I think my MBP is sick

LandyMan

LandyMan

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I was working on my MBP last night (off battery power) ... all of a sudden, with about 45 minutes left on the battery according to OS X, the machine just died. Pressing the battery check button at the bottom did nothing, machine wouldn't start up again.

I removed the battery, and pressed the button again ... indicator showed 2/5 power left. I reinstalled the battery, and the machine started ... but I couldn't get past the login screen, as it died again. I was able to replicate it about 3 times before giving up. Tried it again this morning, same story.

Funny thing is, according to iStat the battery health is now 56%, as apposed to 87% yesterday!!

I am thinking the battery might be damaged :eek: :(
 
Yeah - sounds like its time for a new battery. :o
 
LandyMan said:
eish, its just over a year old, with 74 charge cycles!
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Only a year? iirc I got mine in Feb and it has 66 cycles already. Somehow I got the impression you were a heavy battery user.
 
I rarely use the battery ... two external drives reduces the portability of my setup slightly :p
 
LandyMan said:
I rarely use the battery ... two external drives reduces the portability of my setup slightly :p
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I do a deep discharge once a month (thanks Eskom :rolleyes:) which helps and it keeps it calibrated.
 
I also (try) to do it monthly ... will also try and fit in a recalibrate as per Apple's site ... see if that will help
 
Give Core a call.

(Dont bother emailing them as they rarely bother replying in my experience.)
 
bwana said:
Try 011 719 9191 or the workshop number 011 719 9017
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I phoned them this morning ... not a very helpful bunch. They are not even aware of the extended battery warranty for CD MacBooks and MacBook Pros (the first thing the guy told me is that it is out of warranty, so I am going to have to pay).

I phoned C3 as well, will be taking the MBP to them on Monday. Thanks to the Apple discussion boards, I have enough information about the problem to have the battery replaced swiftly (no charge) :)

I have noticed on the discussion boards that most of the people with problems are sitting with machines bought in June/July 2006
 
LandyMan said:
I phoned them this morning ... not a very helpful bunch. They are not even aware of the extended battery warranty for CD MacBooks and MacBook Pros (the first thing the guy told me is that it is out of warranty, so I am going to have to pay).
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Yeah - they're a sterling bunch arent they :rolleyes: Wait till the Wii users have the pleasure of dealing with them :eek:
 
LandyMan,

In Brooklyn mall there's a Mac shop. I dunno if he's still there, but they used to have a techie by the name of Wim who really knew his stuff. Worth checking out.
 
koffiejunkie said:
LandyMan,

In Brooklyn mall there's a Mac shop. I dunno if he's still there, but they used to have a techie by the name of Wim who really knew his stuff. Worth checking out.
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Most of the tech guys at Core are pretty clued up - its just the people you have to deal with just to get to them.
 
bwana said:
Most of the tech guys at Core are pretty clued up - its just the people you have to deal with just to get to them.
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A variety of choices never hurt, does it?

I was really looking at LandyMan's location - Centurion. Thought Core is in Cape Town?
 
koffiejunkie said:
A variety of choices never hurt, does it?

I was really looking at LandyMan's location - Centurion. Thought Core is in Cape Town?
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They may have moved but afaik Core is in Santon.

and no - choices never hurt. :)
 
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