Wont charge despite orange light
Hi,
My macbook does not charge despite of the magsafe being connected showing the orange light. When I do SMC reset the light is green only to return into orange when I let go of the keys. The battery shows 24% although this number seem to change from time to time, however if I disconnect the charger the laptop turns off instantly. When clicking on the battery the condition is : replace now, battery is not charging, power source = power adapter. The macbook has been like this since 01 of January, could be a coincidence - but figured its worth mentioning. It seems to me that the battery might be broken, but as I am currently in Central Kalimantan, the closest apple store and official repair centre is about a 2 hour flight away - so it would be great if there are any methods to fix this by myself, this post is written on the macbook - but the situation is quite annoying given that power shortages are not unusual where I am located. Would appreciate any help. So far I have tried the following: cleaning the magsafe connection point, smc reset and pram reset. I have considered reebooting the system but it would take me a good 12-13 hours only to complete the installation and I am worried to do any installs like that due to possible power shortage leading an installation to fail halfway.
The information obtained through system report is the following:
Battery Information:
Model Information:
Serial Number: D864017T20MFT5YAN
Manufacturer: SMP
Device Name: bq20z451
Pack Lot Code: 0
PCB Lot Code: 0
Firmware Version: 702
Hardware Revision: 000a
Cell Revision: 379
Charge Information:
Charge Remaining (mAh): 1316
Fully Charged: No
Charging: No
Full Charge Capacity (mAh): 5638
Health Information:
Cycle Count: 730
Condition: Replace Now
Battery Installed: Yes
Amperage (mA): 0
Voltage (mV): 11261
System Power Settings:
AC Power:
System Sleep Timer (Minutes): 0
Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes): 0
Display Sleep Timer (Minutes): 10
Wake on AC Change: No
Wake on Clamshell Open: Yes
Wake on LAN: Yes
AutoPowerOff Delay: 14400
AutoPowerOff Enabled: 1
Current Power Source: Yes
DarkWakeBackgroundTasks: 0
Display Sleep Uses Dim: Yes
PrioritizeNetworkReachabilityOverSleep: 0
Standby Delay: 10800
Standby Enabled: 1
Battery Power:
System Sleep Timer (Minutes): 1
Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes): 0
Display Sleep Timer (Minutes): 2
Wake on AC Change: No
Wake on Clamshell Open: Yes
AutoPowerOff Delay: 14400
AutoPowerOff Enabled: 1
DarkWakeBackgroundTasks: 0
Display Sleep Uses Dim: Yes
Reduce Brightness: No
Standby Delay: 10800
Standby Enabled: 1
Hardware Configuration:
UPS Installed: No
AC Charger Information:
Connected: Yes
ID: 0x0921
Wattage (W): 60
Family: 0x0085
Serial Number: 0x0004e8ee
Charging: No
If you read this much, I would like to sincerely thank you for at least attempting to understand and help me with my problem. May you have a blessed day!
Alex
MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)