Q: Mid 2012 MBP "Service Battery" Warning
I picked up my mid-2012 13" MBP in October or November of 2014. It's not that old, but after a slew of power outages in May 2016, my MBP battery just went kaput. One day it was fine, the next day it said "Service Battery" with the triangular ! icon.
My MBP is plugged into a surge protector (and good one, to boot) and nothing else was fried. It was a slew of storms that went through and nothing I could do (I was asleep). Since the battery issue, I've noticed my MBP becomes extremely hot when I charge it (mostly on the left side where the power adapter goes in) and the MBP itself is rather sluggish.
I've been removing files off of the hard drive and trying to clean it up a bit to see if there's something else causing it to lag sometimes (I used to be able to multitask great with it). There was a noticeable hit to performance since the battery thing.
Here's my OS and MBP model, and here's my battery info:
Yosemite (10.10.5), 13" Mid 2012 MBP
Battery Information:
- Model Information:
- Serial Number: W03314GB2D3LC
- Manufacturer: SMP
- Device Name: bq20z451
- Pack Lot Code: 0
- PCB Lot Code: 0
- Firmware Version: 201
- Hardware Revision: 000a
- Cell Revision: 165
- Charge Information:
- Charge Remaining (mAh): 1063
- Fully Charged: No
- Charging: Yes
- Full Charge Capacity (mAh): 4467
- Health Information:
- Cycle Count: 275
- Condition: Service Battery
- Battery Installed: Yes
- Amperage (mA): 2633
- Voltage (mV): 11946
The closest genius bar is an hour on a 20$ bus and I'm on limited income, so I'm hoping to get a rough idea what I'm looking at in terms of pricing. I can't just afford an assessment and have them say XYZ is broken here's what we can do, when really, I just need a replacement battery. I have, at most, 200$ a month extra I could spend towards fixing it.
As an ETA: I did run Caffeine App to keep my computer from sleeping and I'm hoping that didn't totally kill my battery. I've since uninstalled.
Much thanks.
MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5), 13"
Posted on Sep 19, 2016 10:12 AM