Macbook 13 worked fine without a battery for months, suddenly no longer turns on
A couple years ago my friend gave me her old MacBook 13 computer. It was already old for her, so I'm not exactly the year it's from It has 10.6.8. Batteries for this MacBook and bootleg ones similar have a tendency of swelling, so I've had to buy a bootleg battery off Amazon and EBay a couple times. In April the battery had swelled up and I settled on just letting it run with out a battery so that I could save up to buy a better battery. It worked fine for five months, other than the obvious fact it had to remain plugged into the wall at all times and it was significantly slower. But it worked. Yesterday morning I booted up the laptop out of sleep mode and it went to my login screen and died. No warning, no systematic shut down, just black. This would usually only occur if it was unplugged from the wall, but everything was still plugged in. I checked the chord and it seems to be fully functional. I tried pressing the on button multiple times, it just wouldn't turn on. I left it plugged into the wall for about 2 hours and it miraculously started up with the start up noise and the grinding of the hard drive. I used it for the rest of the day for work, but then while typing up a document the same thing happened again, a shut down with no cause. I left it on the charger all night, hoping what happened before would happen again, but it's been over 12 hours and it's completely unresponsive. The adaptor is really hot and so is the part that is magnetic and attached to the computer itself.
I've ordered another bootleg battery, but it doesn't arrive for another two weeks. I have an online course at my university that I absolutely need access to my computer ASAP for. Is there anything I can do in the meantime, or is this purely a battery related issue that will be solved when my new battery arrives?
A hard drive really shouldn't make grinding noises. It's possible the hard drive has given up on you. Notebook hard drives typically last 3-5 years, though some may last longer.
If you're near an Apple store, I would highly recommend you make an appointment and bring it in for the techs to evaluate. Diagnosis is free and they can give you an estimate for the cost to repair it.
~Lyssa
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