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macornomac

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Can someone that knows about battery info look at this and tell me how to read it. Right now i'm running off battery and it's not plugged in and it's at 96 percent showing. Is this battery still healthy?????? Also does the full charge capacity mean what health the battery is in????? I've had this macbook for almost a year. Thanks so much.

Battery Information:

Model Information:
Serial Number: DP-ASMB016-36c5-c04c
Manufacturer: DP
Device name: ASMB016
Pack Lot Code: 0002
PCB Lot Code: 0000
Firmware Version: 102a
Hardware Revision: 0500
Cell Revision: 0102
Charge Information:
Charge remaining (mAh): 4995
Fully charged: Yes
Charging: No
Full charge capacity (mAh): 5128
Health Information:
Cycle count: 168
Condition: Good
Battery Installed: Yes
Amperage (mA): -1632
Voltage (mV): 12269
 
Can someone that knows about battery info look at this and tell me how to read it. Right now i'm running off battery and it's not plugged in and it's at 96 percent showing. Is this battery still healthy?????? Also does the full charge capacity mean what health the battery is in????? I've had this macbook for almost a year. Thanks so much.

Battery Information:

Model Information:
Serial Number: DP-ASMB016-36c5-c04c
Manufacturer: DP
Device name: ASMB016
Pack Lot Code: 0002
PCB Lot Code: 0000
Firmware Version: 102a
Hardware Revision: 0500
Cell Revision: 0102
Charge Information:
Charge remaining (mAh): 4995
Fully charged: Yes
Charging: No
Full charge capacity (mAh): 5128
Health Information:
Cycle count: 168
Condition: Good
Battery Installed: Yes
Amperage (mA): -1632
Voltage (mV): 12269

The default menu bar tells you what capacity is remaining as in what percent of the battery is charged, so when you use it goes down, eventually to zero when it you have recharge; battery health is "Full charge capacity (mAh)"/"Design Capacity" x 100. Or you can get an app called CoconutBattery.
 
So I need coconut battery to tell me my true health of my battery or is that option in profiler good enough?
 
Oh yeah one more quick question with the charger plugged in do you guys sometimes get a little buzzing noise from the charger??? Like I know its from the charger because when I hear it, I remove it and its gone. What the hell is that??? It's not so bad but I can hear it.
 
I think i might be in trouble

I just bought a brand new macbook and when going into the system profiler it displays this information

Charge Information:
Charge remaining (mAh): 1523
Fully charged: No
Charging: No
Full charge capacity (mAh): 4898
Health Information:
Cycle count: 15
Condition: Good
Battery Installed: Yes
Amperage (mA): -1243
Voltage (mV): 11161

Now isn't the full charge capacity a little low because i've seen several people in the 5000's also last night I left it plugged in for nine hours on sleep and it didn't charge. What is the problem and is there any way i can fix it
 
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