After ~4 hours the battery was fully charged, I pulled the cord out and started my Macbook with ONLY the battery. Power cord in and pressed the area again just to make sure вЂ¦.and wohoo the light went orange instead of green. ДЄnyway, I plugged the connector back and this time made sure it was connected to the logic board. Remember at this point, this was a long shot and I only acted on my intuition. Was broken, but I decided to at least scrape the pins gently, in case of corrosion or dirt causing the pins not The last bit of his post he writes 'This next step is where the magic happens, I couldnвЂ™t find any damage on the connector nor anything indicating it And one thing i had never thought of is heat and humidity induced corrosion at the point the battery cable joins the main board - at that point just under the fn key. Well, i guess Iran can get hot and humid and cold and wet, like most other places. Green magsafe light, battery icon with an x through it, and unplugging the power adapter immediately resulted in the macbook turning off. Then he lifted his finger pressure from the point on the palmrest just below the fn key and all went dead again.

System profiler no longer claims battery not fitted, but battery fitted and charging. The top task bar no longer showed the battery icon with an x in it, but the percent charge. Apply finger pressure to that point, the magsafe connector went from green to oranage - it was charging. knowing where the battery sat beneath the keyboard, he tried pressing in various places on the keyboard. Seeing as this was a new fault on his machine, he started thinking independently. He tried the usual swaps - different battery, different power adapter - no luck either. One day, his macbook just refused to charge, run from or even recognize his battery. Then i stumbled an very interesting blog, written by a creative thinker in, i think, Iran. Like me, doing the usual resets produced no success either. The Apple forums lamented lapsed Apple Care coverage, and most blamed the batteries, even though some people had tried different batteries and different power adapters. So yesterday i started hunting on the net and came to the usual forums where the issue was discussed by not resolved. Trying the new DC in board in each one also produced failure. New battery, known good, not recognized by any of these three macbooks. ok, I thought, time to swap in another battery and to maybe have to drag out my spare DC in board.ДЄlas. However, I recently came into possession of 3 cheap A1181 macbooks, with the declared fault of 'runs fine off power adapter, but these macbooks do not recognise, charge or run from batteries.'. It applies to every one on the planet of any brand. No plug pack at all, of any kind, should be shut off from open air flow and should never be left on unattended. For kids, its wise i think to insist that the short power plug is fitted to the power adapter rather than the long power cord, even if only for bed time use. Always keep them in the open air, don't ever let them fall under the blankets when using the macbook in bed.

eg at the above suppliers websites.Дud magsafe power adapters. You can easily replace them yourself once you have practiced taking a dead A1181 macbook apart or follow the quides on the net. Cheap and really easy to replace from ebay, iFixit, Powerbook Medic or your favourite supplier. Cheap non genuine ones can be good, but vary it seems from batch to batch imo, half the price though).Дead DC in boards - the magsafe gizmo inside the macbook. Until very recently, I thought the main three issues which cause battery run and charge problems were:Дud batteries (which have circuitry inside them as well the lithium ion cells) (and genuine Apple batteries are superior for both these reasons.

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