[DM-MUG] spare Macbook battery?

[Keith Isley]

I've been inside the MacBook. It appears some water got in near the USB port
and shorted out the battery connector. The USB port was nonfunctional for a
while, but it's functioning now (fingers crossed). The old battery connector
was (IMO) clearly fried; there were burn marks near the connector to the
motherboard. I replaced it. I won't know whether the motherboard connector
is damaged, however, until I try to charge a known good battery.
Jeremy, thanks for your offer. I'll bring Sharon's Macbook on Tuesday and
we'll pop a battery in and see. Shouldn't take more than five minutes.

KAI



On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 1:45 PM, Matthew Nuzum <newz at bearfruit.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 1:19 PM, Jon Thompson <jon at mac-consultant.com>wrote:
>
>> Sounds to me like the macbook has been sitting in a puddle. I have
>> seen two macbooks that run fine, just as long as you don't use the
>> battery that were the result of water below the unit. It is not the
>> battery, it is the logic board, as I have done the same test.
>>
>>
> But that's not 100% certain. I've seen other computers indicate the same
> problem from a failed battery. There's some circuitry inside the battery
> that can fail for numerous reasons and cause this.
>
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