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Will Apple replace this battery?

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marine610610

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Mar 23, 2007
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I have a MBP, 2.16 C2D that i bought about 8-9 months ago. I also purchased and activated Applecare.

I installed Coconut battery when i got the MBP, everything worked fine. When i upgraded to Leopard Coconut battery started the "load cycles' over. Now im at 4688 out of 5500mah and it seems to be dropping fast. Am i within free replacement parameters or? Thanks for the help fellas..
 
Are you getting the reset cycle reading from Profiler? If you are, you may be able to get a replacement from Apple, except that would be cheating them. Anything higher than 200 cycle, Apple probably won't replace.
 
Leopard and CocnutBattery do not play nice together. This is a known issue, and has yet to be fixed.

Apple will replace your battery if there's a significant drop in max capacity as reported in the System Profiler. Try calibrating your battery and then checking the stats, and don't rely on CB until it's fixed.

Oh, and Apple typically replaces up to a battery-cycle count of 300.
 
Here is my battery info from sys profiler. I actually had no idea you could get this there.


Model Information:
Serial Number: Sony-ASMB012-362a-9f69
Manufacturer: Sony
Device name: ASMB012
Pack Lot Code: 0003
PCB Lot Code: 0000
Firmware Version: 102a
Hardware Revision: 0400
Cell Revision: 0303
Charge Information:
Charge remaining (mAh): 4643
Fully charged: Yes
Charging: No
Full charge capacity (mAh): 4688
Health Information:
Cycle count: 112
Battery health: Good
Battery Installed: Yes
Amperage (mA): 0
Voltage (mV): 12492
 
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