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MacBook Pro - Battery problem
I have a macbook pro that is just over a year old and under the system profile for power it says check battery what does this mean?
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Mac Specs: Macbook 2.0ghz coeduo 1GB RAM 80 GB HD SuperDrive
It means that you have 173 cycles?
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Ok.....It's charging.....It has 173 cycles...Whats your point man?
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Since it says "Check Battery", there might be an issue, night not be. Check out this from
Apple Support article .
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Member Since: Oct 09, 2007
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Battery Info From System Profiler
There's a nice post about making sense of the System Profiler battery information, especially when your battery isn't lasting as long as it should be
here
And let's see...
The Macbook Battery Problem announced end of April 2007. There's a chance you got one of the bad batch. That may be why you're getting the 'Check Battery' note. You might want to swing by
MacBook | Macbook Pro Battery Problem and have a read through. I know that as of 10/08 Apple continues to replace the affected batteries.
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