I have an "X" on my battery Icon and when I click on it, it says No battery available

I hate mac... no more mac in my life...

Hello, i have the same info here is a screen shot of my battery with x and also my battery info

im using a MacBook Air mid 2011 11"

BATTERY INFO HERE:

Battery Information:

Model Information:

Serial Number: D86145700ZFDKRQA1

Device Name: bq20z451

Pack Lot Code: 0

PCB Lot Code: 0

Firmware Version: 406

Hardware Revision: 000a

Cell Revision: 173

Charge Information:

Charge Remaining (mAh): 0

Fully Charged: No

Charging: No

Full Charge Capacity (mAh): 0

Health Information:

Cycle Count: 0

Battery Installed: No

Amperage (mA): 0

Voltage (mV): 0

System Power Settings:

AC Power:

System Sleep Timer (Minutes): 10

Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes): 10

Display Sleep Timer (Minutes): 10

Sleep on Power Button: Yes

Wake on AC Change: No

Wake on Clamshell Open: Yes

Wake on LAN: Yes

Current Power Source: Yes

Display Sleep Uses Dim: Yes

PrioritizeNetworkReachabilityOverSleep: 0

RestartAfterKernelPanic: 15

Standby Delay: 4200

Standby Enabled: 1

Battery Power:

System Sleep Timer (Minutes): 10

Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes): 10

Display Sleep Timer (Minutes): 2

Sleep on Power Button: Yes

Wake on AC Change: No

Wake on Clamshell Open: Yes

Display Sleep Uses Dim: Yes

Reduce Brightness: Yes

RestartAfterKernelPanic: 15

Standby Delay: 4200

Standby Enabled: 1

Hardware Configuration:

UPS Installed: No

AC Charger Information:

Connected: Yes

ID: 0x0000

Revision: 0x0000

Family: 0x0000

Serial Number: 0x00000000

Charging: No

This just means that your computer either doesn't recognize the battery or the batttery is bad.

There are several things that could make a bad

Battery icon appear.

1) battery is more than 3 years old.

No more charge cycles left.

( I don't see anything in this case to indicate this is the problem)

2) damaged battery firmware.

3) damaged system permissions/.plist files

One way that can bring back regular

Useage is to run a disk repair and check for

Errors. If found, do a repair disk function.

After do a option + command P&R keys while

Starting up to clear PRAM.

If above fails try an SMC reset.

If this step above fails, you've got a

hardware issue.

Hopefully this advice is useful.

I can confirm several people have suddenly

experienced a bad battery icon or broken Bluetooth

Icon when upgrading from one system instead of doing

clean installs of MacOS.

The way to fix was to do a system disk repair

and in some cases delete the corrupted .plist manually

and restart.

This forces the OS to write a new clean .plist file.

You really sound like you've got a .plist problem.

I just got done talking to a friend of mine at apple he ran a full diagnostics on my mac and told me its a hardware issue and to call apple but i sadly dont have enough money to even cover shipping costs so im screwed.

In my case, opening my MacBook and dusting it was the solution to the "X" problem. I would have never had imagined that dust could create so many problems.

If your computer is not under warranty, give it a try.

You don't have a Mac store near you ?

thegeek

Re: I have an "X" on my battery Icon and when I click on it, it says No battery available

Oct 7, 2012 5:05 AM (in response to Musicandcarrots)

Shut down the computer.

Plug in the MagSafe power adapter to a power source, connecting it to the Mac if its not already connected.

On the built-in keyboard, press the (left side) Shift-Control-Option keys and the power button at the same time.

Release all the keys and the power button at the same time.

Press the power button to turn on the computer.

Note: The LED on the MagSafe power adapter may change states or temporarily turn off when you reset the SMC.

Many thanks. Your help saved me a lot of money. it worked.

I spent many weeks trying to fix this exact problem. I tried everything from SMC reset and PRAM reset to all types of tricks just for it to work.

My Solution: I found thay the battery led indicator had oxidised on the inside of the MacBook Pro 13" 2010 and must have been shorting out. All I did was disconnect it and then my charging cable went orange and the battery was recognized And charged up nicely.

I hope this helps!

Thanks heaps! Yours advice really did the trick! (Y)

Hi there!

I got the same problem..................

try pressing ****+control+command+the power button for about 15 seconds then turn your macbook on again

Mine ended up being a hardware issue where all I had to do was open up the bottom plate of the computer by removing the small screws and doing a little cleaning of the interior and then unplugging the battery and plugging it back in. Not sure how it worked but I figured if my software was fine that it would be a good to do that instead of going straight to the apple store and wasting their time and my time.