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Mid-2009 13 inch MacBookPro 5,5 doesn't like new ANKER battery. Faint Green light
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<blockquote data-quote="rapperswil" data-source="post: 1642522" data-attributes="member: 105864"><p>Hello all</p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>In Jan, I replaced the battery and upon powering the laptop I noticed the following :</p><p>a. The charger had a faint green light.</p><p>b. The battery was getting charged slowly.</p><p></p><p>Satisfied that I atleast had a fully-working laptop I did not use it for another 2 weeks. </p><p></p><p>I then realized that the laptop would not boot up if I connected the battery.</p><p></p><p>If I disconnect the batter from the battery pins, it would boot up, but with the <strong><span style="color: DarkGreen">faint green light.</span></strong></p><p></p><p>So here are by doubts :</p><p>1. Is the battery defective ?</p><p>2. Why the faint green-light ? Does it need a DC-in board replacement ?</p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>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. </p><p></p><p>Please advise. Thanks</p><p></p><p>P.S : Switching to the old swollen OEM battery does not help. The laptop won't boot. And without either battery the charger shows <strong><span style="color: DarkGreen">faint green light</span></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rapperswil, post: 1642522, member: 105864"] 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 [B][COLOR="DarkGreen"]faint green light.[/COLOR][/B] 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 [B][COLOR="DarkGreen"]faint green light[/COLOR][/B] [/QUOTE]
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