Ornery Owl
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Q: Macbook Pro mid 2012 13

Good day,

i recently acquired a MBP mid 2012 13" from a friend.

IT needed a battery. After installation of battery i have to keep left side control, opt, fn, alt pressed to keep macbook on

smc and pram reset no go

the fan is on high

the battery indicator does not show level

battery does not charge

x on battery indicator on screen

pptical drive does not pull cd/ dvd

Can you, please advice?

 

Cheers   

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8)

Posted on Jul 1, 2016 11:15 PM

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  • by seventy one,

    seventy one seventy one Jul 1, 2016 11:33 PM in response to Ornery Owl
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    Jul 1, 2016 11:33 PM in response to Ornery Owl

    Did you install the battery?  If so, what experience do you have with MacBook Pro's that qualified you to do that?

    With a defective battery, your friend would probably not have been able to pass it on to you as 're-set to factory condition', which is what it should have been, so it is unlikely an Apple store would repair it.   You can ask, of course but I think you should find a freelance technician (in case you made errors with the installation).   But even doing this, you may be throwing good money after bad.

  • by alex7375,

    alex7375 alex7375 Jul 2, 2016 2:32 AM in response to seventy one
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    Jul 2, 2016 2:32 AM in response to seventy one

    I own the same MBP and I need to replace my battery also. What settings do you need to reset after installing a NEW battery?....

  • by seventy one,

    seventy one seventy one Jul 2, 2016 2:43 AM in response to alex7375
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    Jul 2, 2016 2:43 AM in response to alex7375

    Are you planning to install the battery yourself?   In your case, if it has not been transferred to you by gift or sale there should be no settings to change other than what replacing the battery may incur.  Apple does not encourage self repairs hence the reason there are no documents covering the operation.    How old is the machine, are you the original owner and do you have an Apple store nearby?

  • by OGELTHORPE,

    OGELTHORPE OGELTHORPE Jul 2, 2016 2:59 AM in response to Ornery Owl
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    Mac OS X
    Jul 2, 2016 2:59 AM in response to Ornery Owl

    Bring the MBP to an Apple store genius bar for a FREE evaluation.  They may be able to assist in defining haor to fix the various issues.

     

    In the interim, try to run an Apple Hardware Test:

     

    https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201257

     

    Note that an error free AHT is not conclusive.

     

    Have you tried a reinstall of the OSX?

     

    Ciao.

  • by Ornery Owl,

    Ornery Owl Ornery Owl Jul 7, 2016 1:12 AM in response to OGELTHORPE
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    Jul 7, 2016 1:12 AM in response to OGELTHORPE

    Good day guys.

    Just an update to my issue.  Took it into a tech and the keyboard is eff'd! Logic board is good everything is good except keyboard.

    Now trying to source new keyboard.

     

    Regards!

    Ornery Owl.