I have a black A1181 macbook that has a dead battery. I bought an A1185 from a guy and now I am nervous to use it even though he said it would work. I wanted to get someone else's input on the matter. Can an A1185 battery work on an A1181 macbook?
thanks
jared
What color is the LED on the magsafe adapter. Does it act the same with both batteries? What is the symbol on the battery indicator icon in the menu bar? Does it show the lightning bolt that it is charging or what?
okay, next issue... i've put the new battery in and its been "charging" for about an hour or so... but it still reads as 0% at the top of the screen... so you think this means my macbook has lost its ability to charge any battery whatsoever?
I bought a battery on ebay a few months back when I thought I was buying a macbook from another guy with a bad battery macbook. It has sat out for a few months but it only shows having 3 cycles in the "about this mac" page. It was new as of a few months ago, then sat around my desk until trying it on this other macbook.
This macbook that I am currently trying to get working did have a battery with 325 cycles on it. It was not charging according to "about this mac."
When I put the new battery in, the battery icon at the top of the screen has an "X" in the middle.
I just reset the SMC (or I followed the directions on how to do it, I have no idea if it worked or not cause there is no mention of a chime or ding or anything to let you know it was successful).
Any other thoughts?
Was this "ebay" battery an Apple battery or a knock-off?
How can you tell it has 3 cycles if the MacBook won't recognize it (the X in the MenuBar)? If you can see info from System Profiler, copy and paste it here.
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