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Current version by Martin Torhage,

Title:

Won't run on battery

Text:

Suddenly the Macbook won't start if the charger isn't connected. The battery is detected but it won't charge anyway. The battery indicator on the side of the Macbook shows lowest charge or sometimes almost max charge (more likely to be true).
The Macbook is turned off at random when a battery is connected but works flawless without a battery. The light on the Magsafe connector is almost always green and the display indicator says "Not charging" besides a few times where it seems as it's charging but never finishes (stays on the same percentage level). The Macbook will die immediate when I unplug the charger even when it looks like it's charging.
Stuff I've tried:
* Reset SMSSMC.
* Reset SMSSMC.
* Used working battery from one other Macbook.
* Used other working chargers.
* Removed and inspected the cable between battery and logic board. All connectors seems to work.
I don't think it's worth replacing the logic board. Is there still a chance that I don't need to?

Device:

MacBook Unibody Model A1278

Tags:

battery, charge battery, running from battery issues

Status:

open

Original post by Martin Torhage,

Title:

Won't run on battery

Text:

Suddenly the Macbook won't start if the charger isn't connected. The battery is detected but it won't charge anyway. The battery indicator on the side of the Macbook shows lowest charge or sometimes almost max charge (more likely to be true).

The Macbook is turned off at random when a battery is connected but works flawless without a battery. The light on the Magsafe connector is almost always green and the display indicator says "Not charging" besides a few times where it seems as it's charging but never finishes (stays on the same percentage level). The Macbook will die immediate when I unplug the charger even when it looks like it's charging.

Stuff I've tried:

* Reset SMS.
* Used working battery from one other Macbook.
* Used other working chargers.
* Removed and inspected the cable between battery and logic board. All connectors seems to work.

I don't think it's worth replacing the logic board. Is there still a chance that I don't need to?

Device:

MacBook Unibody Model A1278

Tags:

battery, charge battery, running from battery issues

Status:

open