Battery won't charge, 11 months old

My battery won't charge and I've only had it for 11 months. Does anyone know what the problem could be or if Apple has a warrenty on it. I've really enjoyed MAC; however, after this I'm not sure about purchasing their new powerbook.

If the battery is defective, it should be covered under the one year warranty.
Did you try resetting the power manager?
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=14449

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TS1373 I have a 1st generation Nano, and I have a sad iPod icon, and it seems like my battery won't charge either. I guess it's too old. Anyway if I buy a new iPod will I be able to transfer my songs and playlists to the new one easily?

I have a older Nano, I think I got it in 2004 or 2005 and I have a sad iPod icon, and it seems like my battery won't charge, the low battery icon appears but never seems to do anything. If I buy a new iPod will I be able to transfer my songs and playlists to the new one easily? Thanks.

If you are using automatic syncing to load the iPod, all songs on the iPod are in your iTunes music library. So, you won't need to transfer anything from the old nano. Just sync the new iPod from your iTunes library the same way.
If you use the Manually manage music setting, AND there are songs on the iPod that are not in your iTunes music library, you will need to off-load songs to your computer first. You cannot transfer song files from iPod to computer using iTunes (except for songs purchased from the iTunes Store). However, there are third-party methods and utilities that can transfer from iPod to computer. If you do a Google search on something like "ipod transfer" you should get some links.
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I downloaded Coconut Battery and it shows that my battery is 31 months old and has 609 cycles on it. That is a lot, I know and it is probably time for a new battery, this point I won't argue. However, it shows the current battery capacity is 2857 mAh of 4200 (68%). But the current battery charge is 0%.
It lists the AC adapter is plugged in but says that the battery is NOT currently charging. So if it has 68% of its life left, why won't it charge at all? I have read many other posts and whenever someone says the battery won't charge, the advice is to condition the battery. But, I can't condition it if it won't charge. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

There are several reasons that a battery that won't charge. You can isolate the defective module be swapping modules:
- external power adapter
- battery
If replacing those don't work, it's probably the internal power supply.

Battery won't charge, adapter shows green

My battery won't charge. The adapter light shows green. The System Profiler says:
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Remaining capacity (mAh): 0
AC Adapter cannot charge battery: Yes
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Connected: Yes
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This started suddenly, as it was working fine yesterday. Overnight the battery ran down all the way. I reset the PMU, but no change. This is a replacement Apple battery now about 2 months old. The adapter works fine, as it works on my other laptop. I used a different adapter, just to make sure, but it didn't work either. So, it's not the adapter. The menu bar shows the battery symbol with a plug inside it with "calculating" constantly showing beside it. Is the problem with my battery or some more serious hardware problem? Thanks for any help.

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Battery won't charge - coconut says 0% BUT I know that there is charge in the battery because I opened it, located the terminals and applied a slow charge (12.2 Vm current limited at ~ 250-300 ma overnight and now battery open circuit voltage is and holds at 12.2-11.1 volts. Power adapter shows green. Machine goes to sleep if pull power adaptor.
BUT the internal charge monitoring circuit in the battery pack needs to be reset/reinitialized.
Tried to reset pmu, pram, nvram to no avail icon in upper right shows 0%
No help
Any source of info on how or what I'd need to do this?
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Hope John Mitchell doesn't mind if I piggyback on his thread.
I just noticed a similar problem on my Powerbook G4 12". It's more than 3 years old and I recently installed Leopard. I pretty much leave it plugged in most of the time; in fact, I think it's been a few months since I used the battery.
Anyway, the AC adaptor light stays green but the battery won't charge. I tried taking out the battery and putting it back, unplugging the adaptor for 60 seconds, checking the adaptor and "duckhead" plug and resetting the PMU. None of them have made a difference.
Curiously, I keep getting a message on restart that says my internal clock is set to prior than Mar., 2001 but when I went to Sys. Prefs, that wasn't the case.
Also, a couple of times, such as right after resetting the PMU, the orange light came on before I restarted but then it went to green and the battery won't charge.
Is my battery just old and I need to get a new one?

My battery won't charge

My battery won't charge as if i see the logo with the battery and the ligtning inside.
It said that it charge but in reality it doesN't charge.
My battery bar is always at the same place and if i use it and charge it again, the battery bar would be at the same place that the last time i use it
IF you can help me DO IT PLZ!!!!!!!!!

Probably a good idea to make a new topic, since you don't have an iPod nano at all, and that's what this board is for. And yes, it's possible that a 13 month old iPod could have a bad battery.
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Because it says invalid. Apparently, they forgot to put a "it must start with 6N"
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Identifying your battery
The affected batteries have model number A1175 and a 12-digit serial number that begins with 6N and ends with U7SA, U7SB or U7SC. To view the model and serial numbers located on the bottom of the battery, you must remove the battery from the computer. The battery serial number is located above the barcode. See photos below. Only batteries within the noted serial number ranges need to be exchanged.
Edit, it says:
One or more of your serial numbers didn't validate.
Please check the serial number and try again. Or, in the United States, call 800-275-2273 between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. PST for further assistance. For other countries, please use our contact page to find the appropriate support number.
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Battery won't charge, but will run on the adapter power.

I've had my MBP for about a month now. The problem I've had for the past few days is that the computer will work completely fine when it's plugged in, however the battery won't charge. Once the adapter gets removed, I get the popup that tells me that I'm on reserve battery power. When I click on the battery icon at the top right of the screen, it tells me that the battery is not charging, but it also tells me that the power source is the power adapter.

You need to take it to an Apple store or AASP and have them run a diagnostic on your battery and power adapter. If either is bad they will replace them, and if it's not the battery or power adapter, then it's probably the logic board.

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Recently, I decided that I would start using my Lombard again out of the house. It works fine on the AC adapter.
First thing I did was replace the small PRAM battery. Then I noticed my old batteries would not charge(they were both over 5 years old). So I reset everything, all the usual stuff. Nothing.
So I bite the bullet a go buy and new battery. It wont charge in OS X or 9.
I rebooted(reset PRAM) several times. Switched to OS 9 and used the Battery Reset application. No luck. I guess this is a common condition of our old Lombards.
JPL mentions in a previous post that there are 4 cards that affect battery charging.
Elizabeth English, "G3 laptop battery won't charge up", 07:01pm Oct 27, 2005 CDT
charge card
PMU board
power supply card
logic board
Has anyone replaced any of these (except the logic board)? I am curious as to ball park prices. I dont think the logic board replacement price could be justified. But if the other cards are reasonable maybe.
I am really thinking that it may be time for a new Powerbook.

Hi JPL,
Thanks for getting back to me so quickly.
The machine does recognize that there is a battery(in both bays). I have tried a few battery measurement apps(x-charge and capacity meter) and they both see the battery. But they both say that the battery is not charging. Also no X in the menu bar.
It had a tiny bit of charge when I bought it. (as indicated by the lights on the side). Butt wont run the Lombard not even for a second.
I should clarify "storage" situation. I had been using the Lombard every so often but on AC only. Because the other 2 batteries had died and I assumed they just died because of the natural life that all batteries have. It is possible that the charging issue has was there before. I wasn't sure that I wanted to invest anything more into the Lombard so I had waited to buy a new battery.
It is possible that it is defective. It is an Apple M7318 battery. I had been told by a few other dealers that these batteries were no longer available and they could order in a 3rd party battery. So when I found a dealer with an Apple battery I went right down and bought it. They are a reputable dealer.
I even asked the guy a few times. Is it new? And he said yes.
Unfortunately I don't know anyone with a Lombard or Pismo any more.
One final note.
Capacity Meter "tells" me that the battery condition is very poor. And that capcity is 0/4600. I assume that means milliAmps. Does that mean the battry is dead?
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I recently installed Arch on my R61 Thinkpad. I did not have any problem I couldn't solve until today when I noticed that my battery won't charge anymore.
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the adapter light stay orange but the charge stay to 0%,
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-i've ordered a new Apple battery but no charging allowed,
it stay to 40% pre-charge when sector plugged or decrease the charge with only battery
the powerbook works with battery only or sector only, but charging the battery simply doesn't works.
-i've checked the charger, it works
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=32155-fr
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Welcome to the Apple discussions.
Sorry to hear about your battery issue. When a battery appears to be failing, typically either the battery is bad or the logic board is misbehaving. You have a new battery and that didn't change the symptoms, you've determined the power supply is functional, and you've run the Apple hardware test from your OS X DVD and found nothing (the Apple hardware test tests the logic board). Do you know anyone with Applecare who has the TechTools Deluxe CD, that you could borrow to also test the logic board?
I don't expect this will fix it, however, you can also reset your PRAM/NVRAM by following the directions at http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=2238.
It sounds like you need to take your system to an Apple store for analysis.

The iPod touch 5 battery won't charge, the iPod battery gets hot and doesn't turn on... What is wrong? Can photos and data be retrieved?

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