Replacement battery for Macbook Pro 5,3 (Mid 2009)

Apple will not sell you the battery, but they will service your MBP...replacing the battery is arount $129 when done by Apple so it would be just as well to have them do it as buy an uncertain battery for the same price.

Have you visited a genius bar to have them give you an official price?

Apple battery replacement page, try giving them a call and see about sending it to them.

If you insist on doing the replacement your self, have a #0 Triwing driver handy, otherwise the 10 minutes will turn into a couple of days until you get one. They are not sold in your local hardware store.

Ciao.

I have the 5,3 mid-2009 Unibody Macbook Pro as well. That's not the battery you would want to get. That's for MBP of the same year that had half a bottom panel removable, and the battery was separate, removable, and covered in aluminum to look like the rest of the bottom panel.

The one needed for the mid-2009 Unibody 5,3 is this (http://www.ifixit.com/MacBook-Parts/MacBook-Pro-15-Inch-Unibody-Mid-2009-2010-Ba ttery/IF161-057#compatibilityList) one.

Hope that helps.

thanks for the link. i live in south america, and this isn't easy to "send in" to get replaced. i have the proper tools and have removed the battery several times (to adjust the trackpad), but just needed a source for the battery, as it seems apple doesn't sell it any more... 🙂

I just replaced the battery on my MBP 15" (2.8GHz) which I purchased on Amazon from Morewer. Used the iFixit manual to do the straightforward replacement. Although you're supposed to use a pentalobe (five-wing) screwdriver, a small flat head will work. Battery charged up fine (conditioned it by fully charging and then running down), but now my magsafe charger doesn't turn amber anymore (stays green and the battery menu says "Not charging"). When I leave the machine plugged in, it charges the battery anyway. Wish I know how to get the charger to indicate it is actually charging. Anyone have any ideas? Could there be something wrong with the battery?

Sounds a lot like charging circuitry failure, which is part of the logic board.

Thanks Ralph.

Interestingly, I noticed last night that the MagSafe was glowing orange while the MBP was in sleep mode. When I opened the lid, I saw my wife had switched to Windows using Bootcamp to do some work. Curious, eh?

That could be having Windows set differently in the energy saver controls vs the Mac OS X settings.

iFixit has the solution to replace the apple MacBook Pro 15 inch A1286 2009 Battery

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http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/MacBook+Pro+15-Inch+Unibody+2.53+GHz+Mid+2009+Batter y+Replacement/1513

http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/MacBook+Pro+15-Inch+Unibody+Mid+2009+Battery+Replace ment/1712

Actually, this battery's code is: A1321.