I have had my macbook since about October '06 and have recently started having charging issues. The problem started out when it would not charge the battery with the laptop open after the battery would get down to about 70-80%, anything above that it would charge fine. When it is closed it charges fine but as soon as I open it it will stop charging. I then have to close it and unplug the charger from the wall for about 30 seconds then plug it back in with the laptop closed. Once it gets to about 90% charged I can open it and it finishes charging just fine. Open it before 90% it stops charging.
I took it to the Apple store and they said it was the battery because that battery had around 300 cycles on it. So I bought a new battery (37 cycles currently), that didn't work. So I bought a new magsafe, that didn't work either. I have done the battery updater 1.2 and that also didn't help. The problem keeps getting worse, it wont charge while open if it is below about 90%. I am doing the SMC reset as well as calibrating the battery now, so I will see if that helps out.
I am looking for any other assistance, advice, or anything else I can try. Also has anyone else had this problem.
Thanks in advance for any help
I took it to the Apple store and they said it was the battery because that battery had around 300 cycles on it. So I bought a new battery (37 cycles currently), that didn't work. So I bought a new magsafe, that didn't work either. I have done the battery updater 1.2 and that also didn't help. The problem keeps getting worse, it wont charge while open if it is below about 90%. I am doing the SMC reset as well as calibrating the battery now, so I will see if that helps out.
I am looking for any other assistance, advice, or anything else I can try. Also has anyone else had this problem.
Thanks in advance for any help