Hello all
During Sep 2014, I noticed, on one day, that the Mac would not start. I discovered that the battery had swollen up. I removed the rear lid and disconnected the battery. I did not have the tri-wing screws so left the battery as such. I am also sure that after disconnecting the battery, the laptop charger glowed BRIGHT GREEN.
I am in India and some relation had brought an ANKER battery (from Amazon; it was rated higher than Apple's own battery) and twi-wing screw drivers from the US.
In Jan, I replaced the battery and upon powering the laptop I noticed the following :
a. The charger had a faint green light.
b. The battery was getting charged slowly.
Satisfied that I atleast had a fully-working laptop I did not use it for another 2 weeks.
I then realized that the laptop would not boot up if I connected the battery.
If I disconnect the batter from the battery pins, it would boot up, but with the faint green light.
So here are by doubts :
1. Is the battery defective ?
2. Why the faint green-light ? Does it need a DC-in board replacement ?
3. The laptop runs on half-the speed without a battery. Is this behavior caused by OS X or is it the way the hardware is designed ? I am willing to install Linux and live without the battery if the laptop runs on full CPU capacity.
My 8 year old Dell and 10-year old Thinkpad T40 are still soldiering on, so I am disappointed that the Mac is dying an early death.
Please advise. Thanks
P.S : Switching to the old swollen OEM battery does not help. The laptop won't boot. And without either battery the charger shows faint green light
