Hi Steven Have you tried to reset you PMU ?
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964 http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1431 Please let us know what you find. Alex On 13 Jun 2010, at 18:35, Steven Knowles wrote: > > I had my 17" MacBook Pro in recently for a hard drive exchange, which I > picked up a couple of days back. > > The repairer alluded to a couple of other parts which were found defective, > and presumably fixed or replaced, still waiting for clarification on that, > however I'm guessing something may be wrong with the Mac's Power Management > System. The hard drive seems to run at full speed all of the time, and this > morning, I disconnected it from the mains, shut the lid, and without using it > further about 3 hours later the battery power had reduced from 100% to around > 20%, then reduced further despite the lid being shut. > > Any suggestion on what I could do to try a quick fix? I'm loathe to go > through the whole back up and recovery process again, which I would need to > do if I left it with the service centre. > > It's running 10.6.3, all updates installed. > > Cheers, Steven > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
