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Dead/deactivated battery in my macbook?
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I just bought a 2006 MacBook to play around with, and it came with this problem, I tried the SMC reset and it didnt work, anyone have any ideas? Thanks!!
Black x on my battery icon too
Left it for 2 weeks - and now have a black x on the battery icon - computer in effect not recognising the battery ... can't find any way to restore it - seems strange that a battery would go terminal just from being left uncharged.
The Apple support site makes a few suggestions - none of which help - it's listed as a non-solved defect at the MacDefects site...
http://www.appledefects.com/wiki/index.php?title=MacBook
it says
Battery Failure : Battery Does Not Charge and is Not Recognized by MacBook
batteryx.jpg
* Inexplicable battery failure, with the battery not being recognized by the MacBook. The user sees an X through the battery logo and the battery itself refuses to charge.
* Exchanging or replacing battery does not resolve the issue, replacement appears to fix problem, but, problem reoccurrs.
* System profiler reports that battery is present and charged but computer will not run unless connected to the power adapter.
* Some users report problem occurred only after firmware update.
* Apple recommended procedures to reset pram does not fix the problem.
Left it for 2 weeks - and now have a black x on the battery icon - computer in effect not recognising the battery ... can't find any way to restore it - seems strange that a battery would go terminal just from being left uncharged.
The Apple support site makes a few suggestions - none of which help - it's listed as a non-solved defect at the MacDefects site...
http://www.appledefects.com/wiki/index.php?title=MacBook
it says
Battery Failure : Battery Does Not Charge and is Not Recognized by MacBook
batteryx.jpg
* Inexplicable battery failure, with the battery not being recognized by the MacBook. The user sees an X through the battery logo and the battery itself refuses to charge.
* Exchanging or replacing battery does not resolve the issue, replacement appears to fix problem, but, problem reoccurrs.
* System profiler reports that battery is present and charged but computer will not run unless connected to the power adapter.
* Some users report problem occurred only after firmware update.
* Apple recommended procedures to reset pram does not fix the problem.