Dead battery and strange behavior, need advice!
Left PB 15" on sleep while on vacation for 10 days, no power cord attached (don't tell me it was dumb, now I know...) The battery is about 1 1/2 years old (my third) purchased from Apple store, lasting a little over an hour when fully charged.
When I got back the battery was completely dead, of course, and not charging. Tried to power with cord attached, unsuccessfully. Reset PRAM and PMU, got the computer to turn on, but:
1) only turns on if I take the battery out, disconnect the cord for a while, then connect the cord always leaving the battery out
2) doesn't wake from sleep mode, need to disconnect from power and restart
3) if I put battery back on, the charger light goes amber for a 3/4 minutes, then green but no charge
Battery is recognized on Profiler, charge is 0% and says "not charging"
4) don't know if related, but doesn't retain network WPA password anymore
any ideas?
would a new battery restore normal functioning?
When I got back the battery was completely dead, of course, and not charging. Tried to power with cord attached, unsuccessfully. Reset PRAM and PMU, got the computer to turn on, but:
1) only turns on if I take the battery out, disconnect the cord for a while, then connect the cord always leaving the battery out
2) doesn't wake from sleep mode, need to disconnect from power and restart
3) if I put battery back on, the charger light goes amber for a 3/4 minutes, then green but no charge
Battery is recognized on Profiler, charge is 0% and says "not charging"
4) don't know if related, but doesn't retain network WPA password anymore
any ideas?
would a new battery restore normal functioning?