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Apple Computing Products:
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85w magsafe charger goes on and off every few seconds?
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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 1599202" data-attributes="member: 56379"><p>It was mentioned in the first post that your old chargers cord was "starting to tear". To me…this means that it still works (you would just rather not use it). </p><p></p><p>What you want to do is…figure out if the source of the problem is the charger or the computer. I suggested earlier…try your old charger for a while to see if the problem you're experiencing occurs when using the old charger.</p><p></p><p>- If the problem continues to occur with the old charger…then the problem is with the computer.</p><p>- If the problem stops when using the old charger…then the new charger is the problem.</p><p></p><p>As you've already experienced/mentioned…you did get a few hours of what seemed to normal operation (after the SMC Reset) with the new charger. So this problem seems that it can take up to a few hours or more before it shows up. </p><p></p><p>So even if you test with your old charger…you're going to have to run the "test" at least a few hours before determining if the old charger solved the problem or not.</p><p></p><p>If you don't figure out whether the charger or the computer is the source of the problem…you could go thru 10 new chargers…and still have the problem. So don't rush out buying another charger…before doing some thorough testing with the old charger.</p><p></p><p>- Nick</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 1599202, member: 56379"] It was mentioned in the first post that your old chargers cord was "starting to tear". To me…this means that it still works (you would just rather not use it). What you want to do is…figure out if the source of the problem is the charger or the computer. I suggested earlier…try your old charger for a while to see if the problem you're experiencing occurs when using the old charger. - If the problem continues to occur with the old charger…then the problem is with the computer. - If the problem stops when using the old charger…then the new charger is the problem. As you've already experienced/mentioned…you did get a few hours of what seemed to normal operation (after the SMC Reset) with the new charger. So this problem seems that it can take up to a few hours or more before it shows up. So even if you test with your old charger…you're going to have to run the "test" at least a few hours before determining if the old charger solved the problem or not. If you don't figure out whether the charger or the computer is the source of the problem…you could go thru 10 new chargers…and still have the problem. So don't rush out buying another charger…before doing some thorough testing with the old charger. - Nick [/QUOTE]
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