something to my husband about it acting up and he told me he saw the baby with it earlier today (hours ago)
--I live in Japan on a military base so "take it to a genius bar" isn't an option for me. If Apple gets involved (which has happened twice already) it means I give a delivery service my laptop, they get it to Apple until it's fixed, then the delivery service returns it to me (about a week turn around) OR I wait for said delivery service to bring me (another) power adapter and I trade them my bad one for a good one.
Issue #1--CD stuck in optical drive. New drive installed; good.
Issue #2--Battery in (Not Charging) status. Called Apple, got a new power adapter sent to me. While waiting, I purchased a new power adapter. The one I purchased worked fine for the week wait and I returned it when I got the one from Apple. The one from Apple has worked for about a week but now I'm back to same old behavior from it.
Symptoms: Battery status: (Not Charging) but power adapter supplies enough power to run the MBP (just not to charge it). When I unplug the magsafe end, it stays lit green unless I unplug it from the outlet as well.
Troubleshooting: different outlet, different adapter (cord vs. wall adapter)
Complicating factors/possible causes:
--My baby put the magsafe end in his mouth, so it got wet. I didn't know about that until I said something to my husband about it acting up and he told me he saw the baby with it earlier today (hours ago)
--I live in Japan on a military base so "take it to a genius bar" isn't an option for me. If Apple gets involved (which has happened twice already) it means I give a delivery service my laptop, they get it to Apple until it's fixed, then the delivery service returns it to me (about a week turn around) OR I wait for said delivery service to bring me (another) power adapter and I trade them my bad one for a good one.
