Time to replace mobo battery?

Hi guys,
I'm replacing A64 3800+ with Opty 180, and 2x512 PC4000 Crucial Ballistix with 2x1GB OCZ 3200 memory. I have this mobo working since December 2004.
Wouldn't it be also a good time to replace mobo battery? (Would anyone know what battery brand would be best?)
Thanks in advance.

For the the small cost involved it won't hurt. Any CR2032 name brand will do: Sony, DuraCell, Eveready.
Edit: They can last from 2 to ten years but every 3-4 years is a good idea to to replace it.

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Time to replace the battery?

I have had my ipod touch 4G for over 2 years. It has been working great, but lately it won't hold a charge for a day. I dont have anything running. At first I thought it was just all the app updates since iOS7. Now I am wondering if it's time to replace the battery? I use my ipod a lot.

It is up to you whether you want to shell ourt for batter replacement or just live with the shorter battery life.
Apple will exchange your iPod for a refurbished one with a new battery for $79. They do not fix yours.
Apple - iPod Repair price
A third-party place like the following will replace yyur battery for less. Google for more.
iPhone Repair, Service & Parts: iPod Touch, iPad, MacBook Pro Screens
Replace the battery yourself if you are up to it. You can purchase a replacement battery for about $10
iPod Touch Repair – iFixit

Time to replace swollen battery

Explanation
I've recently started playing World of Warcraft which has pushed my macbook pro to the edge of dysfunction. Due to overheating and my inability to understand exactly what the problem was at the time, the battery appears to have started to swell. I first noticed the problem when after approximately 5-10 minutes of gameplay it would reach temperatures of roughly 85C and then at about 40 minutes the MBP's screen would lock up for a second, then go blank and the sound would die off. The fan would still be running at the 6000rpm mark I have set on smcfancontrol and I would have to hold the power button until it shut off. If i leave it alone the fans continue to run, but it stays at relatively the same temperature. I have to allow it to cool down first before it'll turn on again. When it turns back on, the battery charge is completely depleted, which leads me to believe that the overheating is damaging the battery and making it lose it's charge. What puzzles me is that it still shuts off even when it's plugged into the wall. The battery is starting to swell, I removed it and set it on a flat surface and it teetered around until i pressed on it and it flattened to where all four corners touched the surface.
Question:
I have an apple store in my city, and i'm considering taking it there to try to get the battery replaced. I was going to wait until summer when I don't have to deal with school without a working computer, but it's becoming a problem frequently plaguing my freetime. If i took in my macbook how long would it take to replace the battery? I would just plug it into the wall directly, but I need the battery for mobility.

I had this very problem today (though sadly I didn't know it while I was actually at the Apple store). I took my MBP in because I was having 2 problems: The first was that battery meter wasn't keeping up with how much charge the battery actually had, and the computer would just lose power without warning while the battery meter still showed about 50%. The second problem I had was with the trackpad, which had become difficult to click, and would frequently click at random without being touched.
Unfortunately, they weren't able to figure out the source of the trackpad problem at the store, as it worked just fine while I was there, so we both assumed there were crumbs or something inside it and I was planning to just go home and try hitting it with some canned air again. I had tried that once already, but the tech suggested that if you remove the battery you can blast some air in the back of the trackpad button, which might have more effect.
They also suggested I try recalibrating the battery and bring it back in if that didn't have any effect.
When I got back, I took the battery out so I could get at the back of the trackpad, and that's when I discovered that it had a distinct bulge. In fact the battery was the cause of both problems, the bulge was so pronounced that it was pushing on the back of the trackpad. I had already bought a spare battery while I was at the store, so I swapped the batteries out and my trackpad problem went away.
I called up AppleCare to see what kind of options I had, and they are sending me a replacement. I also called up the store, mainly because the tech and I had both been perplexed as to why the trackpad problem (which had been severe enough to make the machine completely unusable) had suddenly gone away, so I wanted to let him know what I had found in case he ran into it again (I think it worked in the store because it was turned off in my cold car for the trip over there, so it cooled enough to take the pressure off.) They did say that I could swap the battery out in store in and it would only take about 10 minutes, but since I had a spare now I wasn't in enough of a hurry to drive all the way back out there...

How will I know it's time to replace the battery?

Fully charged, the battery has never had more than a 2 hour life in my 17" Powerbook G4.
Surgical history might be relevant. Last summer Applecare replaced a dead hard drive. Last week Applecare replaced the power input, the case and the keyboard after perplexing power supply problems -- no keyboard light, Airport card wouldn't work on battery power, Energysaver would give haywire readings and Powerbook would run out of battery suddenly, two power adapters were killed in two weeks. I reset the PMU before visiting Applecare to see if that fixed the problems. I wasn't convinced it did.
I've got 350 cycles on the battery. I've haven't calibrated the battery monthly on a schedule, but I've had no shortage of running it down to sleep and recharging.
Fully charged, the battery has never had more than a 2 hour life. That's with no peripherals attached and with the display set to automatically adjust to ambient light, energersaver set to normal, processor set to automatic.
Is that all?!? 2 hours? That's the price of a big screen?
One serious suggestion: read the Apple support doc, http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=75448 on the proper power cord for your portable. I harbor concerns that the wrong adapters are being sold to Powerbook users and that those adapters are a very bad thing for electronics. I have run through four adapters in the short 3 year life of this single Powerbook. They are fragile and unreliable.
Powerbook G4 17" 1.33 GHz Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Fully charged, the battery has never had more than a
2 hour life. That's with no peripherals attached and
with the display set to automatically adjust to
ambient light, energersaver set to normal, processor
set to automatic.
There's more to it than that. CPU demands, drive demands, and wireless transmitters also place heavy burdens on the battery. I get a bit over 2 hours on a new battery, but when I go on a long plane trip, I can see the difference. On a long plane trip, the cabin is often darkened, so even the lowest backlight setting is plenty and so the screen uses much less battery. In addition, the airlines make you turn off the wireless, so having the AirPort and Bluetooth radios off also saves energy. Under those conditions, and if I set the CPU to Reduced and don't make it work too hard, yes I think I did see it exceed 4 hours once. But in day-to-day use, with the backlight turned up, wireless networking turned on, and the CPU grinding away at graphics and video and music and web page rendering, everybody gets about 2 to 2.5 hours.
It's just like gas mileage on your car. I would love it if I could always have the fantastic mileage I get by extended drives on the highway, but life isn't like that and in reality I don't come close to that figure because I have to drive around town stop-and-go.
AppleCare: Over 3 years, the value of covered repairs on this laptop exceeded the cost of AppleCare about 3 times over (US dollars), so it turned out to be a good deal for me, as it has always been.
When to replace your battery: Replace it when you can't stand it anymore, and that point is going to be different for different people. I think I waited until my battery was down to about 45 minutes. Below that it was hard to get any meaningful work done. Someone who regularly needs more than an hour of battery time would have gone for a new battery sooner.

When do i know it is the right time to replace the battery on my ipod?

i do not know if my ipod ever had the ability to deliver 16 hours of playback as the system spec claimed, but right now after more than a year's use and almost always leaving on the charger when i am home, i can get about 10 hours continous playback at best.
i am pretty sure that my battery is in the decline phase of its life cycle. when i am transferring pics with my camera connector, it would go way down to the red, then kick back to green once my camera connector is off. in addition, if i leave it off the charger, it would eat up its battery capacity up sooner than i would have guessed.
my question is really two phase:
1)when do you people usually replace your battery.
2)with the ipod photo feeling like brick, should i even bother? perhaps a new ipod video would be the way to go?
any suggestion would be greatly appreciated.

The reason your iPod's battery is only lasting 10 hours could very well be that your iPod's battery is going. They say that an iPod's battery can undergo 500 charge cycles or charging the battery fully 500 times. I don't know how old your iPod is, but I have a 4G iPod, and I get about 5-6 hours out of a proposed 12. you can try the iPod battery test here:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61475
to see if you need a new battery

Is it time to replace my battery?

I have a 17" Mid 2010 MacBook Pro 6,1. A couple of months ago I substituted the optical drive with a 1TB SSHD; dual drive upgrade. I remember reading somewhere this upgrade can do wacky things to your battery, drain the battery , decrease its performance. Well, now I am getting a "Service Battery" message.
Also, is my cycle count "correct"? Shouldn't my cycle count be a lot higher, in order to replace the battery? Never replaced the batttery before. Is it just time for a new battery? What model number battery should I order, do I just specify Mid 2010?
Here are my specs:
Battery Information:
Model Information:
       Serial Number:          9G******N5A
       Manufacturer:          DP
       Device Name:          bq20z951
       Pack Lot Code:          0
       PCB Lot Code:          0
       Firmware Version:          301
       Hardware Revision:          1
       Cell Revision:          119
Charge Information:
       Charge Remaining (mAh):          6883
       Fully Charged:          Yes
       Charging:          No
       Full Charge Capacity (mAh):          6883
Health Information:
       Cycle Count:          52
       Condition:          Service Battery
Battery Installed:          Yes
Amperage (mA):          0
Voltage (mV):          8259
-Thanks!
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[email protected] wrote:
Is it just time for a new battery? What model number battery should I order, do I just specify Mid 2010?
yes, thats what service battery means. Specify 17" Mid 2010 MacBook Pro.

My iPod randomly dies, sometimes it lasts an hour sometimes it lasts 5 minutes on a full charge. Is it time to replace the battery or is something else wrong?

I have a 6th gen 160gb iPod that is almost 2 years old and just about 2 weeks ago i've been getting this problem. I've tried restoring it multiple times and have researched a little and im going on a limb to say my battery is shot. The iPod always shows a correct charge level but it just dies and it won't come back on until I plug it in to my computer or a dock. A few things I have randomly seen it do, when connected to my laptop it will go to the connect to power screen and stay there for awhile and once the display had a really messed up display (like a mixture of the normal display with the black and white lines you would see on an old TV with no signal.)

Another thingthat I noticed, when I charge it with headphones plugged in it seems to be fine and won't die for hours but if I plug in say some speakers, it will almost always die in like 5 minutes. So can it be something to do with the headphone jack or voltage change maybe?

Replace Backup Battery

My installer put the backup battery in the attic. I'm disabled so I don't stand a prayer of getting up there to replace the battery. What do I do when it's time to replace the battery? How do I know the battery needs changing? What's the average before a battery needs to be change?

Mine began beeping about a week ago. I could find nowhere on the general website that addressed this problem--even in the automated help (i always got remote control battery replacement...not helpful). Nor was i initially able to get real, live tech support. This morning i got through and was advised consistent with this string: ie verizon warantees the back-up battery for one year only; after that it is your problem. the website is:
fios.asurion.com
please note: there is no www. before the address.
there are only three tabs on the website: home; order; log-in.
the battery at this time costs just under $50.00 (not sure what shipping is).
I am pleased with Fios (though the Verizon customer support website could use some help), but charging you 50 bucks to replace the battery is something not even the cable company would do.
note also: the back-up battery powers only your phone service in the event of a power outage (according to tech support; no internet, no tv). So...i thought (and was advised by tech support) i could just take out the battery to get rid of the beeping...didn't work.
hope this helps you avoid what it took me to figure out.

My MacBook Pro 13" won't turn on 90% of the time I try to get it running, and when it does turn on, even on a charger, it shuts down if I stop using it for 2 seconds and it won't turn back on. Should I replace the battery?

My MacBook Pro 13" won't turn on 90% of the time I try to get it running, and when it does turn on, even on a charger, it shuts down if I stop using it for 2+ seconds and it won't turn back on. Should I replace the battery? It doesn't hold a charge either...

EmadJamal,
the battery won’t melt because of long connection to the AC charger, although that has the potential of reducing the battery’s life.
Do you have access to a second 60 W AC charger to test with your MacBook Pro, or access to a second 13-inch MacBook Pro against which your AC charger could be tested?

My computer has been seen at Genius bar 6 times for freezing up, reloaded all original settings and even went to the apple shop where they replaced the battery and logic board. Still freezes after I try to reload iTunes stuff and app stuff from apple

my computer has been seen at Genius bar 6 times for freezing up, reloaded all original settings, all of their diagnostics, and they even sent it to the apple shop where they replaced the battery and logic board. Still freezes after I try to reload iTunes stuff and app stuff from apple, especially iPhoto which is seems to refuse to load and then begins freezing up all over again. Anyone else have this problem. Other than this, I have had absolutely no problems with this computer. Now, it's a file of junk.

Hi Ronald ...
Have you checked lately to see how much free space there is on the disk? Especially since iPhoto freezes at launch ...
Click your Apple menu icon top left in your screen. From the drop down menu click About This Mac > More Info > Storage
Make sure there's at least 15% free disk space.
And make sure the OS X software is up to date.
Click the Apple  top left in your screen.
From the drop down menu click: Software Update
If you have anti virus software installed or are using third party Mac cleaning utiliites, that may be part and parcel of the your problems.

Time to Replace Macbook Pro Battery?

Well... it happened. I just broke 1,000 charge cycles on my Macbook Pro. My computer is telling me that I need to replace it soon, but coconut battery says that I have at least 70% life left. Out of the design capacity of 5770 mAh, I have 4149 mAh left. This gets me about a 4 hour charge, more or less depending on what I'm doing. While watching Youtube at this moment though, it says about an hour left and I am at 50%. So it really does vary on what I am doing.I run this battery pretty hard with a lot of gaming, video editing, and just general use. Plus I have 2 hard drives in it so there is just that little bit of extra power use. Should I just buy the new battery now and throw it in or should I wait it out a bit longer? I know the battery is pretty unpredictable now that its past 1,000 charges and thats all Apple rates it for, so let me know what you think.

Not sure why you need any input on this. You are on borrowed time with a hobbled battery capacity, if you can get by on this restriction than keep milking it to the bitter end. If you have the money buy the battery.

MacBook Pro -- how many battery cycles before time to replace battery?

Got a 5 year old MacBook Pro. There are around 95 battery cycles on the battery. It's the original battery. How many cycles should I expect before it's time to replace?
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Time to replace battery or iBook?

My iBook G4 800 is a little over 2 years old now. I noticed about a few months ago that once I disconnected the power adapter from the iBook, it will quickly lose its charge (about 45-hour) and by the time the power level reaches around...30-50% give or take...it suddenly just shuts down with no warning. So I'm unable to really calibrate the battery because I can't get to the sleeping mode point if my battery is failing on me by the time it reaches it.
Once it shuts down..I need to plug in the power adapter and press the power button to restart the machine. So I was wondering...has the time come to replace the battery? (2+ years seems like it would be time to so) or is the problem more related to the actual iBook?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
iBook Mac OS X (10.4)

Luis,
You can still use the battery but keep in mind: showing a 100% capacity in the Finder's menu bar actually means only 39%. The capacity will wind down accordingly faster so have a look on the battery status and let the % rate be shown. A replacement may be necessary but you can keep one battery as reserve and exchange the two now and then to keep them alive.
-Berndt

Type of battery -- mid 2010 13-inch macbook; and how soon do I need to replace dead battery?

I'm trying to replace the battery on my mid 2010 13-inch Macbook. I'm not sure what kind of battery I need to get, and can't seem to find any indication in "System Information". It's a "MacBook7,1" with Intel Core 2 Duo and Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz. I found this battery on amazon: "Apple MacBook Pro 13 Inch Mid 2010 Battery 60Wh, 5500mAh". Will it work? Do I need to get one with a particular power capacity, or anything like that?
I'm also wondering how quickly I need to get the problem fixed. My computer stopped working yesterday unless plugged into a power source. I don't really want to send it away to get it fixed, as I have a lot of work I need to do on it over the course of the next week. If I buy a battery online, wait for it to arrive, and install it (a process that will probably take at least 4-5 days), will I be leaving it too long? Or is it OK to continue just running my computer off the mains for now?
Thanks!

PS: here's some other info I found, after my earlier post timed-out:
See how a determined DIY user with some skills & abilities could dissect & replace battery:
https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/MacBook+Unibody+Model+A1342+Battery+Replacement/166 7
Example of what new replacement battery looks like, for your Mac; w/ part number:
http://www.battery-center.net/apple-macbook-unibody-13-battery.html
Find an Apple Authorized Service Provider
Visit an Apple Retail Store
An Apple Store or Authorized Apple service provider could replace the battery
for the cost of the part, and a fee for the tech time. This may vary by location.
Hopefully this helps. The part is not considered 'user replaceable' but it is possible.
Good luck & happy computing!

MacBook Pro 13 Early 2011 Battery Degradation to Not Detected, User Replaced New Battery also Not Detected, Please Help!

I have a MBP early 2011 13 inch and do not have Apple Care. After I installed Mountain Lion I noticed the battery health was dropping pretty rapidly, with a service battery warning. I tried resetting the SMC and PRAM and even a clean install. I took it into an Apple store and they said I should have cycled it more, but I could still use it. The health dropped and dropped until a battery would not even be detected. Because Apple would not replace it for me for free and I didn't want to pay for them to do so, I bought my own battery. Once I replaced the battery with the new one, it still says there is no battery connected.
When I detach the battery and then attach it again, the battery indicator lights on the side show 4 dots. When I plugged in the MagSafe connector, the fifth light started blinking (I thought it was charging) and then it went back to all of them blinking indicating no battery detected. The computer also automatically turned on when I connected the MagSafe.
I have tired multiple times to reset PRAM and SMC even after installing the new battery to no avail. I can use the machine with the MagSafe connected, but as soon as the cord is unplugged or bumped, it goes into the emergency sleep mode.
Any thoughts on what might be ailing this not yet two year old machine? My first Mac lasted 7 years before any logic board fail so I hope that is not it. Anything I should try that I haven't yet? Any ideas on what this might cost me through Apple?
Thanks!

Why don't you look through this to insure you did everything correctly:
http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Installing+MacBook+Pro+13-Inch+Unibody+Early+2011+Ba ttery+Replacement/5116/1
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