What's up with my battery?
I have an HP G71 with a fairly new battery. The original battery I had for this thing died, and I had to spend a good $300 replacing it from HP. After replacing it, everything went fine, until I begin to realize that it was plugged in, not charging. I ran a battery check and it said I had to replace it. Like I said, this battery is only about 2-3 months old, and was suposed to last twice as long as a normal battery. What's up with that? I don't have the money to go buy a new battery, and I just bought this one.
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First and foremost, be aware that these batteries have a very definite life to them, based on the quantity of full recharge cycles. From what I've seen in the forums, "normal" use will kill a battery in about eighteen months.
If you're in warranty, a battery replacement is, of course, free. The out-of-warranty cost is $60.
Before you send it in to Apple, read this link. You just might learn something that will help you out.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301560
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My macbook air keeps telling me to replair my battery. But here's my battery health.
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What's wrong with my battery?Welcome to Apple Support Communities
In most cases, OS X tells you to replace the battery when its capacity is below 80%. This is the reason why you see a message telling you to replace the battery.
It is up to you to get the battery replaced or not. If you want to get it replaced, you need to take the Mac to an Apple Store, and the battery replacement will costs $129 + labour. You can replace it yourself by buying the battery online. Also, if your Mac is in warranty, the battery replacement is free.
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Sounds like it may need to be replaced. Contact Apple.
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What is wrong with my battery?
What is wrong with it? I have nothing open, other than this one app. It is only a month old, and Mountain Lion seems to have made it this way?
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Only 3:20 of battery life?1. If the computer is on, turn it off.
2. Reset the power manager by simultaneously pressing and then releasing Shift-Control-Option-Power on the keyboard. Do not press the fn (Function) key while using this combination of keystrokes.
3. Wait 5 seconds.
4. Press the Power button to restart the computer.
I followed these directions, but the computer turned on when I initially pressed the power button while holding Option, Shift, and Control, so I don't know if it worked properly or not. I'm currently letting my battery drain, though. -
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What is up with this garbage battery u put on my phone what the f____
just an addition.
I added coconut battery and it says my current capacity is 3896 mAh, and my original is 5020 mAh. It also says my computer is 21 months old. Could it be time for a new battery, or do I just need to calibrate? -
What's append with LENOVO battery ?
Hi, i use a 7,8 Ah on my T61p.
The battery as 86 % of nominal capability and 120 cycles.
A day after working, the battery won't charge : battery error and fast amber blinking.
I discharged it completely, same thing.
After few days, i can charge it and now it seems to work;
My friend with the same material, have the same problem : good battery but a day, battery error and finished. Good for the garbage. Two battery in 18 months do the same thing !
All the batteries were in good conditions before this failure.
What's happened ? Lenovo batteries are expensive toys ?
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If the protection circuit opens due to cell imbalance, a short, or other fault detected within the battery pack, the system will recognize the remaining charge level of the battery, but will neither charge nor discharge the battery further - it is electrically disconnected.
I have not seen a battery in this state, able to be recovered for use, so I'm perplexed when you say it worked again after letting it sit several days.
Many times, the batteries will not slowly degrade as one would expect, and will appear fine one day and have the protection circuit trigger the next. I have personally experienced this on a tablet battery I have.
I'm not sure what part number you have - you might check the support site to see if your battery is covered by this extended service program.
Hopfully, you have one of these batteries.
Best regards,
Mark
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Anyone guess what is wrong with this battery issue?
A couple of weeks ago I noticed something unusual... it showed "not charging" in the indicator instead of a percentage... I just never seen it show up like that but it was shown that way at 93%...so I wasn't too worried. I was told to calibrated my battery. Before I calibrated my battery I let it drop down to 85% and it wouldn't recharge at all until after a while and it did start to charge, although slowly and not consistently (went from green to orange). Then I let it drain all the way and it recharged up fine and showed the steady orange. I noticed when I would use it since then it'd never show it recharging back up like it used to ("trickle")... but when I put my computer to sleep and woke it up I noticed it had recharged and whatnot. Maybe I didn't calibrate it right? I don't think I let it sleep for 5 hours. But I'm not sure if that will even fix the problem. I cleaned the magsafe adapter and the connector just in case but I don't think a dirty adapter is the problem. Something makes me think something's wrong with the logic board or battery? Am I jumping to conclusions? I didn't touch the computer after last Sunday and when I woke the computer up on Wednesday it showed "Not Charging" at 82%...I let it drop to 75% and it still says not charging with a green light. Great. I don't know what to do...I think mine is a built in battery MBP so I don't even know how to check it. I've only had this computer for 17 months. Should I trust local repairs to look at my computer? I don't really have a lot to spend... I have never been mobile with it so it's fine as a desktop but it's not ideal, especially if you were to lose it if you were working on it. I've already tried the SMC and it did nothing...unless I didn't do it right... anyone else know what I could do to try to fix the problem on my own? I'm worried about recalibrating it and it not charging back up, probably won't happen but it's in the back of my mind of constant worry.
Here's my info:
Model Information:
Serial Number: W0013XXXXBX0A
Manufacturer: SMP
Device name: bqXXXX51
Pack Lot Code: 0000
PCB Lot Code: 0000
Firmware Version: 0201
Hardware Revision: 000a
Cell Revision: 0157
Charge Information:
Charge remaining (mAh): 4638
Fully charged: No
Charging: No
Full charge capacity (mAh): 6251
Health Information:
Cycle count: 31
Condition: Normal
Battery Installed: Yes
Amperage (mA): -15
Voltage (mV): 11850
< Edited By Host >Ok here are my recommendations for your consideration:
Goto the “apple “on your top menu bar. Click 1stoption (About this Mac) a small screen will appear
andclick on “More Info...which will take to a large another smallscreen with Mac Book Pro in huge
letterslike this: MacBookPro.
Nextgo the “Systems Report” button: press.
NextUnder “Hardware” on the left you'll see “Power” click that.Volia the battery info
Nowlets do an analysis of the info: here's mine a 2 mo. Old 17” MBP:
ModelInformation:
SerialNumber: ****************** (not shown by me)
Manufacturer: DP
DeviceName: ******************(not shown by me)
PackLot Code: 0
PCBLot Code: 0
FirmwareVersion: 406
HardwareRevision: 1
CellRevision: 1102
ChargeInformation:
ChargeRemaining (mAh): 7806
FullyCharged: No
Charging: Yes
FullCharge Capacity (mAh): 8488
HealthInformation:
CycleCount: 17
Condition: Normal
BatteryInstalled: Yes
Amperage(mA): 2131
Voltage(mV): 12534
OK under“Charge Information” you see my MBP currently at 7806mAh (mstands Milli
which is 10 tothe -3 power) which translates to 7.806 Amp hours in non-techiespeak. As you see on mine Full Charge Capacity is 8.488 Amp hours.
Ok under healthyou see my cycle count is 17. Your very low cycle count 31 reflects that you are not “conditioning” your battery by runningit on battery till 5 minute warning or going to sleep and then fullyrecharging it! You've had it ~18 mo. And your dooming your battery to a short life.
Condition your battery for a long life.
Please notethis is a super battery 2.131 Amps @ 12.534Volts which Apple sayswill last 7 hours. Real world experience is significantly less withLion OS installed.
I am aregistered Apple Developer and sorta a hardware guru and builtmy first computer in the early '70's from scratch. I program also inmost languages but prefer CLI (Command Line Interface) through “AppleTerminal” which I program the actual i7 microprocessor and theGPU(Graphics Processor Unit) . Try the “terminal” but cautionwith the “sudo” command. Of course machine code, morespecifically, BSD(a flavor of UNIX) is what's under Apple's AQUA GUI(pronounced ”goo-ee”) is the (Graphical User Interface).
USAF Captain served as the USAFLiaison Officer at Dallas Naval Air Station (now closed) and WISP (Wartime Information Security Program) USAF Captain.
All of theabove and a dollar won't buy you a cup of coffee -=).
Let 'er rip and
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When using power adapter, what to do with the battery?
Hi,
I own a macbook (mid july 07 model). Most of the time (99%) my macbook is on my desktop and the power adapter is plugged in. I am wondering in my senario, is it better to leave the battery in or out? I understand that there will be performances differences but I can live with the fall in performance when the battery is out, as I don't run heavy apps. Would't it be battery for the battery if I leave it 50% charged and tucked away? I read it from the apple website that if you don't intend to use the battery for 6 mths, its better to do it this way. However, I read the other post in this forum (http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=4883352�) and people suggested to leave the battery in as it doesn't make much of a difference. This kind of left me hanging, in or out? What do you guys do with your batteries? Care to share some experiences? or advise? Thanks.It is OK to leave your battery hooked to the charger most of the time. The only time I unhook mine from the charger is when I calibrate. You should calibrate your battery once a month.
The following links have good information about the MacBook and the care of it's battery.
MacBook reduces processor speed when battery is removed while operating from an A/C adaptor
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WHAT IS UP WITH IPOD BATTERY? IT'S SO WEAK....30 minutes and it's DEAD
Dude, I saw 30 minutes worth of a movie on my Ipod and it died. Is it always that weak or can I do something for it to last longer?????
thanksWho's a dude? Maybe read these and do your own test.
IPOD Battery Playing Times:
http://ipodbatteryfaq.com/ipodbatteryandpower.html
IPOD Battery Questions - http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=62018
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Lately I have been running my macBook off of its battery, and the battery tends to die, without warning, somewhere between 50 and 60 percent. Here is the system profiler profile on my battery (at 84% and charging):
Model Information:
Serial Number: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Manufacturer: DP
Device name: ASMB013
Pack Lot Code: 0001
PCB Lot Code: 0000
Firmware Version: 0102
Hardware Revision: 0300
Cell Revision: 0200
Charge Information:
Charge remaining (mAh): 3217
Fully charged: No
Charging: Yes
Full charge capacity (mAh): 3860
Health Information:
Cycle count: 199
Battery health: Fair
Battery Installed: Yes
Amperage (mA): 566
Voltage (mV): 12584
I don't know if that helps at all...
Is it worth it to run the calibration? Also, if I do, the calibration instructions say to use it until it goes to sleep, then to turn it off or allow it to sleep for five hours or longer--if I turn it off do I have to leave it off for five hours?
Thanks!just an addition.
I added coconut battery and it says my current capacity is 3896 mAh, and my original is 5020 mAh. It also says my computer is 21 months old. Could it be time for a new battery, or do I just need to calibrate? -
HT3743 got a new iphone 5 what is up with the battery it drains quicker than my bath
is this an iOS 6 problem or have i got a duff phone
tried reboot etc
still the sameNo but after a full trickle cycle within 1 min it's down to 99%
5 mins on Facebook andits on 93%
My iPhone 4 after 2 years would be on 99%
Dinner time the5 was on 67% the 4 would be on 93% this is only with slight use
Tried reset reboot and full system wipe and set up as new all make no difference
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What is up with this mysterious battery??
So, I recently asked about a battery which is not charging.... it's plugged in, shows the charging symbol on the screen. I reset the SMC (or whatever) , and after two times, it worked and the battery charged like normal. But now, it's doing the same thing, and after reseting that thing at least 4 or 5 times over the last two days, still the battery is not getting charged. And this time there is a very, very faint green light on the charger. The light on the charger also is staying on even when it is unplugged from the computer.
Strangely enough, the battery was at 14%. I unplugged it for about 15 seconds to look at the charger, and it went up to 16%. As soon as I plugged it back in, it went to 15%.
It's really confusing.... the battery is in good quality (except that it's a little bit swollen). Any suggestions how to get it charging again? Apple store is not an option right now, at least for the next month.
Actually, something bizarre just happened. In the time it took me to write this just now, all of a sudden the amber light goes on, and it shows that it is charging again like normal. Anyone have any idea WHAT ON EARTH is wrong with this battery???
Here's the info (taken before it started to mysteriously charge again) :
Battery Information:
Model Information:
Serial Number:
Manufacturer: DP
Device name: ASMB016
Pack Lot Code: 0002
PCB Lot Code: 0000
Firmware Version: 0110
Hardware Revision: 0500
Cell Revision: 0102
Charge Information:
Charge remaining (mAh): 680
Fully charged: No
Charging: No
Full charge capacity (mAh): 4414
Health Information:
Cycle count: 247
Condition: Good
Battery Installed: Yes
Amperage (mA): -14
Voltage (mV): 11229
System Power Settings:
AC Power:
System Sleep Timer (Minutes): 70
Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes): 10
Display Sleep Timer (Minutes): 70
Automatic Restart On Power Loss: No
Wake On AC Change: No
Wake On Clamshell Open: Yes
Wake On LAN: Yes
Display Sleep Uses Dim: Yes
Battery Power:
System Sleep Timer (Minutes): 15
Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes): 10
Display Sleep Timer (Minutes): 15
Wake On AC Change: No
Wake On Clamshell Open: Yes
Display Sleep Uses Dim: Yes
Reduce Brightness: Yes
Hardware Configuration:
UPS Installed: No
AC Charger Information:
Connected: Yes
Charging: NoBattery is 3 - 4 years old, as old as the computer is. I was doubting whether it was the battery or the charger, because the battery information says the battery is good.
Also, thanks for that tip. I don't know anything about computers, I only started going on here when I had this battery problem and don't live near a store. -
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Dear Apple Support Communities,
What's wrong with my macbook white battery? it is like opened on the other side, like lack of glue.
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