Okay, so initially my problem was that my Macbook Air wouldn't turn on. After reading many forums, the only solution that worked at all was resetting the PRAM. When I reset the PRAM, the computer turns on, but it won't stay on. Also, the battery has an X over it. So, every time I have to reset the PRAM again in order to keep it on for just a short amount of time. Not even thirty minutes. Again, it is a 2008 model of the Macbook Air.
2008 Macbook Air won't stay on.
- Thread starter teayanaa
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chas_m
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If the battery icon in the menubar has a X over it, that means one of only three possible things:
1. The battery is bad
2. Something is preventing the battery from making a proper connection to the rest of the computer (damaged connectors, sand, some other defect)
3. There is no battery in the notebook
So it's pretty easy to narrow down. With the machine turned off, inspect the connections; if they seem okay, it's almost certainly a bad battery.
You mention that it is a 2008 MBA; if that's the original battery, then I'd say it has gone bad right about the average time the original battery WOULD go bad, ie five years.
1. The battery is bad
2. Something is preventing the battery from making a proper connection to the rest of the computer (damaged connectors, sand, some other defect)
3. There is no battery in the notebook
So it's pretty easy to narrow down. With the machine turned off, inspect the connections; if they seem okay, it's almost certainly a bad battery.
You mention that it is a 2008 MBA; if that's the original battery, then I'd say it has gone bad right about the average time the original battery WOULD go bad, ie five years.
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