SMC Issue? New Battery not charging right. 2008 Macbook

[psychbiker]

My 2008 Macbook is giving me battery issues.

I installed a new factory battery in April and lately I've been getting the Black X in the top right, it not charging, saying the battery needs service, light on the magsafe doesn't reflect correct charging or not.

I've reset the SMC around June and was fine. Now the reset of the SMC doesn't see to last.

Any idea what I can do? I'm nearing the 10 year old mark which is good. I'm running 10.9.5 and replaced the HDD with a SSD 4 years ago.

I've heard I can have the Apple Store 'refresh it' for about $300 but then I read they wont touch it if they see the CD drive gone and a HDD in there.

Thanks in advance!

 

[psychbiker]

Nothin?

 

[upandown]

Where did you get the new factory fresh battery from? Apple doesn't sell old batteries anymore so it would have to be third party. Third party batteries often fail even when new. It's quite a predicament. They say they are built to the same specs but you know, they still break. Get a replacement.

 

[old-wiz]

I don't think that Apple will even touch a machine that old. When it would probably sell for $ 300, it would make no sense to keep trying to get an old machine fixed. Apple does have rules about when they stop repairing older machines.

 

[DeltaMac]

A 2008 MacBook would be worth (on a good day) maybe $175, and that's a late 2008 aluminum model.
Plus, any 2008 model is obsolete, and Apple won't do any repair, at any price.

Try a different battery.