That is the strangest thing! So, I wonder if this is a known issue, and
what, if anything Apple plans to do to fix it. It's obvious then, that it's
not just my system.
Chris.
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From: "Melanie Clouser" <mclouser1...@gmail.com>
To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Monday, July 11, 2011 6:18 PM
Subject: Re: Weird problem with Macbook Charger
I've had exactly the same issues with my 13" Mac Pro that I bought only 4
months ago. On 2 separate occasions the adapter wouldn't charge my Mac.
During the first incident, only 3 weeks after the purchase, I just kept
unplugging the adapter from the Mac and used different electrical outlets.
Eventually it just started charging. I've never noticed my adapter getting
really hot until sometime just last week. I plugged it into another surge
protector ... after having spilled water onto the older surger protector ...
and for some reason the adapater I'm using now will cause the adapter to get
real hot. My nephew also reports that his adapter gets really, really hot
... like you said ... almost enough to cause a significant burn to the skin.
My nephew, however, has never experienced the issue with the adapter not
charging his unit.
On Jul 11, 2011, at 9:31 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote:
Hey guys.
We've got kind of a weird issue with my mid 2010 stocked white 13 inch
Macbook's charger. I wanted to see if any of you with any type of
Macbook, be it white or Pro, be it mid 2010 or not, have had this isue, as
it's somewhat concerning to me, especially, being I don't have the
extended Apple Care, and my 90 day complementary support is over. I'm
sorry, but right now, I cannot afford $250 for the added waranty. It's
going to be a booger enough just to pay the $29 for Lion, although yes,
that I am going to do no question. Anyway, not to veer off track,
basically, I've noticed something really weird. The strange thing is,
when Ben was down here visiting with me a few weeks ago, his macbook
charger did almost the same exact thing. Basicly, I'm noticing that my
transformer box on the charger is getting really really warm. I don't
just mean a little warm either. I mean, this sucker's cookin pretty good.
It's not hot enough to burn me by any means, but it's enough to where when
you touch it, you're going... parden the wording... "D***! that's hot!" I
don't smell any kind a wire burning or anything electrical that would be
off base. the magnetic end that goes in the computer is not warm in the
least. it's not cold, nor cool, it's just room temperature like normal.
It seems to be grabbing really really well when I put it up to the charger
port. I got to give it quite a little tug to get it out. I'll admit, I
lost the plastic cap that went over the thing. I'd not really think that
would matter too much though. I know quite a few people who threw their
cap away, and nothing bad has ever happened. Anyway, the other weird
thing is is the bottom of my macbook several times while Ben was down here
got really really warm. Ben, you probably could explain to everyone
better since you felt it, I didn't. Would you say it was pretty warm? I
don't think it was hot, was it? I know it was more than normal according
to what he said. I know the fan was not being covered to the best of my
knowledge. OK, yes, my table cloth was a bit wrinkled up, but not bad.
There is no even remote way crums could a gotten inside this thing, nor
liquid, as it's not even close to anywhere I eat or drink. Not even
remotely. The biggest concern is there have been a few times when after
being fully charged, I'd leave it plugged in just so I'd not lose battery
life, as I figured, why unplug it if I'm not needing to move around with
it? Anyhow, sometimes the stupid thing when I have had it unplugged,
charged or not, and plug the charger back into the macbook, will insist on
not charging. Often times, it won't even see that the charger is plugged
in, period. Now, here's the really! bazaar part in all this. If I unplug
the charger from the end going into the macbook, then wait about 5 or 10
seconds, then put it back up to the port, and let the magnet grab, and let
go, then I wait about 30 seconds or so, and go look up in the status bar
at the battery, guess what! Yup? You gottit! It's charging beautifully!
Is that not just totally? weird? Here's another weird thing, on Ben's
when he was down here, we had his system on that exact same power strip.
His system saw that the AC power was plugged in, but it wouldn't charge.
I finally had to turn off the system and do a PRam reset, and also while
off, hold the left shift, left control and power keys, and do an SMC
reset. The PRam reset did no good, however the SMC reset worked like a
charm! Once rebooted his system charged perfectly, and has ever since.
I've also done an SMC reset on mine, but in my case, it's still doing it
on occasions. The weird thing is I've tried on two different power
strips, one of which has a surge protector on it... that's the one I"m on
now. It's only done this maybe one time since on that strip. That one
time the battery died completely unknowingly, and when I came back to use
the thing, I had a time trying to get the thing to power back up. It
finally did though. It's been fine ever since. I will say since I've
taken the charger out to this strip/surge protector, it's not gotten warm
in the least, nor has the bottom of the macbook gotten even slightly warm.
It's cool as a cucumber. I've not noticed any odd behavior software wize
at all. no weird fan noise, no odd hd noise, no weird CD drive noise,
nothing. Quiet as can be. Perfectly normal. I'd do a hardware test, but
for one, I'm not sure how to exactly, and 2, I hear that isn't voiceover
friendly. I can't exactly send this thing back to Apple, nor can I afford
another charger. It's all I can do as said above to afford the Lion
upgrade, let alone the extended Apple plan forget about not service
coverage repairs. What do you all suggest we try, or do?
Has anyone else seen this? Why did it happen more oddly, with both my
macbook, and! when Ben's which both are stocked mid 2010 white 13 inches.
This is just totally whackid!
Chris.
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