Battery Indicator Lights Don't Fade

Hey all,

I recently had issues regarding my display (June 2009 MBP 17") not dimming as the ambient lighting changed. The issue was only recent. I reset the SMC, and that has appeared to fix it.

However, I've noticed that the battery indicator lights do not fade after 5 seconds anymore and just turn straight off when the computer is open and on. When shut down or asleep, they behave as normal.

I reset the SMC again to ty and fix this but there was no change.

Now, I could be wrong, and maybe that's how it always was, but I do remember them fading no matter whether the computer was active or off.

Can anyone confirm this and if so, provide any possible fixes?

It's not a huge issue, just a minor annoyance now that I'm aware of it.

Thanks

 

That's interesting that it happens to one and not the other...

I think I'll keep an eye on it.
As I said, minor annoyance, nothing major

 

The SMC is also responsible for controlling the battery indicator lights. I remember seeing it when reading about my screen dimming issue.

From http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3964

 

Not important, just thought I'd mention that the lights are now behaving as normal (fading with the machine on).

So it must need to just re-adjust for a while.