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  MacBook Pro battery John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-03-11 07:47 -0700
    Re: MacBook Pro battery Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-03-11 10:54 -0400
      Re: MacBook Pro battery John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-03-11 09:20 -0700
        Re: MacBook Pro battery Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-03-11 15:46 -0400

#70881 — MacBook Pro battery

Older MBP now will not fire up, and charger is showing green, but 
battery indicator will only pulse rapidly on first light emitter. 
(Battery was replaced several years ago.)

Battery also took a charge and worked all right for an older one just 
ten days ago, even showing all five lights as fully charged. Is there 
something that'll induce a charge? Someway to 'shock' it into working?

I'd rather not spend for a new battery, and one thought is that at a 
Genius Bar they'd pop in a working battery to see the state of affairs.

-- 
John McWilliams

I know that you believe you understood what you think I said, but I'm 
not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.

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#70882

In article <mdpkgm$kgs$1@dont-email.me>,
 John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> wrote:

> I'd rather not spend for a new battery, and one thought is that at a 
> Genius Bar they'd pop in a working battery to see the state of affairs.

You can get a new battery on ebay for 40 bux. No, it's not an official 
approved sanctified blessed and hallowed Apple battery, but mine's been 
running my MBP 4,1 for the last 2 years.
-- 
Where's the Vangelis music?
Pris' tongue is sticking out in in the wide shot after Batty has kissed her.
They have put back more tits into the Zhora dressing  room scene.
  -- notes for Blade Runner

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#70885

On 3/11/15   PDT 7:54 AM, Warren Oates wrote:
> In article <mdpkgm$kgs$1@dont-email.me>,
> John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> I'd rather not spend for a new battery, and one thought is that at a
>> Genius Bar they'd pop in a working battery to see the state of affairs.
>
> You can get a new battery on ebay for 40 bux. No, it's not an official
> approved sanctified blessed and hallowed Apple battery, but mine's been
> running my MBP 4,1 for the last 2 years.

Hah! Just came back from Amazon, where a single twenny did the trick, 
mit shipping. The vendor says I saved over $100. Buy ten more of those 
and I'm good for a thou!  :)

Still the curious in me is saying "Whaaaaaaat?".

Real Q: Don't these start up and run with just the power adaptor, 
battery out? IIRC they did. But my recaller is very rusty on that point.

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#70904

In article <mdppvj$eov$1@dont-email.me>,
 John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> wrote:

> Real Q: Don't these start up and run with just the power adaptor, 
> battery out? IIRC they did. But my recaller is very rusty on that point.

Yes. At least my MBP 4,1 works happily that way.
-- 
Where's the Vangelis music?
Pris' tongue is sticking out in in the wide shot after Batty has kissed her.
They have put back more tits into the Zhora dressing  room scene.
  -- notes for Blade Runner

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