the pram may need to be reset. there should be a recessed reset button somewhere on the back of that machine. mind you, I am operating from the old powerbook instructions so it might not be correct.
you might also see if there is anyone in your area with the same model and see if their charger works. if it does, then your charger is dead. if not, then its something inside your MBP that needs to be reset or replaced. -Eric On Dec 26, 2010, at 11:22 AM, Dan Roy wrote: > This isn't Vo related, however, it is definitely Apple! This might be a bit > off-topic fir this list. However, this type of thing has come up before and > people have been willing to help. I hope, in this case, someone has an answer. > > Recently, there was a thread on battery maintenance, and, just like Apple > suggests, once a month, i leave the macbook pro on battery power until the > battery completely drains. Well, I have done this several times and no > issues. thursday night, I did the same as usual and left the macbook running > on battery power. I had it streaming something so it wouldn't go to sleep. > however, the only thing different this time was that I got busy the next day > and didn't come back to check it until yesterday morning. Well, of course, > as expected, it was totally dead. So, as usual, I plugged in the charger and > attempted to power up. The macbook wouldn't turn on at all. It acted like > it would if the battery was dead, but, the charger was powered on now! Well, > it was Christmas and I didn't have a great deal of time to mess with it. So, > I left the charger connected and went about my Christmas activities. I came > back to it last night, the same thing, totally dead. I removed the charger > and tried a different AC outlet with the vary same results. > > i checked things out with my sighted spouse, she said no charger light, > nothing at all. So, I have no idea what could have happened. i know, the > charger could have suddenly gone bad or any number of other things as well. > Before I fight the madness at the apple store, I wanted to check to see if > anyone here has ever experienced something like this and, if so, what if > anything did you try to solve the problem. > > Again, the MBp was working just fine until I ran the battery all the way > down. I have done this several times before. The only thing different was i > left it on long after the battery had gone dead. This shouldn't make any > difference because, usually, the MBP just shuts down when the battery power > is to low. > > Any ideas at all would be appreciated, thanks! > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
