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silveroak Author

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macbook air won't charge & no light on charger

I charged 2011 Macbook Air yesterday and it was fine last night and again this morning. Then, when it was running low on battery today I plugged in the wall charger (which is a new one I got in July) and suddenly my screen went black and the charge light wouldn't come on. So, I unplugged the charger and then my screen came back. Plugged in charger again and screen went black again. I restarted my computer and still same problem. I even shut down and rebooted but same problem. Of course I didn't back up my files so I scrambled to transfer some to our portable hard drive but I was on reserve power and the transfer did not complete. So, now I have a dead computer. I even just tried the charger of a friend with a MB Air but her charger didn't work for me either. So, now I have just plugged my charger in with the hope that it will mysteriously start working again -still no light showing.

And ideas? I live in southern Mexico and closest Apple Store is in Mexico City...not very close to me :-(

MacBook Air, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Dec 20, 2012 1:02 PM

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silveroak Author

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6 points

Posted on Dec 20, 2012 1:25 PM

I cleaned the power connector and the socket...and I also tried a friend's magsafe adaptor (hers works fine to charge her Macbook Air) but no luck with that either.

This is so strange because I have never encountered any problems before and it charged absolutely fine yesterday.

Is there any way to connect the Air to an iMac and try to charge it that way...or connect just to access my files so I can transfer them off.

Thanks for your help!

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Sep 25, 2014 5:05 AM in response to silveroak

I can't believe it, but sitting on the brick for 10 mins solved the issue. Hope it won't happen again =)

Arepa15

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Nov 19, 2014 8:24 AM in response to JohnnyCotia

Thanks! I warmed it up for 5 minutes and it works fine now 🙂

Apr 12, 2015 5:56 PM in response to JohnnyCotia

Wow thank u so much. I held my charger above the flames on my stove for a bit and it worked right away. Thanks so much!

Apr 14, 2015 3:34 AM in response to HelpMeSomeonePlease

I have that problem. try resting the charger on your bed and or on a soft cushion ( plugged into the mac ) that's what is working for me and I have had my mac for 3 and half years. hope this helped.

Apr 14, 2015 10:38 PM in response to JohnnyCotia

WOW! no way! This worked 100% I'm laughing so hard right now! haha I thought it was fake but it seriously works.

Sunny-US

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Sep 16, 2015 9:04 PM in response to John Galt

Thanks. That worked!!

Dec 28, 2015 3:06 AM in response to John Galt

Worked for me thanks!

Mar 15, 2016 7:54 PM in response to John Galt

John you are a lifesaver and a benevolent force against the freak out I was beginning to have when my MacBook Air decided it was not in the mood to be charged today! Thank you!