battery at 96%

chaos.theorist · chaos.theorist #1 (**permalink**)

01-02-2008, 06:05 PM

after only 2 weeks??!! 99 or even 98 wouldn't bother me...but 96 after 2 weeks!? is this normal?

jacintosh · jacintosh #2 (**permalink**)

01-02-2008, 06:13 PM

Ya...the battery hops all over the place...don't worry about it...it is solid.

Gbeav · Gbeav #3 (**permalink**)

01-02-2008, 06:18 PM

Did you buy a refurb? Read this for the future.

http://davidweiss.blogspot.com/2006/...ditioning.html

The Vindicat3d · The Vindicat3d #4 (**permalink**)

01-02-2008, 06:22 PM

just unplug it till it hits about 85 and then plug it back in, it should fully charge than!

rman · rman #5 (**permalink**)

01-02-2008, 07:16 PM

It will start charging again after ~94%. This is normal for any brand of laptops.

chaos.theorist · chaos.theorist #6 (**permalink**)

01-03-2008, 09:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Vindicat3d

just unplug it till it hits about 85 and then plug it back in, it should fully charge than!

i actually tried that last night - i let the battery run almost all the way down, let it sit for a while, then plugged it in over night. this morning it was back up to 99%. after having 5 ipods replaced due to battery issues, i'm a little gun-shy when it comes to an apple battery (or whomever it is that makes them for apple).

but all is well...

carolineUK · carolineUK #7 (**permalink**)

01-03-2008, 12:15 PM

thats normal. dont worry about it

ki99 · ki99 #8 (**permalink**)

01-03-2008, 03:26 PM

yea after 94% seems to be a sort of "cut-off point"

AJcorex · AJcorex #9 (**permalink**)

01-03-2008, 09:46 PM

That display is only an estimate, there's no proper way to determine how much "juice" there is in a battery, you can only estimate. Don't worry about it.

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Member Since: Nov 05, 2007 Posts: 985 Mac Specs: Black MacBook- 2.2GHz, 1gb RAM, 160GB, Double-Layer Superdrive.	01-02-2008, 06:22 PM just unplug it till it hits about 85 and then plug it back in, it should fully charge than! Use the Rep System!! Check out my Blog-->Malevolent Poetry-Updated as of 4/4/08 and will be weekly.
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rman #5 (permalink)
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carolineUK #7 (permalink)
Member Since: May 14, 2007 Posts: 56	01-03-2008, 12:15 PM thats normal. dont worry about it ibook G4 powerPC OSX ipod nano 4g and ipod 10g Wacom Graphire (sapphire) I-DOG
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Member Since: May 31, 2007 Location: Ontario, Canada. Posts: 926 Mac Specs: Macbook(W) 2GHz, 80GB HD, 1G RAM, Windows XP	01-03-2008, 03:26 PM yea after 94% seems to be a sort of "cut-off point" \| MacUpdate \| VersionTracker \| FORUM RULES \|
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chaos.theorist #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 19, 2007 Posts: 36	01-02-2008, 06:05 PM after only 2 weeks??!! 99 or even 98 wouldn't bother me...but 96 after 2 weeks!? is this normal?
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Member Since: Nov 06, 2007 Posts: 215	01-02-2008, 06:13 PM Ya...the battery hops all over the place...don't worry about it...it is solid.
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AJcorex #9 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 31, 2007 Posts: 16	01-03-2008, 09:46 PM That display is only an estimate, there's no proper way to determine how much "juice" there is in a battery, you can only estimate. Don't worry about it.
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