Macbook Pro 2008 - battery dead after 149 cycles

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Macbook Pro 2008 - battery dead after 149 cycles

Hi all,

I am now on my second battery with my late 2008 MacBook Pro. The original battery lasted almost three years and eventually was replaced after it could no longer hold a charge beyond 30 minutes. It had reached a reasonable cycle count around a 1000'ish (can't remember the exact count number).

Anyway the replacement battery was installed on March 11th 2011. I have been doing discharges and charges over this period (once every two months). The problem I have now is the MacBook Pro won't even deal with the battery and shows a X on the battery symbol. This happened about a month ago and now I believe something is wrong but not my fault...

I downloaded coconut battery app and it shows only 149 cycles completed.

I don't think this is normal battery behaviour, any thoughts. It's way out of warranty but given the low cycle count do you think Apple would replace it?

Cheers,

Carl

OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Feb 21, 2013 7:42 AM

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Answer 1

Feb 25, 2013 12:08 PM in response to the_lemminguk

Bump

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OGELTHORPE

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Feb 25, 2013 12:16 PM in response to the_lemminguk

If you don't ask you don't get. I had a replaceable battery replaced gratis which was out of warranty. In my case the battery had swollen. 149 cycles is low, but batteries are the least reliable and erratic component in a MBP. They can die quickly, but the other day a user posted a cycle count of nearly 2000.

If you present your case politely with low expectations you will not be overly disappointed if you have to pay for a replacement. If you don't have to pay, you will be overjoyed.

Ciao.

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Answer 3

Feb 25, 2013 5:38 PM in response to OGELTHORPE

True...so true.

I'll take it in the Apple Store and see what they have say...

I just refuse to buy a 2nd replacement battery given the low cycle count

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