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Swapped out my battery It will not charge. Tried a different charger with the same result. Reset PRAM & SMC, same result. Laptop runs fine on AC power. When first plugged in the power connector shows a green light and I get one LED flash on one of the LED’s that indicate charge level and then that LED is off. Any suggestions? Thanks The charger stays green
Review this Apple T/N Apple Portables: Troubleshooting MagSafe adapters Make sure you are using a real MagSafe charger OEM MagSafe Chargers vs Cheap Imposters: Teardown for Truth & Lacking safety features, cheap MacBook chargers create big sparks Your systems charging logic is damaged!
I have this same problem with my early ‘09 MacBook Pro 17" and new battery. Although it ran on the AC adapter fine, my 2+ year old battery was not charging, and the magsafe charge indicator never showed amber before, during or after boot up. After replacing the battery the problem persisted, even after resetting SMC and PRAM multiple times. The new battery has gradually gone from showing 100% to 0% charge., and the macOS status shows “battery is not charging”. Do you thing the after market battery is the issue? CoconutBattery Info MacBookPro5,2 \ Mfg 2009-2-23 \ OSX El Capitan Current Charge 46mAh Full Chg Cap 16500 mAh \ bar meter shows 0.3% Design Cap = 16000mAh \ bar meter shows 100% mfg date 2018-12-23 \ cycle count 80 macOS Batt status Good \ Batt temp 21.1 C Charging with 0 Watts \ Power Adapter Connected Battery Info: MFG Simplo \ Age 61days \ Load cycles 80 macOS batt stat Good \ Batt temp 21.1C Battery failure none \ Poweradapter 85Watts Thanks, MJ
