MacBook Battery Won't Charge...Get "Not Charging"

A belated follow-up to my post. Took the MacBook to the Apple Store (Regent St, London) and talked to a Genius. I explained the problem, he booted from a handy diag USB and said the battery was (I think) in deep sleep mode... ie dead. The only solution would be to buy a new battery at around £100.

I tried to argue the point that perfectly good batteries should not just commit suicide after a week, but he countered with the fact that the user manual says that if you are going to "store your MacBook for an extended amount of time" then you should remove the battery. To be honest, I don't call a week an "extended amount of time"!

On a parting note, I did ask if the battery would have been replaced if I'd had Apple Care and he said no...

Me too, I am really disapointed because is not normal that so many people have the same problem!!!!!! also my mackbook is out of support (1 year and ONE MONTH) and they told me the normal life is 300 cycles!!! what?!! and my battery is 200. It worked normally before having it sleeping for one night!!
It is not normal I want to make a complain but HOw???'

same here

Battery Information:

Model Information:
Device name: ASMB016
Pack Lot Code: 0002
PCB Lot Code: 0000
Firmware Version: 102a
Hardware Revision: 0500
Cell Revision: 0102
Charge Information:
Charge remaining (mAh): 0
Fully charged: No
Charging: No
Full charge capacity (mAh): 0
Health Information:
Cycle count: 439
Condition: Replace Now
Battery Installed: Yes
Amperage (mA): 0
Voltage (mV): 8741

battery died after a weekend of sleep.. as colleagues in company had similar problems earlier with same models of macbook I even re calibrated battery every two months as mentioned in help.

customer care here I come....

any info regarding battery update for SnowL?

Model Information:
Serial Number: SMP-ASMB016-3924-ffa
Manufacturer: SMP
Device name: ASMB016
Pack Lot Code: 0000
PCB Lot Code: 0000
Firmware Version: 0110
Hardware Revision: 0200
Cell Revision: 0102
Charge Information:
Charge remaining (mAh): 0
Fully charged: No
Charging: No
Full charge capacity (mAh): 0
Health Information:
Cycle count: 125
Condition: Check Battery
Battery Installed: Yes
Amperage (mA): 0
Voltage (mV): 5347

Like almost everyone else, my battery has suddenly given out on me. I went on vacation for two weeks and did not take my beloved macbook with me. Now my battery display says "battery is not charging" and I have to have my macbook plugged in for it to work. I have tried using different outlets around the house, and different magsafe adapters (with and without the extender), but it doesn't help. I have an appointment tomorrow at the Genius Bar, I hope they will replace the battery. It is quite obvious that everyone is having the same problem with the same device numbers.

im having the same problem my macbook would charge last night now it wont

Model Information:
Serial Number: DP-ASMB016-38b4-54f5
Manufacturer: DP
Device name: ASMB016
Pack Lot Code: 0002
PCB Lot Code: 0000
Firmware Version: 0110
Hardware Revision: 0500
Cell Revision: 0102
Charge Information:
Charge remaining (mAh): 1072
Fully charged: No
Charging: No
Full charge capacity (mAh): 4560
Health Information:
Cycle count: 209
Condition: Good
Battery Installed: Yes
Amperage (mA): -1260
Voltage (mV): 11029

its a hardware issue. when you take the battery out its the gold pins that connect to the mainboard. the part is $12.50 but apple wont sell you the part they charge you 85.00 for 30 min of labor. this is how they rape you for your money.

hi ! does anyone know something about these " replace battery ".
Its safe ? if it works, why should i buy another apple battery if they just last for an year ?
does anyone knows if its a safe battery ?

thanks

Leo

Seems like every other MacBook has battery problems, I have the same problem, a two year old MacBook that has a battery that doesn't charge. Seems like Apple put more emphasis on design than engineering products that work for more than two years.

I actually don't think many of these are the fault of the battery.
I have almost identical stats, and yet I still won't charge after swapping the MagSafe charger and the battery itself (thank god for BTEC Media MacBooks :P)

The battery worked fine in another MacBook with both my charger and another charger, and the charger worked in another MacBook with both my battery and another battery. I am certain it is the charging circuit that is faulty.

Model Information:
Serial Number: DP-ASMB016-38d4-2fc0
Manufacturer: DP
Device name: ASMB016
Pack Lot Code: 0002
PCB Lot Code: 0000
Firmware Version: 0110
Hardware Revision: 0500
Cell Revision: 0200
Charge Information:
Charge remaining (mAh): 1744
Fully charged: No
Charging: No
Full charge capacity (mAh): 4821
Health Information:
Cycle count: 53
Condition: Good
Battery Installed: Yes
Amperage (mA): 0
Voltage (mV): 11529

Don't be fooled by the cycle count, I was allowed to swap the batteries over for a while.

I was just having this problem. Intel MBP, just over 4 years old. Replaced the battery 3 months ago. A few days ago I noticed that the battery was at 55% (I usually keep it plugged in) and was not charging. Resetting the SMC didn't work. I figured the problem wasn't the battery because my battery is new.

Turns out the problem was my magsafe adapter. I had a second one at home, and the replacement power adapter is charging the battery just fine.

The model that did not work is A1172. The model that does work is A1222. No idea if that's significant or how old the respective adapters are. (I've had a string of MacBook Pros over the past few years -- 1 personal, 2 work, and not sure which adapter is from which computer.)

I realize that you posted this over a year ago, but I had a similar profile on my macbook, Approximately 191 cycles on mine. Left it off for a week (maybe two) and then all of a sudden, no charge possible.

Read up on the problem and was ready to buy a new battery but decided to go to the Apple store (I have one locally) to make sure that the battery was the problem. The genius bar tech confirmed that it was the battery. He talked to a coworker who said because of the age it was probably long periods of non-use that caused the problem so he would not offer a replacement--and I expected to pay anyway. But the tech was not satisfied to let it there, so he bumped to the manager who approved a replacement.

I have Apple at home and run a small Windows-based community center lab network at work, and all I can say is YAY APPLE!

i am also getting the same problem.

i left my macbook for repair in an authorized service provider and it returned to me with the battery dead. and worst part is they cant explain it. they just tell me "it just died."

I have the same trouble, computer says it's not charging so I have to stay connected at all times. Irritating. Bought this June of 2008 but I don't use it a lot. Apple needs to address this, there are too many of us for this not to be their problem.

i'm having the same problem now on my brand new macbook pro! i turned it off and unplugged it for 4 days, went away for a long weekend, come back and suddenly my brand new computers battery doesnt charge...? i'm sending it back to the apple store to have them fix it.
heres my computers information:
Battery Information:

Model Information:
Serial Number: 9G013002N8VPC
Manufacturer: DP
Device name: bq20z451
Pack Lot Code: 0000
PCB Lot Code: 0000
Firmware Version: 0003
Hardware Revision: 0002
Cell Revision: 0100
Charge Information:
Charge remaining (mAh): 0
Fully charged: No
Charging: No
Full charge capacity (mAh): 0
Health Information:
Cycle count: 7
Condition: Replace Now
Battery Installed: Yes
Amperage (mA): 0
Voltage (mV): 11255

I was hit with this problem only this morning.
Battery Information:

Model Information:
Manufacturer: DP
Device name: ASMB016
Pack Lot Code: 0002
PCB Lot Code: 0000
Firmware Version: 102a
Hardware Revision: 0500
Cell Revision: 0102
Charge Information:
Charge remaining (mAh): 0
Fully charged: No
Charging: No
Full charge capacity (mAh): 0
Health Information:
Cycle count: 220
Condition: Replace Now
Battery Installed: Yes
Amperage (mA): 0
Voltage (mV): 8205

Been using the macbook since middle 2008.