I'm hoping someone can help me track down this problem. I have an Early 2008 15" MacBook Pro. I replaced the battery about a year ago. It has been working fine until recently. It started running hotter and hotter. Once it got so hot it started getting that "fried electronic" smell. I shut it down and let it cool off. It still work. A few days later, maybe a week later, the battery suddenly stopped "working". That is to say that it would no longer run off battery. When plugged in, the computer runs normally. It doesn't get hot any longer either. I run iStat and the battery stats all show the expected info: 94% health, 43 charges, 92% charged. I've tried the resetting PRAM and SMC. I also found some firmware patches for the batteries, but the instructions don't match. I'm running Lion.
I'm wondering if I have a bad battery, bad board somewhere. Anyone have any ideas or suggestions? This is my first Mac and I love it.
I'm wondering if I have a bad battery, bad board somewhere. Anyone have any ideas or suggestions? This is my first Mac and I love it.