MacBook 3.1 battery problem

[grafviktor]

Hello all. My macbook stoppped charging after some time of not being used. Looking for the solution in Internet I've found out that it is a common issue of MacBook's batteries - if battery discharged to zero point it won't be charged again(weird behaviour in my opinion). There are two ways, I see, how to repair my macbook: 1) Buy a new battery 2) Repair the old one.
Every local workshop is ready to repair my old battery, but they want about 50-70$ for their work, i think it is too expensive for bringing to life the old battery. I decided to ask you, dear experts, if anybody already came across this issue and know how to restore the life of battery using own hands. Thank you in advance.

 

[comda]

Greetings grafviktor,

I personally have this model Macbook 3,1 and have found similar issues. After reading all the reviews and complaints I tried to never ever let it drain to 0. However it did once but nothing happened. However i have found these batteries quite odd. For the first 3 years I owned this computer i never used the battery. now 6 years 5 months later my battery percentage remaining is shown at 58-66 percent. I get about 1.5-2 hours on the damn thing if my brightness is lowered on the system. I Spend my summer without the system the one year and noticed the battery wouldnt hold half an hour charge! So i began using it and charging it and slowly my health went back up to 60. However i have tried with many batteries at 0 and no avail. The amazing thing is apple still sells these batteries for a wooping $149 on their site.
http://store.apple.com/ca/product/MA561LL/A/rechargeable-battery-13-inch-macbook-white

As im headed to school next year i will to be probably picking up one of these as i cant afford a new Mac. Good luck.