Late 2006 MBP -- old battery warped, bought new battery -- NOT CHARGING?

[rnc505]

Hey guys,

So on my MBP that I've had since late 2006, the battery began to warp... It got soo bad, and I couldn't even use the click button and it would click randomly.

An offical Apple replacement battery is hard to find and UBER expensive, so I went to eBay and found a USA after-market MBP battery for my model.

So, I get it and its awesome! More battery than my MBP has ever had -- > 4 hours lol...

Not wanting to kill my battery like I did last time, I used it my MBP without keeping it constantly plugged in., so when I came time to charge I get this:

And the LED light on my charger is showing green. I've shut it down, restarted, put to sleep, and nothing seems to get the charge going.

Literally if I were to "pull the plug on my charger" my MBP would just put itself to sleep until I were to plug it back in because the battery is <5%.

So do I need to reset the SMC or PRAM or PVRAM or whatever they're called (and what do they do?), or do I need to send back the eBay battery and just man up and buy an official Apple replacement?

Thanks guys,
Robby

 

[GGJstudios]

So do I need to reset the SMC or PRAM or PVRAM or whatever they're called (and what do they do?), or do I need to send back the eBay battery and just man up and buy an official Apple replacement?

PRAM/NVRAM has nothing to do with power, charging or battery issues. Reset the SMC. I wouldn't trust any battery that didn't come from Apple. This should answer most, if not all, of your battery questions:

Apple Notebook Battery FAQ​