My battery is dying I guess!

[flowers80]

Hi all,
I have had a MacBook Pro, 10.5.8, for almost two years now. My battery started going crazy two days ago. It would be fully charged, and within 10-15 minutes, it would drop to 50-something. According to CoconutBattery, my current capacty is 800mAh, comapred to the poriginal 5500 mAh!!!
What is going on? Is there any way to fix this?

 

[GGJstudios]

Have you calibrated?

This should answer most, if not all, of your battery questions: Apple Notebook Battery FAQ

 

[AlphaDogg]

You would have to go and get a new battery. What exact model of MacBook Pro do you have? How many battery loadcycles?

 

[flowers80]

I calibrated it and its capacity increased to 1047 mAh.

As to the loadcycles, it's at 803 and I have a Mac OS X 10.5.8.

 

[qawes]

I'm sorry but at 803 cycles you can't really do anything about it, just replace it, you cand find batteries from 3rd party vendors that will do you just fine. You don't really have to buy it directly from Apple.

 

[AlphaDogg]

I calibrated it and its capacity increased to 1047 mAh.

As to the loadcycles, it's at 803 and I have a Mac OS X 10.5.8.

But what MBP do you have?

 

[mrsir2009]

Screw what the computer SAYS the battery is on... How long does it actually last, not taking into account the percentage that the computer tells you?

 

[flowers80]

It's a 4,.1 with a 2-4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo.

And the battery lasts for about an hour.

 

[glavoie84]

I calibrated it and its capacity increased to 1047 mAh.

As to the loadcycles, it's at 803 and I have a Mac OS X 10.5.8.

803 cycles is quite impressive! It's time to replace it.

 

[dukebound85]

803 cycles is quite impressive! It's time to replace it.

doesnt apple only say you should expect a 20% drop in capacity after 1000 cycles?

 

[davidlv]

It's a 4,.1 with a 2-4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo.

And the battery lasts for about an hour.

I think your original post title was right on, it is dying and it's time to time to get a new one.
"Batteries are just like humans - the fatality rate is 100%, but at least you can replace a battery."

 

[GGJstudios]

doesnt apple only say you should expect a 20% drop in capacity after 1000 cycles?

No, that's only for built-in batteries. For removable batteries, it's 300 cycles.

 

[dukebound85]

No, that's only for built-in batteries. For removable batteries, it's 300 cycles.

ah my bad

 

[elpmas]

I'm at 200 something this is bad!

 

[gonnabuyamacbsh]

an exclamation mark statement ending with the words "I guess" it's so damn funny

 

[flowers80]

Thanks, everyone!