X in the battery ICON of my battery.

I am having a problem where instead of the charge indicator appearing in the right hand corner of the battery icon, an X is being shown...Also, my battery is not fully charging and will only last on its' own for about 30 min...I know something is wrong...Does anyone know what the X represents and if there is way to solve this problem manually or if I need to take my MacBook into a service center for the 3rd time in the last 6 months...I thought that Macs were supposed to be more reliable...Glad I bought the 3 year warranty I guess...I can't believe that Mac would allow such a faulty product to be released into the public, especially in College campuses where I use this piece of machinery to take notes with day in and day out.

The X indicates that connection to the battery has been lost. Could be either a bad battery, bad connector or even a problem with the logic board.
Sometimes resetting the SMC will fix this:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303319-en

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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379
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I looked at Laptop Battery One's website, and it looks like they make their own batteries, rather than selling Apple-brand batteries. Is this correct?
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Yes, that previous page button is wonderful, isn't it LOL. It has gotten me many times. Some text editors are merciful and will preserve your work if you immediately hit the back button. The Lenovo Forum editor does not but it does autosave your draft ever so often
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X in the battery ICON of my battery.

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