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My battery seemed to be working fine; good, reasonably long lasting charge. Then yesterday, with the computer on, when I detached the AC adapter cord from the Macbook Pro, the computer immediately went dead off… lights out! I can reboot the laptop with the AC adapter attached, but the initial boot up screen showing the Apple logo is dark gray with the logo barely visible, and when fully booted the clock is no longer the correct time (an alert tells me to fix the clock time), and the battery icon in the uppermost top right screen bar shows an empty battery with an “X” in it. Click on the battery icon and it says “No Battery Available”. The attached AC adapter light glows a solid green, as if the battery were fully charged. My question at this point is; do I just need a new battery, or is there something else more sinister that’s gone awry that has to do with not being able to access the still-good battery?

Possibilities:

  1. Bad battery
  2. Bad pullup resistors on battery data line, R5280, R5281.
  3. U7000 pulling down battry data line.
  4. Bad BIL/BIL connector pulling down battery data line.
  5. Bad SMC. Start with #1. Or take it to Apple and tell them you have green and red lines running down the screen when you edit video and pray they replace the battery along with the board. 820-2915 boards qualify for out of warranty, free, extended repair program.

Hey guys, First of all, sorry for my poor English as I am from Hong Kong. I wish my answer can still help someone who is encountering the problem as above including myself. I had the exactly same issue as written above. Tried all means suggested by other people (reset SMC, changed new battery blah blah blah, I even replaced the logic board) but with NO success. Lucky enough, I have another identical Macbook Pro (A1286, 15" late 2011), so I can exchange parts to see where goes wrong. Eventually, it’s the problem of Battery Indicator Lights (on the left hand side of MBP). I replaced a new one and now, my battery is BACK. If you are not sure which part I am mentioning, it’s here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYi9NhyA… I wish this helps!

First things first: reset the SMC! You’ll need to look up the proper procedure for your model: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295 Then, for good measure, run all the standard upkeep tricks: Repair Permissions Verify disk Zap the PRAM

Have you found an solution to your problem? I have the same problem and getting a bit panicky. Thanks!

The problem I was having turned out to be I had a bad battery after all. Luckily I was told by Apple repair that I was covered by Apple’s extended warranty, and my new battery replacement was free.

Try this Shift button + control button+ Option + power button. Then on the computer normally