I lump the battery/charging/keyboard/trackpad problem together because the symptoms ytpically have direct 1:1 association. My assumption is that Apple is too lazy to troubleshoot this (apparently - per google results) common problem. I have created cases for it, chatted with Apple online and at store, had the device tested at Apple Store 2x and submitted for fix. Battery "X" appears, charging function stops, no battery recognized, and sometimes the keyboard+trackpad locks up and requires external USB keyboard and mouse if the device is still running. Mine: mid-2011 Macbook Air (MBA) that has exhibited power/charging problems repeatedly for 3 years. I have read this thread:, however it is concluded that the problem in the thread was related to the battery which is not relavant to my problem, however as advised on the thread, I established the system report for my battery as shown:Īnyone able to advise on what is going on with my Macbook Air? Any help will be very much appreciated. My Macbook Air is now Mountain Lion 10.8.2 however my Macbook Air still requires the charger before it can turns on and the charger will always have the green "fully charged" light turned on.
I re-installed the OS, refreshed the system and update whatever that is required to be updated. I arrived to another conclusion is that my Macbook Air battery was alright and that my mother board could be at fault. Īssuming my battery was at fault and with the help of some contacts, I replaced my Macbook Air battery with another battery to understand that I had the same problem with the new battery. When the Macbook Air (with the charger attached) is on, the battery indicated a cross sign while my charger had a green "fully charged" light. When I attempt to turn it back on, it was not able to switch it on until I re-attached the charger. My Macbook Air battery was charged in full, I was using it when I detached the charger to have it shut off without any pre-empt warning.
This happened to my Macbook Air 3 weeks ago: