MacBook Pro Charger Light

the green light on the plug goes out. Re-plugging turns it back on, but why does it go off? Help says it should either be amber or green.
Robert Peirce wrote on :
Frequently, when my MacBook Pro is fully charged, the green light on the plug goes out. Re-plugging turns it back on, but why does it go off?
Help says it should either be amber or green. Could one of the connectors be oxidized and should I worry about this?
Robert Peirce replied on :

I just realized I should probably have posted to the portable group as well or maybe even instead.

In article <bob-C12D53.11060504052008@redacted.invalid[199.45.49.11]>, Robert Peirce bob@redacted.invalid wrote:

Frequently, when my MacBook Pro is fully charged, the green light on the plug goes out. Re-plugging turns it back on, but why does it go off?
Help says it should either be amber or green. Could one of the connectors be oxidized and should I worry about this?

Dolores Park replied on :

On Sun, 4 May 2008 15:06:02 UTC, Robert Peirce bob@redacted.invalid wrote:

Frequently, when my MacBook Pro is fully charged, the green light on the plug goes out. Re-plugging turns it back on, but why does it go off?
Help says it should either be amber or green. Could one of the connectors be oxidized and should I worry about this?

Reset the SMC.

Robert Peirce replied on :

In article brddYgxvE0gm-pn2-wPDq0BySCyNp@redacted.invalid, "Dolores Park" noone@redacted.invalid wrote:

On Sun, 4 May 2008 15:06:02 UTC, Robert Peirce bob@redacted.invalid wrote:

Frequently, when my MacBook Pro is fully charged, the green light on the plug goes out. Re-plugging turns it back on, but why does it go off?
Help says it should either be amber or green. Could one of the connectors be oxidized and should I worry about this?

Reset the SMC.

I typed "reset SMC" and just "SMC" into OS X Help and got back

No pages with your search words were found

I then "googled" "reset SMC" and got a reference to an Apple Support Article. Interesting.

Dolores Park replied on :

On Sun, 4 May 2008 20:45:57 UTC, Robert Peirce wrote:

In article brddYgxvE0gm-pn2-wPDq0BySCyNp@redacted.invalid, "Dolores Park" wrote:

On Sun, 4 May 2008 15:06:02 UTC, Robert Peirce wrote:

Frequently, when my MacBook Pro is fully charged, the green light on the plug goes out. Re-plugging turns it back on, but why does it go off?
Help says it should either be amber or green. Could one of the connectors be oxidized and should I worry about this?

Reset the SMC.

I typed "reset SMC" and just "SMC" into OS X Help and got back

No pages with your search words were found

I then "googled" "reset SMC" and got a reference to an Apple Support Article. Interesting.

This is the cure for many power & sleep issues. It may also resolve "missing" hardware problems (e.g. the system doesn't think it has an Airport card or firewire port).

RLM replied on :

On 2008-05-04, Robert Peirce bob@redacted.invalid wrote:

I just realized I should probably have posted to the portable group as well or maybe even instead.

In article <bob-C12D53.11060504052008@redacted.invalid[199.45.49.11]>, Robert Peirce bob@redacted.invalid wrote:

Frequently, when my MacBook Pro is fully charged, the green light on the plug goes out. Re-plugging turns it back on, but why does it go off?
Help says it should either be amber or green. Could one of the connectors be oxidized and should I worry about this?

I'm having the same problem, but it happens when I move the cable while charing. I guess it's some kind of wiring problem, but it charges fine.

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Florian Zschocke replied on :

RLM redlob+usenet@redacted.invalid schrieb:

valid> wrote:

Frequently, when my MacBook Pro is fully charged, the green light on the plug goes out. Re-plugging turns it back on, but why does it go off?
Help says it should either be amber or green. Could one of the connectors be oxidized and should I worry about this?

I'm having the same problem, but it happens when I move the cable while charing. I guess it's some kind of wiring problem, but it charges fine.

Me2.

Florian

Tom Harrington replied on :

In article slrng2icik.1a8o.redlob+usenet@redacted.invalid, RLM redlob+usenet@redacted.invalid wrote:

On 2008-05-04, Robert Peirce bob@redacted.invalid wrote:

I just realized I should probably have posted to the portable group as well or maybe even instead.

In article <bob-C12D53.11060504052008@redacted.invalid[199.45.49.11]>, Robert Peirce bob@redacted.invalid wrote:

Frequently, when my MacBook Pro is fully charged, the green light on the plug goes out. Re-plugging turns it back on, but why does it go off?
Help says it should either be amber or green. Could one of the connectors be oxidized and should I worry about this?

I'm having the same problem, but it happens when I move the cable while charing. I guess it's some kind of wiring problem, but it charges fine.

For what it's worth, the green light on my MBP's charger stopped working in 2006, soon after I got the computer. I guess it was under warranty but it worked fine, so I didn't bother getting it replaced. It still works, so unless there are other symptoms it's probably not significant.