2008 Gen Macbook Pro battery constantly drains

I have a 2008 era Macbook Pro (it's the one that's last of the aluminum keyboard generation)
Sometime in the middle of 2010, the battery started bubbling out of its encasing eventually to the point where my laptop was no longer stable. The battery also never held a charge unless plugged in.
So I replaced the battery with a new one, and it was fine for about a month or two. Then the same thing happened -- the battery doesn't hold a charge. It's at the point now where the laptop no longer powers on.
I'm worried if I simply replace the battery again that this same thing will happen again. Does anything have any ideas or thoughts on fixing this?

So you think this is related to the battery?
Yes, the battery was brand new when I bought it -- in the Apple packaging and all.

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2008 early macbook pro battery normal and charging but stays at 0% Won't charge.Model Information:   Serial Number:     ˇ   Manufacturer:     SMP   Device Name:     ASMB012   Pack Lot Code:     4   PCB Lot Code:     0   Firmware Version:     0dc0   Hardwa

2008 early macbook pro battery normal and charging but stays at 0% Won't charge.
I have reset the SMC and PRAM
The charge light is orange on the magsafe charge cord.
Do I need new battery or is it a hardware issue?
Model Information:
Serial Number:          ˇ
Manufacturer:          SMP
Device Name:          ASMB012
Pack Lot Code:          4
PCB Lot Code:          0
Firmware Version:          0dc0
Hardware Revision:          0
Cell Revision:          0
Charge Information:
Charge Remaining (mAh):          0
Fully Charged:          No
Charging:          Yes
Full Charge Capacity (mAh):          4008
Health Information:
Cycle Count:          125
Condition:          Normal
Battery Installed:          Yes
Amperage (mA):          0
Voltage (mV):          8459
Message was edited by: mcj2112

Reset the SMC > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
It's clear that the battery has got enough capacity to work correctly, so something happens with the MagSafe port or its charger. If you have another charger, try it, and if not, take the MacBook and the charger to an Apple Store or reseller. It's better to do this as we don't know if the problem is in the charger or in the MacBook Pro

My MacBook pro battery totally drained

My MacBook Pro battery was totally drained on Jun 11, 2013. Now the date for everything says either Today, Yesterday, or Jun 11, 2013

Hi there. You might want to do a pram reset. Command/Option/P/R while starting up holding down the keys for three chimes. If that does not help do SMC reset.http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295 Then check date and time in system preferences for set date and time automatically.

Late 2008 Unibody MacBook Pro Battery Bulging

Hi,
As of a few months ago, I noticed that my MacBook Pro felt as though no matter which surface it was on, it would never sit there straight. Upon further inspection, I have noticed that the casing which covers both the battery and hard drive is being pushed out of its ordinary position.
Taking the battery out reveals that it is beginning to swell and bulge which is causing this problem. While it isn't an enormous bulge like some I've seen on the Internet, I still consider it a safety issue and would rather not continue using it in the event it continues to develop and potentially explode.
I called Apple support today to ask them what I can do about getting it replaced. Given that I bought this machine when it first came out in late 2008 without any additional warranty, I am a few months out of warranty.
After being diverted to three different people from various departments and being put on hold for at least 45 minutes, a customer relations woman told me that Apple could not cover it. As a gesture of good will, she offered a discount coupon for my next purchase from Apple. I'm yet to receive such a coupon, but that isn't the point of this post.
I want to know if there's anything I could possibly do for Apple to replace this battery - I know it's a long shot, but I'm currently a student and I don't really have $199 lying around to replace a battery which shouldn't be preparing to explode on me.
Any suggestions would be appreciated!

I'm copying my message from another thread, since this one is more "specialized".
Thanks for understanding.
Not so good news here (Croatia).
I own a late 2008 MBP unibody. Bought in December 2008, so now 5 months out of warranty.
I had the same battery bulge issue as described earlier, along with the trackpad not working problem (when I remove the battery, the trackpad works normally).
A few days ago I contacted the Apple authorised reseller and distributor for Croatia, and got the answer which can be roughly described as "Buy yourself a new battery, we can't do anything".
I was persistent and the person in the Croatian Apple Service department, after having an online chat with "someone from Apple", gave me the "case number" and said I could try contacting Apple directly (although they ARE Apple's distributor/reseller) - but still, they can't and won't do anything about replacing the battery free of charge.
Of course, I mentioned the safety issue, and I was really polite and calm - but still nothing.
Thanks to this thread, I called the Apple UK's Customer Service.
I spoke to 3 different persons there (they had a completely different approach than the Croatian ones, congrats!), tried to reach the Customer Service directly, and finally spoke to someone. But, the answer was still - we can't help you. I got the new case number, but still - nothing, no offer for the replacement battery or anything similar.
Yes, I will pay for that 1.5 hour long conversation.
When I finally asked: does this mean that Apple oficially claims that bulging "good, healthy" batteries is a normal thing to happen, I got no response.
My battery's health is GOOD, it has around 33 (yes, 33!) cycles since the machine was mostly used at home with external Cinema display/keyboard/mouse attached. When I try to put the battery back in, the trackpad is pressed from beneath so it's unusable; and I even can't close the back lid since the battery is deformed.
Yes, every time, I did mention the fact that I am a loyal Apple customer since 1992, and I own exclusively Apple computers, currently in posession of 9 Macs and 3 iPhones and responsible for many people "switching" to Apple (friends, colleagues etc). This is the FIRST time I have ever had any technical issue with an Apple product and I am really disappointed now.
The only useful information I got was from the last person over the phone in UK, and that is - that I should write a letter (not an email) to the Customer Relations - Apple Operations Europe, located in Hollyhill, Cork (Republic of Ireland).
Finally, I contacted the Service Manager from Apple Croatia, who was extremely unconcerned about the whole thing and said "You can call the newspapers, you can call whoever you want, we won't do anything until Apple says we should replace it".
So, NO battery replacement exception code.
At least not until I write that letter to Ireland.
P.S. I did, as asked from the UK's Customer Support, e-mail the System Profiler info, clear photos of the swelling battery, and iStat screenshot showing the battery's status/health. It didn't help to resolve this issue.

MacBook Pro Battery Life Draining After Updating to Yosemite

Hi,
I have a 2011 MacBook Pro. After updating to Yosemite a few months, I have experienced a severe loss of battery life. I was averaging around 6-8 hours on a charge, and that is now down to about 3. I have reset the PRAM, etc. and SOMETIMES that will work but not always. I typically have only one program running at a time, Chrome, but sometimes it's a mix between Chrome, Windows, iTunes. But my computer usage patterns have not changed since before/after updating. The only thing I can think of is that it is caused by Yosemite.
When I check my Activity Monitor, the apps with the highest CPU usage are WindowServer, kernal_task, and Chrome Helper. I have also disabled several plugins/features of Chrome to no avail.
Has anyone experienced similar issues or have any suggestions?
Thanks!

Is one of the 'etc.' a SMC reset?
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295
Ciao.

I have a 1st Gen, MacBook Pro from 2006. For the last few years I've had to us my power adaptor as my battery no longer works. Now my power adaptor looks like it's coming to an end. Even though it's securely fitted, it often switches off.

I have a 1st Gen, MacBook Pro from 2006. For the last few years I've had to us my power adaptor as my battery no longer works, and shuts down after 30 seconds it. Now my power adaptor looks like it's coming to an end. Even though it's securely fitted, it often switches off.
I am planning on buying a new MacBook Pro later this year, but for the meantime I'm not sure if I should buy a new power adaptor, or if this is a problem with my MacBook Pro. Also does anyone know where I can buy a battery in the UK for 1st Gen MacBook Pro.

OWC has batteries for 1,1 generation MacBook Pros and they ship internationally - http://eshop.macsales.com/.
Your best bet for a power adapter is to get one from Apple. Third-party adapters just don't seem to be reliable (or safe). You can also buy a replacement battery directly from Apple, of course, but they're a bit more expensive.
Good luck,
Clinton

Will it wreck my macbook pro battery if i drain it.

i have learnt that it doesnt wreck macbook pro battery if i leave it plugged it in all the time, but i was wondering would it wreck it if i drained the battery down to approx 10% and then charged it all way back up and kept doing it? if it wrecks the battery whats the point of having a 7 hour battery life like it says?
all advice is appreciated.

The battery is designed to be cycled. It is not necessary to do this more than once a month or so.
matty21202 wrote:
i have learnt that it doesnt wreck macbook pro battery if i leave it plugged it in all the time,
In fact it will. If you want it to last, cycle it about once a month.
Don't leave it plugged in all the time, nor should you leave it in a fully charged or fully discharged state for extensive periods of time (several weeks). That will kill it just the same.
from
http://www.apple.com/batteries/notebooks.html:
Apple does not recommend leaving your portable plugged in all the time. ...
... and
If you store a battery when it’s fully discharged, it could fall into a deep discharge state, which renders it incapable of holding any charge.
matty21202 wrote:
all advice is appreciated.
The best advice is not to obsess about it. Like any well-designed tool, Macs are designed to be used.

HT3053 Is Apple replacing pre 2008 17" MacBook Pro bad battery?

Battery has grown to about 2", is Apple replacing bad MacBook Pro battery?

Call Apple and ask them. It's done on a case by case basis.

Early 2008 15" Macbook Pro acting very strange

So long story short, I bought a used early 2008 15" Macbook Pro and I keep having issues with it. I replaced the hard drive, replaced the thermal paste (after removing the old paste of course), cleaned her inside and out, updated software, firmware, & reset the pram/smc. None have totally solved the issues. I constantly have files from the hard drive disappear, then reappear whenever they want. The backlighting on the keyboard doesn't want to work if I am doing multiple things like, iTunes, TuneUp, & surfing the net, it just suddenly stops and if I try to activate by using the F6 on the keyboard I get a symbol of a circle with a line through it. The only way to get the keyboard to light up again is to reboot it. The hard drive I replaced with the old one is 500 gigs at 7200, 32mb cache. She also warms up rather quickly even though I used the artic silver thermal paste. I can never seem to get her temp below 45-55 Celsius. I even took apart the tiny internal fans and cleaned them thoroughly. I build desktop systems as well as repair laptops so I do know more than the average user but I am at a total loss here on what else could be the cause of all this strange behavior. I don't know what, if anything the previous owner did with it, which makes it even harder to figure out. Could this be a logic board or power supply issue? There are no other problems with power other then needing to replace the battery, but since it is plugged in everytime I use it, I really don't think this is the cause. Any suggestions are welcomed :-)

check out everyting here
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3046
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3172
https://discussions.apple.com/community/notebooks/macbook_pro?view=documents

Dota 2 and Macbook pro battery

My early 2011 15 inch macbook pro battery drains while connected with 85w charger when i am playing dota 2. Dota 2 runs faily well with very little lag in almost high setting. Shouldn't 85w charger provide adequte power for gaming. Dota 2 is not even a very demanding game. I have only played few small 2d games in my pro and this may be the first time i am playing a 3d game. And also sometimes it doesnt drain even when i play 2-3 matches but most of the other times it drains in single match. I have yet to see it drain down 90% but still. What options do i have to fix this? I am graphic designer so i sometimes do video editing in my macbook pro and i m quite sure some of those renderings are more system hungry than dota 2 and no drain while doing that. Thanks in advance.

What do you mean it didn't work? Are you having a battery issue that the update did not fix? Need some more info. If you look at the webpage that I linked to, it advises to have affected batteries replaced.
Identifying an affected battery
Affected batteries will have one or more of the following symptoms:
Battery is not recognized causing an “X” to appear in the battery icon in the Finder menu bar.
Battery will not charge when computer is plugged into AC power.
Battery exhibits low charge capacity/runtime when using a fully charged battery with a battery cycle count (as shown in System Profiler) of less than 300.
Battery pack is visibly deformed.
Note: If your MacBook or MacBook Pro battery does not have any of the symptoms noted above, your battery does not need to be replaced.
If you're replacing batteries every 3 months I would take a look at how you are maintaining your battery. Are you calibrating it when it arrives and then every 6 to 8 weeks afterword? Are you running graphically intensive programs? Do you have a lot of background process in your activity monitor that are taxing the system? Most folks I have seen post here find their battery issues resolved after a replacement, not recurring every 3 months.

My 1 week old macbook pro battery is dying.

my 1 week old macbook pro battery is dying. i charged it to 100% then went to bed and this morning it is at 32% when turned on. What the heck?

my light does not flash in sleep mode.
Which means it isn't sleeping. Run the Console and put the computer sleep. Experiement with the sleep command and closing the lid. Does it sleep with the sleep command but not the lid? Does it not sleep in either case. In the Console, by default, you'll see all the messages that are logged. Pay attention to when you close the lid or execute the sleep command and pay attention to the log entries that occur at that time and shortly afterwards. You might find a sleep terminated type message which will give you a clue about why it isn't sleeping.
There are also programs that are known to cause insomnia. At the head of my list are all it one printer software because the drivers often constantly look for an incoming fax or the keypress from the AIO printer console.
One more thing - if you have been putting it to sleep and then disconnecting USB or FireWire devices - that's the problem.

Where can I buy a larger hard drive for my late 2008, 15" macbook pro? From reviewing questions and answers on the support community it would appear that having Apple remove the old and install the new hard drive is recommended. But how/where?

Where can I buy a larger hard drive for my late 2008, 15" macbook pro? From reviewing questions and answers on the support community it would appear that having Apple remove the old and install the new hard drive is recommended. But how/where?

Welcome to Apple Support Communities
You can install the new hard disk yourself if you want to. You just need a 2'5" SATA II hard drive, which is compatible with your MacBook Pro. You can buy one at OWC > http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/hard-drives/2.5-Notebook/ You can filter hard drives by computer, so press a "Click to view all...", choose your computer in the sidebar and it will give you the compatible hard drives.
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MacBook Pro battery had accumulated more than a 1000 charges, and stopped functioning unexpectedly. Went and got the battery replaced. Just saw that SMC Firmware 1.6 update deals with this. Possible to get my money back?

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The firmware update corrects an error that may occur, however the techs would have checked the condition of the battery prior to installing a new one. If the battery was questionable, the firmware update was really not too important.
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My Late 2008 17" MacBook Pro isn't reinstalling.

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2008 Gen Macbook Pro battery constantly drains

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