Comments on: Battery Mysteries http://cogdogblog.com/2007/09/17/battery-mysteries/ Alan Levine's space for barking about and playing with technology Sat, 26 May 2012 17:11:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Alan http://cogdogblog.com/2007/09/17/battery-mysteries/comment-page-1/#comment-34893 Alan Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:40:48 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2007/09/17/battery-mysteries/#comment-34893 Thanks PatrickQG- I had installed the battery update before (likely did it yesterday), and thought from the list of symptoms that mine did not match any of the problems. I'm charging up the new one now (it is at 99% health), and plan to monitor the old one.... for longish travel or being stuck in conference rooms with minimal outlets, I like to carry a spare battery anyhow. cheers Thanks PatrickQG- I had installed the battery update before (likely did it yesterday), and thought from the list of symptoms that mine did not match any of the problems. I’m charging up the new one now (it is at 99% health), and plan to monitor the old one…. for longish travel or being stuck in conference rooms with minimal outlets, I like to carry a spare battery anyhow.

cheers

]]> By: PatrickQG http://cogdogblog.com/2007/09/17/battery-mysteries/comment-page-1/#comment-34877 PatrickQG Tue, 18 Sep 2007 08:01:05 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2007/09/17/battery-mysteries/#comment-34877 Is your MacBook Pro covered by the (second?) "recall"? There's a program for batteries where the battery life starts to suck badly, and they'll straight replace them. They did that for my (September '06) MBP with no questions asked. Well, the guy did feel the battery up a bit, declared one of the cells felt different to the others (I just nodded and agreed). What CoconutBattery thought the current capacity was would vary - mostly 64%, down to 55% on the day I had it replaced, but sometimes would pop right back up to 86%. At any rate, it might be worth checking out <a href="http://www.apple.com/support/macbook_macbookpro/batteryupdate/" rel="nofollow">the program</a>. Is your MacBook Pro covered by the (second?) “recall”? There’s a program for batteries where the battery life starts to suck badly, and they’ll straight replace them. They did that for my (September ’06) MBP with no questions asked.

Well, the guy did feel the battery up a bit, declared one of the cells felt different to the others (I just nodded and agreed).

What CoconutBattery thought the current capacity was would vary – mostly 64%, down to 55% on the day I had it replaced, but sometimes would pop right back up to 86%. At any rate, it might be worth checking out the program.

]]> By: D'Arcy Norman http://cogdogblog.com/2007/09/17/battery-mysteries/comment-page-1/#comment-34869 D'Arcy Norman Tue, 18 Sep 2007 03:15:24 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2007/09/17/battery-mysteries/#comment-34869 just pack a longish extension cord to run from business back to steerage... just pack a longish extension cord to run from business back to steerage…

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