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mid 2012 killing batteries

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    Third dead battery in 6 weeks.

    Got a mid 2012 mac book pro non retina. Mac book just killed a third battery in 6 weeks. Original one died mysteriously would not charge and CPU would bog down due to kernel task operating at 600%. Kernel task would go away once I disconnected the battery. Prior to this I could not even start...