Battery Problems - Will not recharge

[nickarmadillo]

17" 2.33 Core 2 Duo from 2006

The computer only works when the magsafe is plugged in. There is an orange LED on the magsafe connector, but battery does not seem to charge. No LEDs light up on the battery indicator and the menu bar indicates that there is a 0% charge and that recharge time is 10:00. However, these numbers do not change. Get the lightning bolt icon, so it looks as if it should be charging. What could be wrong?

 

[nickarmadillo]

Now it seems to be recharging. I had to leave it in for about an hour and all of a sudden out of nowhere the battery began to recharge. Not sure how that happened, but any ideas?

 

[kornyboy]

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It looks like a bad battery. You'll have to get a new one. The battery is a couple of years old and that's about all you can get out of one. You can try checking the cycles in system profiler and if it is over 300 then the battery is probably shot.

Hope this helps.