MacBook Battery Question

ryannel2003 · Jul 10, 2012, 07:22 PM

I have a quick question about the MacBook batteries so I'm hoping somebody can help me out!

Anyways tomorrow I'm going to look (and possibly buy) a Black Core 2 Duo MacBook and the girl who is selling it told me the battery doesn't work. Now normally this would be as simple as buying a new battery but it could also be something as big as the logic board, which I don't want to deal with. Is there a certain way to tell if the battery is just dead or the logic board has to be replaced? She is selling it for $200 so it's a good deal, I'd just rather not buy a computer I can't move around with me so a battery that charges is a must. Thanks.

rgarjr · Jul 10, 2012, 08:24 PM

Heck a new battery cost as much as 200 bucks. So I wouldn't worry about the logic board being bad.

ryannel2003 · Jul 10, 2012, 09:37 PM

Yeah that's true... but this computer is going to be a temporary solution until I had the cash to get a newer Mac at the end of the year. I was thinking of sticking a used, working OEM battery in until I could get the other Mac.

NJMacJunky · Jul 11, 2012, 12:16 PM

I had to replace the battery on mine and it was $139.

chibiterasu · Jul 11, 2012, 03:14 PM

Well the only way to see if its not the logic board is to see if the mac runs off its mains power with no problems. The batteries are are more like $139 they charged one of my friends £99 for a battery in a 2009 unibody MacBook.

ryannel2003 · Jul 12, 2012, 08:45 AM

Ended up not getting that MacBook... case was in really poor shape and it was having kernel panics upon start up. We couldn't even get it to boot into safe mode, so I definitely passed on it.

chibiterasu · Jul 12, 2012, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by ryannel2003

Ended up not getting that MacBook... case was in really poor shape and it was having kernel panics upon start up. We couldn't even get it to boot into safe mode, so I definitely passed on it.

Good you made the right choice there

Jul 10, 2012, 07:22 PM	#1
ryannel2003 macrumors 65816 Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Greenville, NC	MacBook Battery Question I have a quick question about the MacBook batteries so I'm hoping somebody can help me out! Anyways tomorrow I'm going to look (and possibly buy) a Black Core 2 Duo MacBook and the girl who is selling it told me the battery doesn't work. Now normally this would be as simple as buying a new battery but it could also be something as big as the logic board, which I don't want to deal with. Is there a certain way to tell if the battery is just dead or the logic board has to be replaced? She is selling it for $200 so it's a good deal, I'd just rather not buy a computer I can't move around with me so a battery that charges is a must. Thanks. __________________ 13" Air \| 1.8GHz Core i5 \| 4GB RAM \| 128GB SSD 8GB iPhone 4 \| Black \| Verizon \|
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Jul 10, 2012, 09:37 PM	#3
ryannel2003 Thread Starter macrumors 65816 Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Greenville, NC	Yeah that's true... but this computer is going to be a temporary solution until I had the cash to get a newer Mac at the end of the year. I was thinking of sticking a used, working OEM battery in until I could get the other Mac. __________________ 13" Air \| 1.8GHz Core i5 \| 4GB RAM \| 128GB SSD 8GB iPhone 4 \| Black \| Verizon \|
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Jul 11, 2012, 03:14 PM	#5
chibiterasu macrumors regular Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: The United Kingdom	Well the only way to see if its not the logic board is to see if the mac runs off its mains power with no problems. The batteries are are more like $139 they charged one of my friends £99 for a battery in a 2009 unibody MacBook. __________________ MacBook pro 13 inch mid 2012 2.5 Ghz 4gb ram 1TB iMac G4 17 inch osx 10.5.8 1.25Ghz 1.5gb ram 80gb iPad 4 32gb iPhone 2g 8gb iPod classic 160gb
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Jul 12, 2012, 08:45 AM	#6
ryannel2003 Thread Starter macrumors 65816 Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Greenville, NC	Ended up not getting that MacBook... case was in really poor shape and it was having kernel panics upon start up. We couldn't even get it to boot into safe mode, so I definitely passed on it. __________________ 13" Air \| 1.8GHz Core i5 \| 4GB RAM \| 128GB SSD 8GB iPhone 4 \| Black \| Verizon \|
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Jul 10, 2012, 08:24 PM	#2
rgarjr macrumors 601 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Calif	Heck a new battery cost as much as 200 bucks. So I wouldn't worry about the logic board being bad.
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Jul 11, 2012, 12:16 PM	#4
NJMacJunky macrumors member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Everywhere, yet nowhere.	I had to replace the battery on mine and it was $139.
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