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#1 2007-03-28 3:43 am
MacBook Battery Wierdness
My parents' MacBook started acting strangely. After it's been plugged in for a bit, the battery indicator becomes an X and proclaims: "No batteries available." The battery's in its place just fine and the 'Book is only a couple months old. Unplugging the power cord has no effect on this indicator, nor does plugging it in again; the only way to get it back to normal is to restart the machine. Should I be concerned? And do you have any suggestions to fix the problem?
Thanks!
_Nik
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#3 2007-03-30 2:29 am
Re: MacBook Battery Wierdness
Thanks for the suggestions. I tried all three, but unfortunately the problem persists. And if I leave it unplugged it will spontaneously turn off; not sleep as happens with a low battery, but completely off. This has happened with the battery at about 70% as well as about 50%.
_Nik
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#4 2007-03-30 6:48 am
- Daddyo
- hoochie coochie man
- From: the last juke joint
- Registered: 2004-01-24
- Posts: 1881
Re: MacBook Battery Wierdness
Time to call Apple.
A million seconds is 12 days.
A billion seconds is 31 years.
A trillion seconds is 31,688 years.
Hope and change could be forever.
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#5 2007-03-30 7:29 am
- thume
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- From: Budapest, Hungary
- Registered: 2004-11-05
- Posts: 1352
Re: MacBook Battery Wierdness
That is exactly what happened to mine.
Call apple and get it replaced before this happens:
http://www.maclife.com/forums/topic/94780
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#6 2007-03-30 10:13 am
- maleko
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- From: Eugene, OR
- Registered: 2006-11-25
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Re: MacBook Battery Wierdness
Happens to a lot of people including me, just got my new battery.
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#7 2007-03-30 10:49 am
- NAG
- A witch!
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Re: MacBook Battery Wierdness
Yeah, this is happening to a lot of macbooks. I just got mine back from compusa after 17 days.
All they have to do is replace the battery. Must be a nice battery to take 17 freaking days.
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