macbook air won't charge & no light on charger

hello

i have had my macbook air for about 2 years now

yesterday before i went to bed i checked my email

it was then that i noticed that my charger did not have the orange light that meant it was charging

i checked to make sure it was plugged in

it was

i then checked to see if my computer socket was dirty

i tried plugging it in to all of the sockets in my house

it still did not work

i then found this page

it said to heat it up

that did not work

it said reset Smc

still did not work

i cleaned it and did tons of other stuff people said would work

geuss what still did not work

please help me

i only have 30% left

thank you

Wow. Heat was the answer! I tried the previous suggestions repeatedly, and no luck. While sitting at my desk, I took the power adapter unit and put it under my leg - basically like trying to hatch an egg.... Within 1 minute, the charge light finally came on! Wierd, but it worked. Thanks JohnnyCotia! Voodoo was my next recourse.....

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Seriously?! This is such a high tech computer but it won't charge when the charger is cold??? I believe this also fixed my issue. I noticed it would not charge when I was downstairs where the cord is on the cold floor between the sofas but did charge upstairs where the power strip in my office is on the floor in front of the heat vent. I was sitting down here on the couch and trying all different things to get the light to come on - it seemed to be a connection issue. I even tried downloading and installing a software update - which of couse used more power. I took it upstairs and plugged it in, came back down here and read this tip on my husband's pc. When I went back upstairs, the heat was blowing out of the heat vent onto the power cord and the charging light was on! Unbelievable!!

JohnnyCotia is a GENIUS!! Good find on heating up the power adapter. Who'd a thunk it. I sat on my wife's for about 5 minutes while I was eating my ice cream and it worked great!!! Apple needs to seriously rework their power cables and adapters. 😟

I've been having the same problem with my Macbook Air recently. The laptop is about two years old. After finding this thread, I heated up my charger for about two minutes with a blow drier and it started charging. Or at least the light came on - however I just noticed now even though the light is on, it is not taking a charge!

I am not sure but I think JohnnyCotia's solution may have worked for me too. I left my mac book air off the charger for about two months, battery went to absolute zero. When I tried to plug it in and turn it on nothing happened. The light on the charger was not green or orange it was not any color, it was off. I plugged it into several different sockets nothing happened. I plugged it in and put the entire adapter under my hoodie next to my skin, waited for about 5 minutes and sure enough the light came on and it started charging, and the macbook air turned on and tried to restore my last internet session. I think it probably would have eventually turned on by itself but who knows.

Oh my gosh. I worked on this problem for the last 4 hours and got no results. So I figured, what have I got to lose. So I sat on my charger!

Thank you, Johnro.

http://www.johnro.net/2012/12/28/help-my-macbook-airpro-wont-charge/

Did it work? You bet your bippee!

Brilliant. Put the power block under my armpit for 10 minutes and now it's working. Wife thinks I'm a mad scientist ... thanks!

After heating the charger a couple of times, I finally called Apple since I have the extended warranty and they replaced it. The new charger works fine.

Well second time in 2 years that after a week of not charging my Macbook Air when I plug it in no sign of life from the amber / green charge light. A broken MacBook or charger I start thinking.

Plug in / unplug, cleaned it etc....... sat on it for 5 mins and its started working again ***??

Apple, surely you can do better than this?

Thank you!

Warming up the power brick fixed my problem as well!

Does anyone know if apple are replacing for fixing this issue for macbook just out of warratty customers?

mine is 2 years old.

theres a bit about uk cosmner law on apples website that products should be fit for purpose for 5 or 6 years etc.

any know if they will replace / fix under this consumer law?

Absolutely unbelievable...I have had this problem for 2 years. Every now and again my MBA wouldn't charge and I'd live with it because it always started working again after a day or two. I paniced this time because I'm going on a business trip and power may not be available. I bought a new battery out of desperation and still nothing.

Then I found this post, read how people where sitting on their chargers and thought that it was crazy. However, i had nothing to lose so I sat on it feeling a little dumb and sure enough it started charging!!!

So dont be like me and buy a new battery just sit on your charger!! 🙂 ... crazy!

No freaking way! This actually worked for me!! Thank you!!!!! <3333

Well, here is my story to help support this method reviews and others out there.

Recently, my Mac would stop charging when I wanted and would charge randomly. Last night, it would not charge at all. Woke up this morning and still, nothing. Was pretty frustrated as I had to write a 6 page paper due this week and had no time for this ********. After cleaning the input and taking it apart looking for anything wrong, it came back clear my Mac was good and not damaged.

The charger I currently have was a third party charger from China, as my original one from Apple, the wire broke off to the point of the coils being exposed and it wouldn't charge anymore. I assumed that since it was a cheap $15 charger, I expected that I needed a new one after 6 months. So, I looked for chargers, but at the same time looked for answers. I first came across this topic and looked through. I tried all the methods and it didn't work.

Then, Johnny's post with that article about heating it up caught my attention. I read that you had to sit on it... That seemed to good to be true, but it was my LAST option before I went and bought another charger. So, I sat on the charger like a fool and waited laughing at myself, oh yeah this will work. After sitting and moving my *** on the charger for about 3 minutes, I was going to give up, and as I got up, the orange light came on. I flipped out in excitement! It's been charging since then. Couldn't believe it.

Hope this story helped someone else. It dumbfounded me at how this works. It also is not only for the chargers by Apple, but even the cheaper ones from China this method worked. Thank you so much once again. You helped me save a lot of frustration!!!

Take it to an Apple Store and ask.