[chantman]

Hi All,

I have a new MacBook pro purchased a few months ago. Recently I've been having some problems with the battery. Whenever the MBP is unplugged, and I close the lid, when I reopen it, it thinks there is 0% battery life left, and goes to sleep. Once I plug the power adapter in, I can get it to come on, and it says it's charging. When I remove the power adapter, the battery meter goes to a much higher percentage (what it really should be).

Anyways, I've calibrated the battery twice (beginning to become a pain). Any ideas?????


Thanks,

Chantman

[LudwigVan]

The first half of your post reminds me of some symptoms I've read about recently. Check the physical condition of your battery. Is it starting to bulge/swell?

[chantman]

I've read about that swelling thing, but never really thought about it. I tried to put all of the bad press about the MBP out of my head since it's my 2nd ever Mac. I do however notice the screen "whine" with my MBP

Anyways, I've inspected the battery, and it seems to be fine in terms of size. I don't notice any swelling or bulging. I do notice though that the case "metal" right above the lid release button is bulging out slightly. If you look at it from the top, you can see it sticking out a lil bit. I'll try to get a pic for later. It's directly in the center of the notebook.

Should I make a call to AppleCare?

TIA,

Chantman

[Dave]

Originally Posted by chantman Should I make a call to AppleCare?

Yes. Sounds like it

[intlplby]

i had a similar problem... have them replace the battery

[chantman]

Now, a cool little symptom... The battery icon has an X through it, and when I click on it, it says "No batteries available"
I feel special since it's not plugged in... I guess I'm transferring power to it through osmosis.

Yep, definitely Applecare time