MacBook Battery Shutdown issue after firmware update - anyone reinstalled?

Has anyone tried re-loading their OS? I have this issue too (though my battery lasts about 30 minutes) and this it powers down. I called apple (my SN starts with 8609) and told them I had a battery issue.
They were not much help - they indicated to me that I am over my 90 days for phone support and that I would have to bring my battery in to the store to have it tested. They went further to say if it is a firmware issue and not a battery that is technically software and I would be charged $50 for battery testing if it passed. And that if there was actually a battery issue they would replace under the 1 year hardware warrenty.
My dilemma now is should I try and wipe/reinstall the base OS (which I was told will undo the firmware upgrade).
I thought I would check here to see if anyone tried this before swapping battery???
I seems that the firmware update caused the problem but I am not sure if the battery is still good and the firmware is just crap or if the battery might still be ok. Has anyone wiped/re-installed the os and fixed this issue?

thats good news then in my case if its the logic board. The cpu whine has been driving me nuts(being excessively louder then most other macbooks with the whine) so I've been wanting to get the logic board replaced anyways.
Dont worry about the applecare though since we all should have it within the 1 year warenty still so all repairs should be covered.
Imo I'm considering purchasing the extended applecare protection plan if i can come up with the money( $249 is a bit steep for me) to get anouther 3 years of warrenty service expecialy with all the problems macbooks have been having.

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If I raise the lid it may bing up the external display. Restarting is the only sure fix.
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I recently did a software update to my MacBook pro and had a similar issue, on restart it gets to the apple logo then just shuts off, after multiple hours on the phone with apple care they told me that it was coincidence that it happened at the same time as the update and it would be costly to repair as it was either something to do with display or logic board. I took my MacBook into my retail location I bought it from and was told that they have had MULTIPLE people bring in macbooks with the SAME issue (I live in a really small city so the amount of people is quite large proportion wise) and that they could fix the issue by remotely resetting the MacBook at a cost of $130-$150. Relatively cheap considering what I was fearing, but if this is a common problem related to Apples update why are we paying to fix it and why is apple support saying its something major???

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Hi - I updated my MacBook with the Firmware Update as soon as it popped up on the screen. My MB has been exhibiting the random shutdown problem. Everything worked fine until I restarted my computer, and now it will not operate without the AC adapter plugged in. If the power cord gets disconnected, the computer shuts down immediately. It is no longer portable. I've repaired permissions, which (of course) didn't fix the problem. Any ideas?

thats good news then in my case if its the logic board. The cpu whine has been driving me nuts(being excessively louder then most other macbooks with the whine) so I've been wanting to get the logic board replaced anyways.
Dont worry about the applecare though since we all should have it within the 1 year warenty still so all repairs should be covered.
Imo I'm considering purchasing the extended applecare protection plan if i can come up with the money( $249 is a bit steep for me) to get anouther 3 years of warrenty service expecialy with all the problems macbooks have been having.

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Safari has also not been working well since the update. Certain links (java links maybe) simply no longer work. Or even within this forum, Topics are no longer displayed. I had use Camino to view these forums.
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Not only these issues, but my iMac has reverted to its original problem of having random freezes. Twice now I have had the screen completely lock while my music/video continued to play in the background, forcing me to force re-start and lose work.
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I was doing some work on my MacBook (4,1) with the charger plugged in and the lid closed (I was using my TV as a montior. There was a software update for itunes and a few others and now it's saying the battery needs to be serviced!
The battery currently has 62% charge, i've not disconnected the charger once in teh few hours I was working. Anyone got any ideas as to what could cause this?
The change to needing the battery serviced was not straight after the update, I don't think so anyway. I've not really noticed it until I went to pick up my MacBook and it all started to go haywire. It because unresponsive, black screen etc.
I've tried to reset the SMC and i've checked the charge cycyles too and it's about 250 so there's no problem there. It's just annoying as this is the 3rd battery i've had for this macbook, the other two being replaced under warranty. Now the warranty is up and it needs chaging for a 4th time!

Hi imi_uk,
I see you marked this question as "solved" is that the case?
If not, are you able to startup your computer via "safe boot" by holding the SHIFT key on startup (until the Apple logo appears and the gear appears below it).
The next step, would also be to boot off the system restore disc that came with your computer and attempt to repair the volume (the internal HD) via the the built-in disc utility.

Stacks issue after firmware update 1.2, won't fan anymore only grid.

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Well, at the risk of insulting your level of expertise - is your Dock on the side instead of the bottom? There's no fan available with side-docked Docks, either in function or the popup menu.
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Bruce tried to help you and we can only hope that your reaction does not make him hesitate to help someone else lest he get snapped at again!

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I did call them and it seems there is no solution except sending it back to them and getting a new one.
This is by far the most strange issue I have seen. Seems more like a hardware issue than software.
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The problem I'm having is a minor one, but a problem nonetheless. I'm new to this company and took over from the previous IT guy who was let go so he's the one who set all this up. We are using a Cisco 1841 which was provided by our ISP, and it is plugged in to the WAN port on the SA520W. The SA520W has the static Wan connection info and it is what makes the connection. Initially, we were able to access the SA520W configuration page with either it's default gateway 192.168.5.1 or with the IP 204.101.24.67, which is the static IP in the Optional WAN Port settings of the SA520W. After upgrading our SA520W from 1.1.42 to 1.1.65, I am no longer able to access the router using 204.101.24.67. I can only get in using the default gateway (192.168.5.1). The Optional WAN port is not in use and never has been which confuses me - I took screenshots of all the settings before the upgrade and nothing has changed at all. I guess I'm confused as to how I was initially able to access the router using 204.101.24.67, and why it stopped working after the firmware upgrade. Does anyone have any suggestions?

I re-read your original Post; are you not using the WAN port also? Did you try and remote in from a switch attached directly to the WAN/Optional WAN port? I am asking as I have almost the exact same setup using an 1811 which is NATing the SA. I could not reach it as the one-to-one NAT on the 1811 was not set correctly. I also went through the firmware upgrade and experience the same issues you are. I had the CISCO account with WAN access, and the upgrade removed that (after a lot of scratching). However, my real problem was also the routing on the 1811. I eventually had to get the guys to do a one-one NAT and remove all ACL and rules, but that does not mean it can't be done with it either. Try reaching it with a switch or cable and see what happens.

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I recently updated my firmware to v2 on my WRT310N and found that I could no longer connect my PC to my router. Whenever I run the setup software that came with the router it goes through all the steps but errors out when it looks for the router. I think the error number I am getting is 322.
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