Thanks, le nubian.
According to coconut my capacity is at 92%. I can't figure out why it's not charging.
The cord works to power the computer. I'm stumped.
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quester - Jan 15, 2010 6:03:25 pm PST #12337 of 25501
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
le nubian - Jan 15, 2010 6:14:14 pm PST #12338 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
try a different socket?
quester - Jan 15, 2010 6:22:50 pm PST #12339 of 25501
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Do you mean plug the computer into a new socket or put the mag plug into another port on the computer?
le nubian - Jan 15, 2010 6:39:22 pm PST #12340 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
use the plug in a new socket in the wall and see if there is any difference. I heard of mag plugs going kaput, but I'm not sure if that is your situation yet.
quester - Jan 15, 2010 6:42:44 pm PST #12341 of 25501
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
I have tried several different sockets. No change. Alas.
tommyrot - Jan 15, 2010 6:46:01 pm PST #12342 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
You didn't by chance accidentally switch your power adapter thingie with one from a MacBook, did you?
DCJensen - Jan 15, 2010 6:47:01 pm PST #12343 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.
If it's powering your computer when attached, I'd start to suspect the battery or the charger.
quester - Jan 15, 2010 7:01:18 pm PST #12344 of 25501
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
The battery appears good, I don't know how to check the charger.
NoiseDesign - Jan 15, 2010 7:45:10 pm PST #12345 of 25501
Our wings are not tired
I've had this happen with three batteries in MacBooks. Basically if you leave it plugged in most of the time you aren't allowing the battery to fully cycle and it will eventually fail and stop charging. The good news is that in all of the cases where I've had this happen a trip to the Apple Genius Bar has netted me a new battery at no charge.
Gris - Jan 16, 2010 4:07:57 am PST #12346 of 25501
Hey. New board.
I'm almost certain this is your charger, quester. I had almost the exact same effect happening with my old Macbook Pro charger - really faint green light that kept the computer running, but didn't charge the battery. Another charger would work perfectly.
I was usually able to get mine working by unplugging and replugging it, turning it over and trying the other direction, and moving the wire around a bit - generally futzing with it. Eventually, the light would turn charging orange and all would be well with the world. But it was getting worse. Then I spilled Diet Dr. Pepper on that computer and bought a new one, so I haven't had to worry about it since.