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Macbook pro not charging the replacement battery

Hi guys



first problem started about 3 weeks ago when the hd cable inside decided to stop working.

i bought a replacement off Amazon and it started working fine again

a week later it decided it didn't want to charge

i thought my charger was broke as the mag light wasn't coming on and my mac wasn't charging

first thing i did was buy a new charger which didn't do anything

the little green lights on the side (green dots) just flickered when plugging the new charger in

Today my new battery arrived from Anker (had good feedback and so on from other users) i popped him in and he booted up nicely

now he's on he's decided not to charge

i done the SMC reset and also Apple Diagnostics which returned the error of 4xxx/4/40000005: Battery

there wasn't a lot of threads covering the 4xxx error


Id be more than happy to buy Genuine apple but can't seem to find a authorised seller of NEW parts

Any ideas would be appreciated and would this problem still be down to the Anker battery?


OSX Yosemite

MBP 13inch Early 2011

8GB Ram (Crucial)

2.3 i5

320GB

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Posted on Dec 19, 2015 6:18 PM

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Posted on Dec 19, 2015 11:35 PM

Your MBP's battery is not designed to be replaced by anyone other than Apple or an authorized Apple repair shop. Have them do it: About Mac notebook batteries - Apple Support

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Dec 20, 2015 1:27 PM in response to OGELTHORPE

Thanks for the reply guys


John apple even state on the link you sent that "Most older Mac notebooks have removable batteries you can replace yourself."

(which in turn might cause some problems like i have 😉)


i understand the dangers and problems i may face by doing things my self but it is rather satisfying 🙂


Hey Ogel yes i have tried that

as soon as i put my new battery in i done the SMC reset.

will try it again and my old charger.


I did on the other hand try my friends charger which actually started charging my battery heres the coconut and system info for his adapter:


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Im going to take the trip into store tomorrow

Macbook pro not charging the replacement battery

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