Battery at 0%, 0amp and charger always green.
I have a week 22 Macbook in black and it started shutting off when the power hit 20% or so with no warning. Now it won't charge at all and the green light on charger never turns amber. It worked fine the first several weeks and this all started about a week ago. It is my first Mac and I really like it but from some of these posts it sounds like it is a big issue and I'll need to send it in...How does one even do that? The website is a bit vague as to how to address problems that aren't easily resolved. I did get the extended applecare fortunately!
Battery Installed: Yes
First low level warning: No
Full Charge Capacity (mAh): 1300
Remaining Capacity (mAh): 1
Amperage (mA): 0
Voltage (mV): 11353
Cycle Count: 46
AC Charger Information:
Connected: Yes
Charging: No
I did everything listed on that page and it still doesn't work. I tried these three steps and everything listed under the bottom paragraph about macbooks as follows from the article you quoted.........
" Force Quit (Option-Command-Escape)
Restart (Control-Command-Power)
Force Shut Down (press the power button for 10 seconds)
Only perform a PMU reset on the computer if none of the above steps resolved the situation. If this is the case, see below for instructions on locating the reset button or key combination for your model of MacBook or MacBook Pro. If your computer is earlier than the models listed here, see "Resetting PowerBook and iBook Power Management Unit (PMU)" or "PowerBook: Resetting Power Management Unit (PMU)".
MacBook, MacBook Pro
If the computer is on, turn it off.
Disconnect the AC Adapter and remove the computer's battery.
Press and hold down the power button for 5 seconds and then release the button.
Reconnect the battery and AC Adapter.
Press the Power button to restart the computer."
Is this what is meant by a PMU reset? Still unclear if I did it or not, and still nothing. I will remove the battery and let it stay out for a day? then try the whole thing again. It was at 9% then I took the ac plug out for just a second and it jumped to 0%. and there it sits... I think I need more than "luck"!
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