Charging light dim
Suddenly my charging light is dim when charging or fully charged. The Batt. charges fine but sometimes the charge light is bright or dim you never know what your going to get. Anyone else have this problem?
Macbook Pro
For Power related issues Reset SMC.
Reset SMC.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
Choose the method for:
"Resetting SMC on portables with a battery you should not remove on your own".
MagSafe Adapters
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1713
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Macbook Pro 2010 - Charger light, Dim green.
Hey there Fruit Geniuses.
My current situation is that of my Macbook Pro 2010 not getting a charge from my Magsafe after the laptop fell connected on to the charge corner from maybe 1/2 meter to a carpet floor.
The chargers light on the L keeps a green DIM light, and my laptop doesnt not recognise the charger at all.
The charger itself is about a year and 3 months old as my previous got the freid wires last time.that,
What im wondering is, is it my charger thats went bust ( and should a third party replacement ) be okay thing to buy.
Or is my DC inboard went funny. As i can replace this as iv tore my macs logic board out before all pretty easy to me.
(macbook still worked after before its battery died completely as i turned it back on to make sure my reconnecting of the board worked.)
but since then it has no power, Kapoot.SO, do i order a new DC inboard connection, But a third party charger as £70 AGAIN im not willing.Yeah been trying to find someone with a macbook and charger to test out for a week or two now to try eliminate which it is, so i know which to buy. Both to me are as easy as one another but just so i dont go buying one when its the other.
Hopeufully someone soon will have one, Fingers crossed.
Thank, Ogel. -
What makes the Magsafe charging light remain dim (VERY PALE GREEN)?
It is mentioned in threads going back to 2006 so the Magsafe charge indicator clearly has a *PALE GREEN* state -- in addition to amber, (bright) green, and off. Does anybody know what that *PALE GREEN* is supposed to indicate?
I can't get to an Apple Store so I need to MacGyver a short-term solution for this pale green light that comes with the following symptoms:
The 2 month-old battery in my 2 year-old MBP stopped charging.
The laptop runs off the battery as normal wen unplugged.
When Magsafe is connected it runs off the adapter, but:
-- battery life doesn't increase;
-- the menu icon says "Calculating" (hour after hour);
-- none of the 5 charging lights on the battery come on;
-- the charging light on Magsafe remains a very dim green ... so pale, in fact, that I thought it was OFF until nightfall.
I have followed all the advice found in the forum so far:
-- reset the SMC and PRAM;
-- cleaned the magsafe port and plug;
-- tested the pin springs;
-- unplugged the magsafe from the wall socket for 60 seconds;
-- removed/reseated the battery;
-- tested the socket with another appliance
How can I get the (bright) lights back?Does anybody know what that PALE GREEN is supposed to indicate?
It indicates a hardware problem of some sort. Most likely a bad power adapter. Less likely, but still possible, a bad left I/O board, and even less likely, but remotely possible, a bad logic board.
Unfortunately, there's no "MacGyver-ish short-term solution", unless you can somehow build yourself a new AC adapter with paperclips and chewing gum. Barring that, you'll need to call AppleCare if you can't get to an Apple Store.
Wish I had better news, but you did a great job of trying all the relevant troubleshooting steps.
Hope this helps... -
Macbook Pro power issues; Dim charging light, limited power.
So I'm having some serious concerning issues with my 15" MBP while connected to AC power. Recently my AC adapter gave out so I bought a replacement on ebay. While waiting for it to arrive I used a borrowed a 65W charger to charge between uses, which as I understand should not be an issue especially when only charging. At some point the charge light on the 65W began showing only a very dim green. It still worked fine on the Macbook.
Upon receiving my new adapter and plugging it in, I observed the dim light again and decided to try and see what was going on. The system profiler registered a charger present but not charging, but the battery seemed to charge regardless. When using the computer on AC power, battery life would decrease slowly and it would eventually fall into sleep mode when the battery hit zero. Something that seemed to be accelerating from what I imagine to be the battery on its last legs as it had been giving a "Service battery" warning for a few months before this. Eventually the computer began to shut down and attempt to restart immediately on startup with the battery, and operated on AC only, without the battery, as long as I didn't use any applications that demanded high performance from the CPU.
I have tried resetting the PRAM and SMC with no avail.
Well, I just received a new battery in the mail (not that I expect it to fix the main issue), and I'm hesitant to try to charge it.
Basically, what I'm wondering is should I be worried about damaging the new battery with what seems likely to be a damaged charging circuit?
Also, from what I gather, this problem is usually related to the left I/O board where the magsafe and charging circuit is.
Is there any way to determine where the fault is for sure before I go buying replacement parts? My hope right now is that it is in fact the I/O board and not the logic board because of the cost of a new logic board and the fact that I could easily replace the I/O myself.
Any insight at all is greatly appreciated.
Message was edited by: Eiichi133
Message was edited by: Eiichi133Here's a link for troubleshooting the power adaptor:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1713
Also check for any debris in the power port which may be keeping the adaptor from making good contact.
It's always possible the power adaptor from EBay is faulty. You need to try a known good on, like a working one that a friend has or one at the Apple Store.
Is the new battery a genuine Apple battery or a third party battery. Third party batteries can be difficult to get working. I have one from OWC that's like that--it takes its time to begin charging instead of starting to charge in a second or two.
The best way to troubleshoot all this is to try a known good battery and a known good power adaptor. Your new ones are still in unknown condition. If you have a friend with the same Mac who has known good battery and power adaptor, you can try those in your Mac--and yours in the other Mac, and narrow down the possibilities.
If the Mac fails to charge even with a known good battery and power adaptor, there's a good chance that the I/O Board is bad. But I don't know of a definitive test that would tell you for sure.
Good luck! -
My MacBook Pro is not switching on and my charging light is very dim green
Hey ! My MacBook Pro is not switching on. I was trying to charge my iPhone through the lead attached to the MacBook. I suppose the iPhone charging lead might not be a original. Hence it kept saying that this accessory will not work. So I took it out. As soon as I did that my mac switched off and it would not switch on again. The charger light went really dim green. It usable is more brighter. I've waited for a while. It's not switching on. I was trying to do smc reset but I suppose if I'm doing it right it's not working. I was reading online and I didn't find much help. I live in Pakistan so I can't go to apple store. Please tell me a solution !!?
Reset SMC. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
Choose the method for:
"Resetting SMC on portables with a battery you should not remove on your own". -
My 13.3" macbook pro will not power up.The battery indicator light does not come on.The Mag safe charging light flickers green and red dimly.I had a cell phone connected to the USB port.
This didn't work for me, so I did a bit of searching and TONS of pages later in google, I found an answer. Here are the steps for people who also were in my situation:
1. Take off bottom case
2. Unplug battery - blurry image here: http://i.ytimg.com/vi/03cC79r5Dx4/0.jpg
3. Press and hold power button for 5 seconds
4. Plug a charger in, and it should start booting up
5. After shutting down again, reconnect the battery and close the case up
6. It works! (hopefully, if you guys had the same situation I did) -
My Macbook turned off on it's own, charger light is very dim
Hey everyone:
After plugging in my Galaxy S3 to my MacBook, it shut itself off at 90%, and now won't turn on. When any charger is plugged in, the charge light is an extremely dim green. What should I do? Thank you in advance.Hello brainy cat
Take a look at the troubleshooting in the article below for issues with your Mac not powering on. See if you can get access with a different charger to test and also try to reset the SMC.
Troubleshooting: My computer won't turn on
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1367
Regards,
-Norm G. -
My mac was working and charging fine yesterday. I woke up this morning and it would not turn on or charge. When I plug in any charger the charge light is a faint dim green. I dont know what to do.
Keep it plugged in for couple of hours.
You may have to take the computer to the Apple store to have it checked.
Best. -
When I start my macbook pro 2012 intel 15inch, the fans run at full speed, the charger light is a dim green, my keyboard writes in weird symbols and the battery has an X in it. All the ports work and so does the trac pad so when i usb a keyboard it works but still types in the symbols. The language is set to English but my computer also shuts off after about 5min of being logged in. I do not think it is a board issue because my ports work and so does the keyboard and trac pad. It has to be software but I cannot reset it. What should I do?
My warranty expired 4 days ago...Hello Cassie Holowach,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
I'd like you to please reset the SMC on your Mac by following the steps in the article below.
Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)
Take care,
Alex H. -
My MBP won't turn on. The charger light goes green but then dims out before it goes out again
My MBP suddenly stopped working when I came back to it. I tried charging it with a couple of different chargers and different sockets. The charger light turns green but then slowly dims down before it turns off.
I tried all key combinations for starting up - holding the power key for long, Cmd+Opt+P+R with power button, Cmd+R with power button, but none of them work. The laptop won't turn on.
What could be wrong?If you are still under warranty call Apple Care. Make sure you get a case number as all repairs have an additional 90 days of warranty.
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701 screen backlight and charge light brightness
Good day all, I would like to know if there is any way to get the backlight and the battery charging light to turn off. I leave my phone charging at night but the battery charging light (the light next to the USB jack) is way too bright. I have found no way to turn it off. Also with the phone screensaver on, the screen is still fairly bright also and apart from tunring off the screensaver is there another way to dim the backlight? Thanks!
LuSJK
To turn off the breathing light ( It will be on while charging )
Settings > Phone > Notifiation lights > Standby breathing light > On/Off
To reduce brightness
Phone > Display > Brightness. Drag the sider to zero.
Light time out > 5 seconds
Use a dark wall paper
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MacBook Pro won't power up. No charger light
I have a late 2011 MacBook Pro 15" with 2.4Ghz i7 w/ OSX 10.8.4
I did an Apple software update today. It included updates to iTunes and i think a Thunderbolt update also. It requested a system restart so I went ahead and restarted it and left the room. When I came back in about 10 minutes later it was powered off. I tried to start it back up but it won't do anything. The light on the charger wasn't on either. I tried another socket and another charger and same thing. Before the update I had a full charge on the battery and the charger was lit up so I'm pretty sure its not an issue with the charger or battery. Tonight I looked at it again and noticed that the charger light is on its just very dim where you can berely see it.
Has anyone seen this issue before? I have seen a few other posts similar but none where everything just died all at once. My warranty is out so I'm trying to find a way to repair it myself if possible. I use this laptop to do alot of video editing so it gets pretty hot at times. Hopefully its not damaged beyond repair. I have alot of PC repair experience but I've never messed with a Mac other than upgrading RAM.
Thanks in advance for any responses.Thanks for your quick response.
I probably should have mentioned this before but I just got it back from repair about a month ago. I had a problem with one of the USB ports not working sometimes. They replaced the logic board and both RAM sticks. I will try the SMC reset when I get home in the morning. I bought it refurbished from Apple and the warranty just ran out about 2 weeks ago so hopefully the SMC reset will do something.
I did try removing the battery connector today for about 10 minutes but that didn't have any affect.
Thanks again for your help. -
Dual Monitor + Lights Dim/Lights Out
Forgive me if this has already been discussed:
I have 3 monitors, two high resolution main monitors and a 21" Cintiq.
(My normal mode is to open PS on the Cintiq, put all menus on one of the high res monitors and use the other high res monitor for a larger view of the edits that are being made on the Cintiq.)
Lightroom is single monitor, and I can live with that for now but there is one feature - Lights Dim mode and Lights Out mode - that just plain does not work if I want to use the other monitors to open any other application. The monitors without Lightroom are also dimmed or blacked out, so the other application becomes useless.
Here's an example: If I'm running Lightroom on monitor 1 while also viewing one of the Luminous Landscape Lightroom Tutorials on monitor 2 I can't use the Lights Dim mode or Lights Out mode - it dims or blacks the video. Ouch! (Maybe there's a preference setting I haven't found yet?)I don't think this is a bug. The whole point of the "Lights Out" feature is
to minimize and remove distractions while you are evaluating your images for
color, color casts and exposure. So, I am going to guess that Adobe feels
the other screens to also be a distraction. They could be right. However,
given that I figure a good number of people may not feel that way
(sometimes, not all of the time I am that way. Three monitors here by the
way) needs to add a preference setting that lets you decide which monitors
go "Lights Out" similar to the slide show playback monitor selection option.
Robert -
My mac randomly turned off last night had some trouble with an uncertified usb cable that I was trying to charge my iphone 5S with but it came up with that message of not being able to charge with this accessory or something so i plugged it into my mac thinking it was my plug to charge my phone then like 5 mins later my mac just randomly turns off and it did have like 90% batt but i still plugged it back in thinking it was just being wierd but then i pressed the power button after it being plugged into my mac and it wouldnt even turn on no fan starts or anything and now the colour of the charger light is very faint and is almost flickering between green and amber, please help me out I dont want to pay loads of money for something that I might be able to fix?!?!?!
I actually just fixed it. Here is what to do;
1. Unplug everything from your computer.
2. Take off the bottom of your MacBook / Pro / Air. (There are usually 3 screws that are longer than the rest near the vent, remember where they go.)
3. Carefully unplug the battery from the logic board.
4. Wait 10 seconds.
5. Plug the battery back into the logic board.
6. Put the bottom cover back on.
7. Reboot the computer holding the "Option" key.
It's not exactly what I did but it should work. If it doesn't work, what I really did was unplug the battery and then plugged my charger into the computer, the fans started spinning and then it shut off again. Then I plugged the battery back in, put the bottom on (with no screws), and tried booting up again. The Apple chime played and then the computer shut off. So I tried booting again holding the "Option" key and it booted up like normal. I then restarted my computer to make sure it is back to normal and it is.
Wow what a relief. I was really scared there for a minute.
*And for everyones information I was using a Belkin USB cable but it had never done that before. -
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if my e7 discharges till its battry empty it drives me crazy,when you connect the charger it flashes for seconds then displays the big NOKIA then the charging light becomes solid and when it finishes displaying the dots on the screen the charging light dies and it gives you the battry low sound.it then just displays the battry icon until you remove the charger.i use a nokia data cable.pliz help
Firstly use original AC-10 type or compatible charger. Then if issue goes on please send your phone nearest Nokia Care Point.
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