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Dammit.

This MBP is a little over a year old and already its losing about 80% of its charge by being in my bag for 3 hours.
What's the best way to test and/or recondition to see if it can be coaxed in to lasting a bit longer.

Last week it gave me a "service battery" message and this past week the computer has been crashing while asleep. I had to repair the MBR after one of those crashes.

And, in the time that I wrote that the computer went from telling me that it had 16% battery to jumping to 61% battery, but the battery still shows red.

The linux install on this thing tells me that I only have ~37% life whenever I boot in to it.
Post Sat Feb 06, 2010 4:30 am :: I think this battery is gonna die Top
 
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HaywiredWorking Rageaholic
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Try this: Battery Calibration

I don't do as often as Apple suggests though, but I've had my Macbook battery seemingly drop to really low power levels before I ran that calibration.
Post Sat Feb 06, 2010 7:50 am :: Re: I think this battery is gonna die Top
 
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I started recalibration last night. Drew it down to 0 and it went to sleep. But I was able to wake it up and run it for another 30 minutes. It sat drained while I slept and I'm recharging it now.
Post Sat Feb 06, 2010 4:37 pm :: Re: I think this battery is gonna die Top
 
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How many cycles on the battery? Open System Profiler, Power Section. It should be listed in there. All user swappable Apple batteries are rated for about 300 charge cycles, which Apple averages to 3 years for the "average" user. For "regular" users, I'd say life is more like 18 months. Which is about how long I've had my MBP and the capacity is really starting to drop.
Post Sun Feb 07, 2010 5:52 am :: Re: I think this battery is gonna die Top
 
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Only 300? Sheesh. How the hell are you supposed to use a laptop as a laptop then? I've done 320 in just over a year, or 14 months.

Code: Select all
Charge Information:
  Charge remaining (mAh):   3796
  Fully charged:   No
  Charging:   No
  Full charge capacity (mAh):   4136
Health Information:
  Cycle count:   320
  Condition:   Normal
  Battery Installed:   Yes
  Amperage (mA):   -1570
  Voltage (mV):   12062
Post Sun Feb 07, 2010 6:23 pm :: Re: I think this battery is gonna die Top
 
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Huh. My MacBook regular has 493 cycles and I still get very good battery life out of it.
Post Sun Feb 07, 2010 8:47 pm :: Re: I think this battery is gonna die Top
 
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Gip Master Flash wrote: Only 300? Sheesh. How the hell are you supposed to use a laptop as a laptop then? I've done 320 in just over a year, or 14 months.

Code: Select all
Charge Information:
  Charge remaining (mAh):   3796
  Fully charged:   No
  Charging:   No
  Full charge capacity (mAh):   4136
Health Information:
  Cycle count:   320
  Condition:   Normal
  Battery Installed:   Yes
  Amperage (mA):   -1570
  Voltage (mV):   12062


I'm in pretty bad shape apparently:
Code: Select all
Charge Information:
  Charge remaining (mAh):   3364
  Fully charged:   No
  Charging:   Yes
  Full charge capacity (mAh):   3746
  Health Information:
  Cycle count:   257
  Condition:   Check Battery
  Battery Installed:   Yes
  Amperage (mA):   882
  Voltage (mV):   12537
Post Thu Feb 11, 2010 5:42 am :: Re: I think this battery is gonna die Top
 
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battery life is related to operating heat as well. my first gen macbook pro fried it's batteries in a couple months. newer machines with built in batteries should be good for about 1000 cycles, and the heat is more or less under control now
Post Thu Feb 11, 2010 1:23 pm :: Re: I think this battery is gonna die Top
 
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My MBP the heat is furious. Another reason I can't use the 9800GT card a lot since I use the sucker unplugged and on my lap quite a bit.
Post Thu Feb 11, 2010 2:07 pm :: Re: I think this battery is gonna die Top
 
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My battery cycle says 182, which I know is wrong. This Macbook is 3 1/2 years old, and the battery won't run the book for more than 15 minutes unplugged.

Goddammit Steve, announce new books already! I swear, I'm gonna go Vaio or some shit if I can't get a new book soon. :mad:
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Post Fri Feb 12, 2010 6:19 pm :: Re: I think this battery is gonna die Top
 
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you say that.

but osx has you by the balls.
(trust me, i know. almost plunked down for a vaio x)
Post Fri Feb 12, 2010 6:23 pm :: Re: I think this battery is gonna die Top
 
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check to see if the VAIOs you are looking for are hackintoshable.
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Post Fri Feb 12, 2010 6:46 pm :: Re: I think this battery is gonna die Top
 
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now why didn't i think about that?
i'm really glad sony was able to make os x run seamlessly.
Post Fri Feb 12, 2010 6:51 pm :: Re: I think this battery is gonna die Top
 
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fizzwinkus wrote: now why didn't i think about that?
i'm really glad sony was able to make os x run seamlessly.

Sorry, but you are the seamstress in this case.
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Post Fri Feb 12, 2010 9:36 pm :: Re: I think this battery is gonna die Top
 
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Make sure it has gigahurtz. I hear computers run better with those.
Post Fri Feb 12, 2010 10:14 pm :: Re: I think this battery is gonna die Top
 
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I've been running coconutBattery once a month to keep track of how much the battery is degrading.
Post Sat Feb 13, 2010 2:25 am :: Re: I think this battery is gonna die Top
 
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Your screenshot looks suspiciously like the screenshot from MacUpdate.

:squint:
Post Sat Feb 13, 2010 3:52 am :: Re: I think this battery is gonna die Top
 
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Robert B. wrote: My battery cycle says 182, which I know is wrong. This Macbook is 3 1/2 years old, and the battery won't run the book for more than 15 minutes unplugged.

Goddammit Steve, announce new books already! I swear, I'm gonna go Vaio or some shit if I can't get a new book soon. :mad:

Actually, it might be right. A 3.5 year old laptop with only 182 cycles would get terrible battery life, because that would indicate that it was left plugged in the vast majority of the time, which kills LiIon batteries.
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Post Sat Feb 13, 2010 11:42 pm :: Re: I think this battery is gonna die Top
 
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Gip Master Flash wrote: Your screenshot looks suspiciously like the screenshot from MacUpdate.

:squint:


I never claimed it was mine!
Post Mon Feb 15, 2010 11:40 pm :: Re: I think this battery is gonna die Top
 
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YOU IMPLIED YOU IMPLIED :P
Post Tue Feb 16, 2010 12:23 am :: Re: I think this battery is gonna die Top
 
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I'm finding a distinct lack of 3rd party batteries for Unibody MBPs... I have to buy an Apple branded battery.
Post Tue Feb 16, 2010 12:24 am :: Re: I think this battery is gonna die Top
 
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Hmm. Here's my battery thingamajig status.

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Post Tue Mar 02, 2010 1:29 am :: Re: I think this battery is gonna die Top
 
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DanThe War on Children
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I bought a NewerTech battery for my PowerBook a little over a year ago. It really has plummeted in capacity lately, and of course the warranty is only for a year. OWC has offered me a 15% discount on a replacement, but I'm pretty disappointed with this one, so I'm not sure I want another. 31 cycles and only a bit over 50% capacity remaining.

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Post Wed Mar 03, 2010 5:06 am :: Re: I think this battery is gonna die Top
 
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That royally sucks!
Post Sat Mar 13, 2010 8:05 pm :: Re: I think this battery is gonna die Top
 
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Yeah. I'm deciding right now whether I want to sell the laptop to finance an iPad or use the discount they offered me on a stock Apple replacement battery, which will have slightly less initial capacity but has been shown by history to die far less quickly.
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