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Dead Battery or Something More Sinister ?

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  • 11-02-2011 7:42pm
    #1
    Paddy@CIRL
    Registered Users Posts: 1,899 ✭✭✭


    Hey guys,

    My three and a half year old MBP has been giving me a bit of bother recently. It'll only work from the MagSafe and once disconnected will die instantly.

    But the fun part is that the battery is saying it is fully charged, the LED indicators on the battery itself also show this and Coconut Battery is giving me the following :

    Current Charge : 3658 mAh
    Maximum Charge : 3807 mAh

    Current Capacity : 3807 mAh
    Design Capacity : 5500 mAh

    Age of your Mac : 40 Months
    Battery Loadcycles : 191
    Temperature : 30.3c
    Battery Power Usage : 0.0 Watt

    I've tried resetting the SMC and still no difference. I just don't want to fork out €130 for a new battery if it isn't going to work ...

    What do you guys make of this ?


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    #2
    drunkmonkey
    Registered Users Posts: 28,120 ✭✭✭✭drunkmonkey


    Think it's Kaput.


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    #3
    Paddy@CIRL
    Registered Users Posts: 1,899 ✭✭✭Paddy@CIRL


    drunkmonkey wrote: »
    You can check the battery with this http://www.coconut-flavour.com/coconutbattery/
    Paddy@CIRL wrote: »
    Coconut Battery is giving me the following :

    Current Charge : 3658 mAh
    Maximum Charge : 380 mAh

    Current Capacity : 3807 mAh
    Design Capacity : 5500 mAh

    Age of your Mac : 40 Months
    Battery Loadcycles : 191
    Temperature : 30.3c
    Battery Power Usage : 0.0 Watt

    :)


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    Losty Dublin
    Registered Users Posts: 13,018 ✭✭✭✭Losty Dublin


    Paddy@CIRL wrote: »
    Current Charge : 3658 mAh
    Maximum Charge : 380 mAh

    Current Capacity : 3807 mAh
    Design Capacity : 5500 mAh

    Age of your Mac : 40 Months
    Battery Loadcycles : 191
    Temperature : 30.3c
    Battery Power Usage : 0.0 Watt

    Man, that's a battery with about 9% of it's original capacity left.


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    Paddy@CIRL
    Registered Users Posts: 1,899 ✭✭✭Paddy@CIRL


    Sorry, typo, it should read 3807 mAh !


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    Paddy@CIRL
    Registered Users Posts: 1,899 ✭✭✭Paddy@CIRL


    drunkmonkey wrote: »
    Think it's Kaput.

    Battery or the Laptop ?


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    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,671 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    It's quite old, so the battery might just have had it, despite what Coconut Battery is reporting. However it could also be a problem with the dc-in board (or whatever it is called now), which might point to a bigger problem.

    I'd be inclined to think it's just the battery though.


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