My battery is going down I think... Any ideas?

Question

I was reading all these posts (and god is there a lot of problems, apple). I hae to get a new adapter for the main socket which was dead on arrival. My battery info looks like this:AC Charger Information:
Connected: Yes
Charging: Yes
Battery Information:
Model Information:
Serial Number: Sony-<Edited by Moderator>
Manufacturer: Sony
Device name: ASMB012
Pack Lot Code: 0003
PCB Lot Code: 0000
Firmware Version: 102a
Hardware Revision: 0500
Cell Revision: 0303
Charge Information:
Charge remaining (mAh): 126
Fully charged: No
Charging: Yes
Full charge capacity (mAh): 4959
Health Information:
Cycle count: 84
Battery health: Good
Battery Installed: Yes
Amperage (mA): 887
Voltage (mV): 11322
NOW! Some points for new and old customers of the battery problem. Hopefully I can give you my individual feelings and let you see better of your own battery problems.
I have had my MBP 2.4GHZ since 1 Sep last year, so not very long at all. Me and the GF bought apples(she got the macbook 2.16 in white).
Personally, I thought I'd try the mac thing, and to be honest, and im being honest, it does not suit as me as well as Windows at all. Even itunes seems to be quicker on windows using the same hardware (bootcamp XP pro).
Anyway, My three and a half thousand dollar Macbook has been behaving Like crap. Its all 'judders on the main page, when I scroll through the doc. It is temperamental anywhere but home connecting to the internet. So i have re installed Leopard, yes i bothered, but more so for boot camp.
And now battery problems.
How come the Macbook will just CUT/Power STRAIGHT OFF while im using it even though its plugged in? Now i did the SMC thing, and the recharge cycle thing... And now when i looked down to see if it was a charging, the LED (green/orange one) was not even on, even though the screen was indicating it was charging.... As you can see my battery is very new with 84 cycles.
Whats the story because im all up for loyalty guys, but if i spend big money for example on a BMW, because I like the style and quality, im going to be pretty ****** when it acts like a commodore and smells like cab.
What going on, why are their so many issues with this iCrap.
Dennis

Answer 1

You need to elevate and throw a fan on that thing. When you are playing "Gears" the fans are going to be extra loud. My book explodes when I game on it. It, however, has never hard crashed. You could try to test your cpu temps with SMCfancontrol. Plus you can custom the use of your fans. Crank the fans and run http://www.coolbook.se/CPUTest.html
Check your temps at their hottest and post back.
Your processors may be manufactured faultily. Too much thermal grease, weird fan issues etc.
Who knows?
Thermal shutdown (I think) is somewhere in the 100ºC range. Someone?
Then they shut off.
If they are maxing at 70-80ºC, I think that is considered normal with the Macbook Pros. Even though it is pretty high. At least for the merom Core 2 Duo's.
Gears of War is also running on an emulated software layer (In Leopard), I think. So the macbook works a bit harder at it than a straight XP notebook.
You should really install Windows via Boot Camp for gaming imo. The frames are WAY better and are pretty much pound for pound the same as a similar XP rig. DirectX just spanks OS X in games.
The Macbook pro will do it, why not?
And if the battery has been taking all this heat you should really get it replaced.
It has been flakey enough. And you can scratch that off the list of possible culprits.