My macbook is not charging. The battery would show charging for maybe 5 minutes and then turn to "green" as if it was fully charged. But it will not turn on. So I bout a new battery (3rd party). It also will not charge. So I tried my sisters charging chord to see if that would work, but it still will not charge. What could be the problem??
OBS MacBook (13-inch Early 2008)
it can be the motherboard
Can you explain? What would repairing it consist of? Would all data be lost?
it can be that the charging point on your motherboard is faulty, therefore buying a new battery could possibly have been a waste of money, best is to take it in iFix and they can quote you.
Thank you.
Did you try resetting the smc.
Reset the System Management Controller (SMC) on your Mac - Apple Support
No, I will look that up and try it. I haven't done anything other than change the battery and use a different charging chord. The new battery is at 20%, so I wanted to see what everyone's input was before draining that one down to 0.
Will doing that lose anything on my computer?
You won't lose anything doing that. It doesn't affect your hard drive at all. Another thing. Is the battery one of the inexpensive ones from amazon or eBay? They are really hit or miss as to working properly. Mostly miss - they drop dead without warning or lose capacity quickly - they never have the stated capacity.
I bought the battery through macbookbatteries.com. I've thought that too.... if I try these other methods and nothing works, I will return the battery and go from there. But, I figured that might not be the issue since neither of the batteries I have will charge. Thanks!
Macbook not charging. Bought new replacement battery, it won't charge either. What could be wrong?
