caribooyj
... somewhere in B.C. ...
My MacBook Pro 17" shuts down with the battery indicator in the menu bar showing 46% - 48% (This number seems to be fairly consistent, tried it 5 times). I can only get it to restart by plugging the AC power adapter in. It does not go into sleep mode, but shuts down completely and abrupt without warning. I have checked the SMC firmware and it is up-to-date.
I've tried re-calibrating the battery, but fail as I don't get the low-level warning described in the Apple support manual.
System Power Settings in System Profiler shows: "First Low Level Warning: No"
What does that mean. Is that an indication for the warning not coming on? I've checked all the settings in System Preferences>Energy Saver, but are not able to find anything related to the warning.
I'm aware of the 15" MacBook Pro battery exchange program, but can't find any info online regarding to the 17" model.
The 17" model batteries are getting terrible reviews:
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/canadastore.woa/wa/RSLID?mco=6C04E0D7&nplm=MA458G/A
I'm going into some detail here, as I'm just not able to call Apple Support from my current remote location. Visiting a store is out of question in the next 4 months. Also I can work for a while on the 62% charge available to me and on AC power, it is still annoying. Do you guys think ordering a new battery will solve the problem or does it sound more like a software issue?
Are there 3rd party battery warning applications available?
---I found one, SlimBatteryMonitor. It lets me set the low battery warning level to whatever percentage I like. It will be interesting to see if it varies from the default monitor. See desktop pic attached.---
I'm using iStatPro widget and the battery charge meter shows the same number as my menu bar meter. Does that mean the number is correct or is iStatPro simply getting the value of the menu bar?
Any suggestions would be great... thanks in advance!
(Sorry if this is more of a hardware related item, I'm just not sure where to post this.)
I've tried re-calibrating the battery, but fail as I don't get the low-level warning described in the Apple support manual.
System Power Settings in System Profiler shows: "First Low Level Warning: No"
What does that mean. Is that an indication for the warning not coming on? I've checked all the settings in System Preferences>Energy Saver, but are not able to find anything related to the warning.
I'm aware of the 15" MacBook Pro battery exchange program, but can't find any info online regarding to the 17" model.
The 17" model batteries are getting terrible reviews:
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/canadastore.woa/wa/RSLID?mco=6C04E0D7&nplm=MA458G/A
I'm going into some detail here, as I'm just not able to call Apple Support from my current remote location. Visiting a store is out of question in the next 4 months. Also I can work for a while on the 62% charge available to me and on AC power, it is still annoying. Do you guys think ordering a new battery will solve the problem or does it sound more like a software issue?
Are there 3rd party battery warning applications available?
---I found one, SlimBatteryMonitor. It lets me set the low battery warning level to whatever percentage I like. It will be interesting to see if it varies from the default monitor. See desktop pic attached.---
I'm using iStatPro widget and the battery charge meter shows the same number as my menu bar meter. Does that mean the number is correct or is iStatPro simply getting the value of the menu bar?
Any suggestions would be great... thanks in advance!
(Sorry if this is more of a hardware related item, I'm just not sure where to post this.)