have the A1342 Late 2009 Model. Recently it stopped taking a charge... changed out the battery, didn't help. changed out the power cable, didn't help. Bought the Powerboard off ifixit, swapped it out and, alas, it worked... for about a week and now I am back to the same issue of no charging. Please help, can't afford a new macbook and need this to last. Could the power board have gone bad again?
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Murphy's Law - Anything that can go wrong will. Some especially cheap batteries are bad right out of the box. Check your power mains (they may be causing a problem). Your charge could be going bad (or the cause of the issue).
Work from simple and cheap to complex and expensive.... there's three variables in play now. You need to go through all the permutations to straighten out what's bad. Checking the voltage of the power supply and at the battery could help identify/eliminate problem parts.
I do not have access to schematic or voltage information... maybe one of the other's here can provide that.
IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THE SKILLS/TOOLS to test the voltage hire a small electronics/computer repair person/shop to assist or do these tasks... you do not want to play with live current on a hot board or you could blow it up, or do yourself an injury.
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