1st gen WhiteBook Battery Woes

[Mikey B]

Hello All,

Recently my white MacBook seems to have stopped "seeing" the battery. The MB works when plugged but shuts down instantly when the plug is removed. This is a fairly new occurrence and the battery itself isn't too old. I had it replaced a few months ago. Here is what System Profiler has to say:

Battery Information:

Model Information:
Serial Number: DP-xxxxxxx-3723-87f8
Manufacturer: DP
Device name: ASMB016
Pack Lot Code: 0002
PCB Lot Code: 0000
Firmware Version: 102a
Hardware Revision: 0500
Cell Revision: 0200
Charge Information:
Charge remaining (mAh): 0
Fully charged: No
Charging: No
Full charge capacity (mAh): 0
Health Information:
Cycle count: 159
Condition: Check Battery
Battery Installed: Yes
Amperage (mA): 0
Voltage (mV): 4830

Has anyone else experienced this with the white, or any, MacBook?

Thanks!

[celticpride678]

Hello All,

Recently my white MacBook seems to have stopped "seeing" the battery. The MB works when plugged but shuts down instantly when the plug is removed. This is a fairly new occurrence and the battery itself isn't too old. I had it replaced a few months ago. Here is what System Profiler has to say:

Battery Information:

Model Information:
Serial Number: DP-xxxxxxx-3723-87f8
Manufacturer: DP
Device name: ASMB016
Pack Lot Code: 0002
PCB Lot Code: 0000
Firmware Version: 102a
Hardware Revision: 0500
Cell Revision: 0200
Charge Information:
Charge remaining (mAh): 0
Fully charged: No
Charging: No
Full charge capacity (mAh): 0
Health Information:
Cycle count: 159
Condition: Check Battery
Battery Installed: Yes
Amperage (mA): 0
Voltage (mV): 4830

Has anyone else experienced this with the white, or any, MacBook?

Thanks!

Well, your condition says to check the battery. It seems like you have a bad battery.

[r.j.s]

Sounds like you might need this (http://support.apple.com/downloads/Battery_Update_1_2) installed.

[techfreak85]

Sounds like you might need this (http://support.apple.com/downloads/Battery_Update_1_2) installed.

is that for the white 1st gen? dosnt say there. they have the UBMB's in the pic.

[flopticalcube]

is that for the white 1st gen? dosnt say there. they have the UBMB's in the pic.
Its for all MacBooks. Follow the link at the bottom.

[r.j.s]

is that for the white 1st gen? dosnt say there. they have the UBMB's in the pic.

If you look at the post date, and then read the KB article, it is for the earlier MBs.

[Mikey B]

Well, your condition says to check the battery. It seems like you have a bad battery.

I do get that, I just don't know what "check battery: means exactly. It looks like it is dead, eh? At 159 cycles?

[toxictrix]

Sounds like you might need this (http://support.apple.com/downloads/Battery_Update_1_2) installed.

Does that get installed automatically on updater?

[dr.]

Coincidentally, the "check battery" state occurred on my MacBook 1,1 tonight. My cycle count is significantly higher than yours, though.

Model Information:
Serial Number: DP-ASMB013-3530-2090
Manufacturer: DP
Device name: ASMB013
Pack Lot Code: 0001
PCB Lot Code: 0000
Firmware Version: 0102
Hardware Revision: 0300
Cell Revision: 0100
Charge Information:
Charge remaining (mAh): 0
Fully charged: No
Charging: No
Full charge capacity (mAh): 0
Health Information:
Cycle count: 451
Condition: Check battery
Battery Installed: Yes
Amperage (mA): -3
Voltage (mV): 7150

Unsure what to do. Resetting the SMC didn't help. Going to research that some more before I look into 3rd party batteries.

Sidenote: the battery update hadn't been applied yet (even though I'm on 10.5.7), but it was ineffectual.

Update: Resetting PRAM/NVRAM/SMC all ineffectual. coconutBattery crashes with a division-by-zero bug. Cleaning battery contacts does nothing. In my very humble opinion, this battery is dead.

[celticpride678]

I do get that, I just don't know what "check battery: means exactly. It looks like it is dead, eh? At 159 cycles?

Check Battery means you should probably take it to the Apple Store and have them take a look at it.

[dr.]

Update: Resetting PRAM/NVRAM/SMC all ineffectual. coconutBattery crashes with a division-by-zero bug. Cleaning battery contacts does nothing. In my very humble opinion, this battery is dead.

I kept putting off getting a replacement battery because I figured the SMC might be the problem and I didn't want to throw good money after bad. Grabbed a stock replacement battery from Fry's and all is well. Bummed that I paid $120 for a stock replacement instead of $99 for a higher capacity aftermarket battery, but the regular user of this laptop demanded immediate fixing.

- dr

[keysersoze]

I kept putting off getting a replacement battery because I figured the SMC might be the problem and I didn't want to throw good money after bad. Grabbed a stock replacement battery from Fry's and all is well. Bummed that I paid $120 for a stock replacement instead of $99 for a higher capacity aftermarket battery, but the regular user of this laptop demanded immediate fixing.

- dr

Hey dr or OP,

Can you verify getting a new battery is all it took? My wife's macbook battery now has the same problem you had. I was worried it was a SMC issue or whatever, as her battery only has 178 cycles. Can you confirm your macbooks are now fully-battery operational? Thanks!:)