"battery charged" - not true

shanehughes · shanehughes #1 (**permalink**)

01-04-2010, 05:08 AM

Hi all here's a confusion. My battery info says it's charged but lasts less than a minute. it's pretty old and would probably easily be solved with a new battery but i don't want to buy a new battery and find out it's some other problem. any thoughts? there's clearly a problem with the accuracy of the readouts. 700 cycles and 100% battery health - in my dreams.

TattooedMac · TattooedMac #2 (**permalink**)

01-04-2010, 05:56 AM

You dont say what Version OS you are running but have you tried to calibrate the battery as a last resort. Sounds like its on its way out but here is a link to 10.4 calibration. If it doesnt help just googl " Apple calibrating your Macbook model" battery...

LINKY

Cheers

ticedoff8 · ticedoff8 #3 (**permalink**)

01-04-2010, 01:58 PM

Awesome Dude!!!
You have a battery with 65 Amp Hours (65,304mAh) of capacity! The battery in my car doesn't have that mush power. Wow.

BTW: The battery is toast. Get a new battery.

BTW2: CoconuBattery lies. It gives you a rough guideline, but don't get your panties in a knot when your new 5500mAh battery says it only has 5340 or 5227mAh. Use it for trend analysis and you'll be okay.

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Member Since: Nov 26, 2009 Posts: 8	01-04-2010, 05:08 AM Hi all here's a confusion. My battery info says it's charged but lasts less than a minute. it's pretty old and would probably easily be solved with a new battery but i don't want to buy a new battery and find out it's some other problem. any thoughts? there's clearly a problem with the accuracy of the readouts. 700 cycles and 100% battery health - in my dreams.
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