Freeze after 1 minute on battery

My MacBook Pro purchased in December 2008 freezes every time I have it on battery. The only solution I have found is to always use my power cable. I have no problems ever with the machine as long as it as wall power.

Does your battery charge normally? Have you tried resetting the SMC? What does the System profiler have to say about your battery?
This could be a hardware problem of some sort. Since you are under warranty, you might want to make an appointment at the genius bar or call Apple to have it looked at. Obviously, your Mac should work perfectly on battery power.
Good luck!

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Hello,
I have bought a new battery for my IBM Thinkpad T43p. In the description of the new battery I have seen that this battery is compatible with T43 series. Battery details are: DC 10.8V 5200mAh/56Wh. Replace: 08K8214.
My problem is:
I have ordered a new battery for my Thinkpad T43p but when I turned off the notebook and replace the old battery with the new one the notebook became strange. I use Windows XP Prof on this computer and when the login screen appeared and during I was typing my user name and password the mouse pointer was freezed and I had to turn off the computer. It was happened within approx 1 minute after the Login screen appeared. The symptom was the same with or without plugged in AC charger. I have tried several times and the same behavior was happened. When I changed back the old battery the computer became normal again without any freezing. The fan was working properly in both cases. The symptom is the same if I change the battery during AC charging and using Windows.
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Pull the battery out and run the machine on AC only. Does it freeze now?
If it doesn't, the "new" battery needs to be replaced.
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sleekstone wrote:
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