Laptop Battery Failure

This is a weird situation:
My Macbook's battery has ceased to charge of function at all as a battery. It's only a year old, light use. Tried zapping PRAM, no luck. That's weird enough.
Checked my Macbook Pro - same problem!! Different types of batteries entirely.
I have never encountered this once, let alone 2 at the same time.
Does anyone have any ideas about what I can do?
Thanks!!

Hmmm...
Well I don't really have any other suggestions other than to leave the two batteries sit for a day or two without charging and then try again. I was in a similar pickle once and giving it a day or two's rest fixed the problem.
Hopefully, another user passes by this thread and has a bit more information or help to offer.
B-rock

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We will soon get details about a laptop battery recall due to FIRE. I already had to send mine back due to failure, but that is better than FIRE.
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For what it's worth...
Here is an Apple bulletin regarding defective batteries so check it out to see if your battery(s) are affected. When I first reviewed this article, I removed and inspected my battery for the first time after more than 4-months of ownership and sure enough, mine was in the list.
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"The affected batteries have model number A1175 and a 12-digit serial number that ends with U7SA, U7SB or U7SC. To view the model and serial numbers located on the bottom of the battery, you must remove the battery from the computer. The battery serial number is located above the barcode. See photos below. Only batteries within the noted serial number ranges need to be exchanged."
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SCCM Report for Laptop Battery Condition

Good morning,
We are in a situation where we're needing to monitor conditions of laptop batteries in the school district I manage. I have added the laptop batteries class(Win32_Battery) and have all required/requested information checked under this class. This
has been set for a week, so all devices should be inventoried by now.
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Good you have added the class. Please use the following link for the detailed information about Win32_Battery:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa394074(v=vs.85).aspx
Last Full Charge should guide your decision on replacement.
Following link will help you as well:
http://www.helpwithwindows.com/Windows7/Check-your-laptop-battery-health-in-Windows-7.html
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My IPad1 has completely shut down. It has no power. I have tried a restart and a reset with no results. I have tried charging through the keyboard dock, the wall charger and my Macbook Pro with no results. Is this a complete battery failure?

My IPad 1 has lost complete power. I have attempted a restart and a reset without results. I have attempted to charge with the keyboard dock, the wall charger and connecting to my MacBook Pro. Again no results just a black screen. Is this a battery failure? I am in Mexico for another 6 weeks and hoping to find a solution.

Cathi-
How long did you have the iPad connected to the wall charger? A completely dead iPad battery may not work until it has been charged for some time - maybe a half hour or more. I suggest leaving it on charge overnight, and then trying the reset.
The MacBook may be able to charge the iPad if it doesn't go to sleep, but it will be extremely slow. the Wall charger is definitely the best way.
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Have you tried rebooting *twice*? I've seen this issue but I've always resolved it by rebooting and then rebooting again. (The system goes rather insane on the first reboot and I always think either my hardware is completely screwed or my install of Arch is twisted far beyond the point of insanity. But then on the second boot, it calms down, finds the hardware and carries on quite happily. I've no idea why.)

ATI driver free vs laptop battery

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If that causes problems, replace low with medium.
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CMOS Errors/ battery failure in a Satellite L45

I have a Satellite L45-S7423 laptop that is approximately 1.5 yrs old. To give a bit of history on this baby..a week before the warranty ran out, the computer stopped working so we took it in to be repaired and it got a new motherboard and I believe power supply.
Fast forward 6 months to now, and as of last night I have started getting a black screen on boot up that goes to American Megatrends. There are a bunch of self checks (I assume thats what they are) check out as ok and then it beeps, and goes to a second page where at the bottom it says "CMOS battery low, and something about the date and time not being set. I have options for F1 to load defaults and F2 to enter set up. Pressing F1 loads Vista properly.   The computer now thinks it is permanently March 4 2008...but the time runs as you would expect. It just is in accordance to either 11:00 or 12:00 when I reboot.
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I run this computer almost non-stop, it has a chill pad after the October issue, and is updated regularly. I do run down the main battery at least once or twice a week and recharge it completely. Most of the time the laptop is on AC power though. This issue came up after it was unplugged during house chores and my husband and I both forgot to plug it back in. At most it was unplugged for a little over 2 hours. I plugged it back in for 24 hours, and the most recent reboot still brings up the CMOS message. There was an SD memory card in the card reader when I rebooted which I had forgotten about. The only other oddity is that these problems started after a windows update ran on 3/13.
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OK, I attempted to disassemble the laptop following the "destructions" that were provided in an earlier post.   This portion of the project went extremely well...the directions were really easy to follow.
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How can I get a replacement laptop battery for my Compac Presario CQ61?

My computer alerted me to the fact that I had to replace my laptop battery ( it had a cross whenever i was charging it), then my computer went dead and i haven't been able to turn it on. Can I buy a laptop battery from the HP website? Product name Compac Presario CQ61. Operating system is Windows 7 Changes to the system include a system recovery due to a ukash virus.

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My laptop battery shut down while I was updating CC files, now the dashboard will not open at all. Can you help?

My laptop battery ran down during updating of CC files on the dashboard. Now I can not open Creative Cloud at all.

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How to install new laptop battery.

Using HP Support Assistant, my HP G61 110SA laptop battery wouldn't recalibrate so it told me to replace it. I have now bought a new one but can't find any instructions anywhere on HOW to install it! Plus, should I fully charge before installation etc.. Any help, advice, info and especially links to instructions would really be appreciated. I'm using Windows7 64 bit.
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IPhone won't turn on... possibly a sudden battery failure?

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vahagn21 wrote:
Yes, we can, but looking to the battery icon next to the clock every five or ten minutes is not the best solution, right?
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Laptop battery odd behavior

I recently purchased the HP PROBOOK 430 G1 13.3 128GB i3-4010u. I'm using it primarily for college for light workloads since I have a custom built PC I used for extensive tasks. However, even with the light workloads, I'm experiencing this odd behavior from my laptops battery. The laptop battery meter goes to 8 percent randomly. I have to put my laptop to sleep then wake it up or reset it then it returns to the normal battery levels. Again there's no pattern to it, it's completely random. I have obversed it since July 22nd when I first got it and got nothing. It probably happened 10-15 times. I don't want to send it in yet for a repair since I can't replicate the problem.
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Can I always Plug in my laptop in AC Adaptor or not?

Hi,
1. Without battery: It depends, if your area has very stable electricity source then ok, otherwise you need some sorts of backup (battery) or UPS. I actually use UPS in my house because I still have few desktops.
2. With battery: Many people are more concern about the battery life, here are few tips:
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