Battery drain with the Lid closed

SInce the last update of Mavericks (10.9.2, Feb 25th), the battery of my MacBook Air drains even with the lid closed.

When I leave my Mac lid closed with the battery fully charged, next morning battery is drained.
Anyone knows what to do ?


Thanks

MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2013), OS X Mavericks (10.9.2)

Posted on Mar 9, 2014 6:04 AM

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Mar 15, 2014 10:06 AM in response to joostfromzeist

Same here. Close the lid at 100% at night, open it the next morning and have to put it on the adapter to get it to boot, where it tells me that the battery is at 0%.


Did an SMC and PRAM reset, set keyboard backlight off time back to a few minutes, disabled power nap, no joy.


If I don't get the full battery drain I get a Sleep/Wake failure on powering up. It's pretty consistent that one or the other happens, though not 100% of the time. You would think that they could fix this relatively quickly.

Mar 15, 2014 1:36 PM in response to joostfromzeist

Try resetting your computer's SMC.


Resetting your Mac's SMC

NOTE: This will not erase any data.


Shut down your computer by going to  > Shut Down...


Plug in your MagSafe power adapter.


On your Mac's built-in-keyboard, press the (left-side) Shift-Control-Option keys and the power button at the same time.


Release all the keys and the power button at the same time.


Press the power button to turn on the computer.


Note: While performing this procedure, the status of the indicator light on the MagSafe charger may change. This is normal and should be expected.


Austin

Jul 4, 2014 5:10 AM in response to appuser

I have installed 10.9.4, still seeing the drain. As noted above, also occurs running windows so it's a hardware issue, not software/OS.

I have reset PRAM and SMC previously with not good result. Although I struggled to reset SMC, it's worked once (power cable light changes) but not been able to get it to go again.


This is doing my head in.


Thanks for your posts thou, worth trying anything.

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