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Hi there,
Here is the background info; I have a MacBook Pro (5,5) mid-2009 and I recently replaced the hard drive with a 750GB Seagate Momentus XT. I backed up my existing hard drive by booting using my install DVD and using Disk Utility to back up my the contents of my hard drive as a DMG file onto an external USB hard drive. I then replaced the hard drive with my new Momentus XT drive (disconnecting and reconnecting the battery from the logic board in the process) restored from my DMG back up to my new HD.
The problem is that now the battery isn't detected whatsoever, but the laptop functions perfectly when plugged in. Here are the actions I have taken already:
- Resetting the PRAM (no result)
- Resetting the SMC (no result)
- Swapping my old hard drive back in, with it's original contents (no result)
I thought I had somehow broken the battery (or the battery's connection to the logic board.) However, today I accidentally kicked (yea, kicked) my adapter out of the wall socket. I plugged it back in, hit the power button, and it was like my laptop had woken from sleep. So it clearly managed to use the battery to put itself to sleep. I flicked off the power again while using my laptop to make sure and this time it was like it woke from hibernation (like the the laptop runs out of battery and writes the RAM to the HD.)
I'm stumped.
If you have gotten this far, thank you for taking the time! I would like to hear what you think.
Thanks!
Here is the background info; I have a MacBook Pro (5,5) mid-2009 and I recently replaced the hard drive with a 750GB Seagate Momentus XT. I backed up my existing hard drive by booting using my install DVD and using Disk Utility to back up my the contents of my hard drive as a DMG file onto an external USB hard drive. I then replaced the hard drive with my new Momentus XT drive (disconnecting and reconnecting the battery from the logic board in the process) restored from my DMG back up to my new HD.
The problem is that now the battery isn't detected whatsoever, but the laptop functions perfectly when plugged in. Here are the actions I have taken already:
- Resetting the PRAM (no result)
- Resetting the SMC (no result)
- Swapping my old hard drive back in, with it's original contents (no result)
I thought I had somehow broken the battery (or the battery's connection to the logic board.) However, today I accidentally kicked (yea, kicked) my adapter out of the wall socket. I plugged it back in, hit the power button, and it was like my laptop had woken from sleep. So it clearly managed to use the battery to put itself to sleep. I flicked off the power again while using my laptop to make sure and this time it was like it woke from hibernation (like the the laptop runs out of battery and writes the RAM to the HD.)
I'm stumped.
If you have gotten this far, thank you for taking the time! I would like to hear what you think.
Thanks!