MBP shuts off by itself when battery is low

Just recently my MBP has started to shut itself off within 10 seconds of displaying the low battery warning. It's as if someone took the battery out of the computer. I can start up the computer fine after I plug it in, and once charged the battery will power the laptop just fine until it gets low again. The problem repeats itself when the battery gets low again. I've been on 10.5.3 less than a few days, and before I made the update I never had this problem. Any ideas as to what's causing this?

Try this: Shut down your computer, take out the battery and power cord and pres the power button for about 10 seconds. After that, reseat the battery (and power cord if necessary) and turn on the computer whilst holding down Command-Option-P-R. Wait until you hear the startup chime AT LEAST once after the initial chime. What you just did is a reset of SMC and pram.
After that calibrate the battery by fully charging it, use the computer on power supply for at least 2 hours. Then unplug it and use it off battery power until it completely runs down. Let it stand for at least 5 hours and plug it back in.
Hope this helps

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Try this: Shut down your computer, take out the battery and power cord and pres the power button for about 10 seconds. After that, reseat the battery (and power cord if necessary) and turn on the computer whilst holding down Command-Option-P-R. Wait until you hear the startup chime AT LEAST once after the initial chime. What you just did is a reset of SMC and pram.
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Display Sleep Timer (Minutes):          5
Wake On AC Change:          No
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hi all,
My mbp shuts off everytime I unplug the ac. In "istat" and "about this mac", my battery is diagnosed as healthy. The only thing that I see in "about this mac" that might be causing this (honestly, I have no idea what this means) is this.
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I've been using the power adapter pretty much all the time with my MBP but now that I've been using it on battery power it has automatically shut off at around 85% battery power. I haven't always had the battery in while using the charger but for the last year I have. I'm not sure if that has any relevance.

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