I just had my faulty unibody macbook pro replaced with a new one. Upon booting up the machine I noticed the time was incorrect so I reset the PRAM and it was fixed. After opening Coconut Battery and coconutIdentityCard I noticed the age of my mac is way off. It says my machine was built between 1.18.1999 and 1.24.1999 and the age is 122 months. Any ideas what the problem might be and how to solve it? Thanks!
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'Age of Your Mac' WAY Off
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halfbelgian
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So it's safe to assume the Apple manager lied to my face when I asked him if it was a new mbp or a refurb?
UltraNEO*
macrumors 601
Usually you can tell from the number of stickers (seals) on the Box and the model/serial number on the box. Perhaps you can goto apple support and check the details, too?
I entered my serial number and the following info. is displayed.
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2008)
Serial #: W8XXXXXXXXX
United States
Limited Warranty
UltraNEO*
macrumors 601
Read the text in the middle, it'll tell you when your warranty will end. That's more important, no?
Our records indicate that your product is covered under Apple's Limited Warranty which is estimated to expire on January 30, 2010.
Your product is eligible for complimentary phone support which is estimated to expire on May 01, 2009.
My Brand New Unibody MBP says the same thing for the manufacture date, I would bet it is more of a problem with the coconut program since mine was a BTO from the apple website, that I ordered less than a month ago.
Electro Funk
macrumors 65816
i picked up a brand new MacBook Pro yesterday and it is saying the same exact thing. Calibrating the battery now. will see if it states the same after calibration and a reboot. very odd. C battery works just fine on the wife's MacBook so not sure why it states my mac was born in 1999...
I calibrated my battery and got the same results. Let me know how it works out for you.
Mine is saying the original capacity was 4600 mah and the current capacity is 4623. It increased after battery calibration.
creator2456
macrumors 68000
The value for Original Capacity is just the rated average for the battery. My current battery is rated at 6300 mAh original and it was up over 6500 mAh when it was new.