Something is wrong with my Macbook battery settings

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diana.g.a Author

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Something is wrong with my Macbook battery settings

The battery dies without warning me it's almost over and it always shuts down, never goes to sleep.

I tried to find 'restart after power failure' on System Preferences, but it's not there.

MacBook

Posted on Mar 7, 2013 7:38 PM

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Answer 1

Mar 7, 2013 8:00 PM in response to diana.g.a

Go to the Apple in the upper left corner and select About This Mac, then click on More Info(and then System Report if you are running 10.7 Lion or 10.8 Mountain Lion), then select Power from the left hand column of the System Profiler. Copy and paste the Battery Information from the top of the page back here.

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Answer 2

diana.g.a Author

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Mar 7, 2013 8:01 PM in response to frederic1943

Battery Information:

Model Information:

Serial Number: 9G94101L79LGA

Manufacturer: DP

Device name: bq20z451

Pack Lot Code: 0000

PCB Lot Code: 0000

Firmware Version: 0103

Hardware Revision: 0002

Cell Revision: 0130

Charge Information:

Charge remaining (mAh): 320

Fully charged: No

Charging: Yes

Full charge capacity (mAh): 5293

Health Information:

Cycle count: 191

Condition: Normal

Battery Installed: Yes

Amperage (mA): 3278

Voltage (mV): 11574

System Power Settings:

AC Power:

System Sleep Timer (Minutes): 180

Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes): 10

Display Sleep Timer (Minutes): 20

Wake On AC Change: No

Wake On Clamshell Open: Yes

Wake On LAN: Yes

Current Power Source: Yes

Display Sleep Uses Dim: Yes

Battery Power:

System Sleep Timer (Minutes): 60

Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes): 10

Display Sleep Timer (Minutes): 15

Wake On AC Change: No

Wake On Clamshell Open: Yes

Display Sleep Uses Dim: Yes

Reduce Brightness: Yes

Hardware Configuration:

UPS Installed: No

AC Charger Information:

Connected: Yes

ID: 0x0100

Wattage (W): 85

Revision: 0x0000

Family: 0x0085

Serial Number: 0x00596e97

Charging: Yes

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Answer 3

diana.g.a Author

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Mar 8, 2013 5:43 PM in response to frederic1943

So what does that mean?

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Answer 4

Mar 9, 2013 6:28 AM in response to diana.g.a

Your battery does have some charge on it.

Try the instructions on this page:

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3964

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Answer 5

diana.g.a Author

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Mar 9, 2013 7:42 AM in response to Eustace Mendis

No good, it still won't alert me when the battery is about to die and it always shuts down when it dies, it doesn't go to sleep like it should.

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Answer 6

Mar 9, 2013 8:13 AM in response to diana.g.a

Automatic startup after power failure is in System Preferences / Energy Saver / Power Adapter.

By the way, what model Macbook and what OS?

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Answer 7

diana.g.a Author

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Mar 9, 2013 8:18 AM in response to Eustace Mendis

Which one is it?

iOS verision 10.6.8, model I have no idea, 2010, maybe.

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Answer 8

Mar 9, 2013 8:27 AM in response to diana.g.a

Sorry, my Macbooks are on 10.7 and 10.8 where the Energy Saver options are a little different. I will see if I can find what Energy Saver looks like in 10.6.

Is the battery removable in your MB ?

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