MacBook battery dead?

[zack.williams]

macbook 2.0ghz 1G Ram 100GB....one month...28 load cycles....94 percent...what does this mean...is this a bad batt? what can i do to slow this process? help! at this rate i am done in a year...or sooner...ah!

 

[memphish]

I just did a recalibration of my battery as apple recommends doing it around 30 cycles. My capacity used to be around 5220, but after calibration it states the maximum capacity is 4987 or ~95%. Is it normal for the capacity to decrease so quickly. I haven't even had the notebook for a month.

 

[Ubuntu]

What do you think Apple class as acceptable battery power reduction.

I have had my MacBook for 5 weeks and I have charged it 20 times and the battery max capacity has dropped to 94% or 4924 thingy majigs!

Should I worried about this? It seems in the last few days it has been dropping 1% percent which seems a lot.

I am very tempted to push for a replacement as I think it sounds quote a lot to lose in capacity in such a short time.

I also had a problem with it not starting from the battery even if it was reasonablt well charged. THis has been rectified or do it seems for now by forcing the PMU to restart. Apple Tech support advised me to do this.

Any opinions/cooments much appreciated.



wingnut

5 days for me, and from time to time the battery symbol turns into an X (well, an X inside of the battery) claiming that no batteries are available, and then my Macbook turns off. Turns on fine though.

But still, 5 days and it's already down to 94. Hmm.

 

[Ubuntu]

Just timed it for a few minutes. In 7 minutes it went down by 8%. That's not right.

 

[Rich1243]

macbook problem

I just came back from a holiday, and booted up my MacBook, which had been shut down (or so I thought at least). When I started the computer, it booted as if from safe sleep (with blurred screen and progress bar) and then shut down immediately. When I tried to start it again, it booted normally, but it didn't recognize the battery (shows only an 'X' on battery meter). The charger led glows green and none of the lights on the battery are on, neither when the battery is connected nor when the charge-checking button is pressed.

I've tried removing the battery a few times and resetting the PMU, but neither worked. Any advice on this? Should I just contact a dealer for a new battery?

Basically i split coffee on my macbook whilst on the plane, but after a week it was fine. Recently when ive opened it up, it goes into sleep mode, or you see a black screen, blured writting. Guessing that i might need a new battery, would you say, or could you please advise me on that the laptop it self, dispite the battery, is ok or not?

And is anybody experiencing the same problems?

Can anyone please email me @ rich_maz_16@yahoo.co.uk ! thank you (my spelling pritty bad, sorry)