My battery won't charge anymore
Hello,
Few months ago, I opened my system for cleanup, especially the fan since it gathered a lot of dust. Obviously I unplugged the battery to avoid any electrical damage during the process.
After finishing the cleanup (taking out the fan, cleaning it by taking it apart and putting it back on). The battery isn’t detected anymore. When I plug the MagSafe charger in (original MagSafe), the MagSafe LED turns on, but only Green.
After trying to unplug and plug the battery again, SMC & NVRAM resets, I just gave up and thought I needed a new battery after all, because mine was over a 1000 cycles anyways.
I got my new battery few days ago, and upon plugging it, the same problem remains. The MagSafe charger indicator LED never turns Amber, just Green. The battery indicator on the side of the computer don’t turn on (I’ve unplugged it since, but left it on the computer). I tried the different resets cited above, cleaned the motherboard with a toothbrush and alcohol , cleaned the charging port but in vain.
The only change now is that when I go to energy saving settings, the computer shows that battery is charged at 0%.
I can’t even get the icon on the status bar as the option un-checks automatically whenever I do.
Any suggestions would be welcome!
Update (10/04/2018)
Hi @ajcooke01 ,
I did a coconut battery test, and .. well results are rather surprising, here's a screen
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How did you clean the dust build up inside? Did you use a can of can’ed air or use a vacuum?
Dan 의
Hi, i didn't really clean in depth the motherboard, i just used a dry microfiber cloth , rubbing gently dirty places. For the fan, after taking it out , i tore it appart to clean it from the inside and used the microfiber cloth, and a tooth brush. No vaccums nor can'ed air were used.
Marouane Zoubdane 의
Micro-cloths can snag the small SMT components on the logic board so it's not something I would have use here. Vacuums can create a static discharge which can zap your delicate electronics so that too is not good.
The best thing is to use a soft paint brush and a can of can'ed air. Here we can us the brush to loosen the dust and dirt for the parts using care and then using the can'ed air to blow the stuff away in short bursts. You can also use compressed air just be careful it does not have oil in the air stream (get a good air filter and make sure its clean).
Dan 의
@marouanezou - Where did you buy the battery?
Dan 의
Hi Dan, i Bought the battery on Aliexpress since it was the only place that would ship it at a reasonable price to my country. Amazon and Ifixit doesnt ship to my country, et i couldn't find anything locally
Marouane Zoubdane 의
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