Hi,
I've got an awful problem. I'm using a 13" early 2011 MacbookPro (just over one year old). When the power charger is unplugged, the computer goes into sleep mode. When I plug it back in, I can turn it on and "sorta" use it. When the charger is plugged in, at the top right where the status of the battery is listed, there is a small "X" over the graphic depicting the battery.
Also, sometimes the system CPU usage jumps up to 85% making the system work verrry slow. This computer is basically useless when this happens. Note: the computer does not get hot, and its fans don't kick on to high when the CPU usage shoots up.
With this in mind, I rebooted into Windows via Bootcamp for reference, and I was able to use the computer fine no problems unplugged or plugged in. No power issues at all.
I reboot back into OSX and everything works perfectly there too. This lasts only an hour though, and now I'm back to the "X" over the battery graphic and CPU jumping up. I rebooted back into Windows to see what would happened, and Windows now says no battery is detected.
Before Windows betrayed me, I thought the problem was contained only within the OS X partition. Thus I thought this was a software issue, and I was going to erase OS X and restore via Time Machine. Now--with Windows acting up--I'm starting to dread this is a hardware issue.
Can someone chime in with knowledge about whether this is software or hardware? If it's software, no problem. If it's hardware, would you say it's limited to the battery?
Thanks to anyone who lends me help.
I've got an awful problem. I'm using a 13" early 2011 MacbookPro (just over one year old). When the power charger is unplugged, the computer goes into sleep mode. When I plug it back in, I can turn it on and "sorta" use it. When the charger is plugged in, at the top right where the status of the battery is listed, there is a small "X" over the graphic depicting the battery.
Also, sometimes the system CPU usage jumps up to 85% making the system work verrry slow. This computer is basically useless when this happens. Note: the computer does not get hot, and its fans don't kick on to high when the CPU usage shoots up.
With this in mind, I rebooted into Windows via Bootcamp for reference, and I was able to use the computer fine no problems unplugged or plugged in. No power issues at all.
I reboot back into OSX and everything works perfectly there too. This lasts only an hour though, and now I'm back to the "X" over the battery graphic and CPU jumping up. I rebooted back into Windows to see what would happened, and Windows now says no battery is detected.
Before Windows betrayed me, I thought the problem was contained only within the OS X partition. Thus I thought this was a software issue, and I was going to erase OS X and restore via Time Machine. Now--with Windows acting up--I'm starting to dread this is a hardware issue.
Can someone chime in with knowledge about whether this is software or hardware? If it's software, no problem. If it's hardware, would you say it's limited to the battery?
Thanks to anyone who lends me help.