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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.
So Gris, by charger, do you mean the the power cord with the mag plug? Because replacing that would be easier than a battery, I'm thinking.
Either way take it to an Apple store. In almost every instance that I've had to deal with something like this they've given me a new battery or new power cord gratis. This is even on machines that are long out of Apple Care coverage.
Seconding ND - the Genius Bar employees are empowered to give you free shit if they're in a good mood, and they almost always are.
I would be always in a good mood if I worked at a Genius Bar, too...
Quester, the charger is actually inside the base of the MacBook, generally it is a built-in AC adapter, and shunts power to both charging and powering the laptop.
Bah. The sound stopped working on my MacBook Pro. When I press the various volume and mute buttons, there is a small circle with a line through it below the volume bar graph.
Rebooting didn't help. When I plug headphones into it, they work, and when I use the volume controls the little circle with a line through it goes away. But when I unplug the headphones, sound no longer works and that circle with a line through it comes back.
eta: When I go to System Preferences, Digital Out is the only option that shows up under Sound / Output.
Tommy, I have no suggestions but that has happened with my MacBook a few times after I've been listening with headphones. It has always fixed itself but I don't know how/why.
Your sounds issue looks like this one.
After reading that link from Rob, I am reminded that many plastic ball point pen refills are about the right diameter to stick in a headphone jack to reset it.
The things one has stuffed in one's head...
