Battery Indicator stuck at "Calculating"

[AlexGFX88]

Anyone have this? CoconutBattery says it's 100% and when I plug my power cord in I get the Red Light and (Calculating...) on my battery, any idea why it's stuck? When I first got it, when it reached 100% the cord turned green and where it says calculating it said Charged.

Thanks
Alex

 

[Me1000]

Dude, i was just coming to ask this question!

anyone have any ideas how to fix it?
on my menu bar it charges, then it gets to 99% and just stays there.
and it says calculating... until full

 

[phungy]

Try unplugging it and letting it drain to maybe 90%. Then plug back the adapter.

 

[gauchogolfer]

You might try resetting the Power Management Unit (PRAM).

Edit:
fixed to reflect correction posted later.

 

[phungy]

You might try resetting the Power Management module (PRAM).

Interesting. This is for any Mac? So I'd have to do this procedure if I had this problem?

 

[Me1000]

Try unplugging it and letting it drain to maybe 90%. Then plug back the adapter.

I do that a lot! this problem has been going on for a while now!

You might try resetting the Power Management module (PRAM).

Is there anything that could hurt the macbook AT ALL by doing this?

 

[gauchogolfer]

Is there anything that could hurt the macbook AT ALL by doing this?

It might reset the time/date on your system, but that's all. Read the apple documentation if you need more reassurance.

 

[aquajet]

You might try resetting the Power Management module (PRAM).

That's actually Parameter RAM.

Depending upon which computer you have, you can try to either reset the PMU for PowerBooks/iBooks, or the SMC for MacBooks (Pro).

 

[gauchogolfer]

That's actually Parameter RAM.

Depending upon which computer you have, you can try to either reset the PMU for PowerBooks/iBooks, or the SMC for MacBooks (Pro).

Oops, thanks for the catch. That'll teach me to post while I'm watching the end of a playoff game. I got the Power Management part right, just seemed to mess up my acronyms 🙄 .

 

[aquajet]

That's okay. You're forgiven. 😉

 

[natallica]

I have the same problem. Did anyone try the PRAM reset and did it help???

Thanks!

-- N