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Re: 2013 MacBook Air not charging - has new battery, good charger, SMC reset, etc - Sarcany - 04-06-2021
hal wrote:
[quote=Sarcany]
I went through 3 cheap Amazon MBA 2013 batteries before I got one that took a charge. Three different sellers. One of them worked for a day before it stopped charging.
Interesting side-note: I took screenshots from the System Information panel and each one of them reported the same exact max charge, the same serial number and the same firmware.
I don't know about amz, but big time sellers on ebay often splinter into a dozen or more accounts all selling the same stuff, but in different ways.
I was thinking that they all sourced the same chip or burnt their chips with the same code that faked being an Apple battery.
Re: 2013 MacBook Air not charging - has new battery, good charger, SMC reset, etc - C(-)ris - 04-06-2021
Sarcany wrote:
I went through 3 cheap Amazon MBA 2013 batteries before I got one that took a charge. Three different sellers. One of them worked for a day before it stopped charging.
Interesting side-note: I took screenshots from the System Information panel and each one of them reported the same exact max charge, the same serial number and the same firmware.
Yep. I'd keep trying or get a OWC battery if they have one. I wouldn't use a Amazon battery on a client's machine ever. I'd only be surprised if you got on that worked the first time and it lasted more than the 3 months return period.