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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)

Posted on Feb 7, 2016 8:54 PM

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