Hi Justin, However before you rush out to splash out on a new battery for your MacBook, see if a recalibration fixes the issue.
Apple's instructions for this are: 1. Plug in the MagSafe Power Adapter and fully charge the battery. 2. When the battery is fully charged, the light on the MagSafe Power Adapter connector changes to green and the Battery icon in the menu bar indicates that the battery is charged. 3. Allow the battery to rest in the fully charged state for two hours or longer. 4. You can use your computer during this time as long as the power adapter is plugged in. 5. With the computer still on, disconnect the power adapter and continue to use your computer. 6. When you see the low battery warning, save your work and close all applications. Keep your computer turned on until it goes to sleep. 7. After your computer goes to sleep, turn it off or allow it to sleep for five hours or longer. 8. Connect the power adapter and leave it connected until the battery is fully charged. 9. You can use your computer during this time. Cheers, Ronni 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt" 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard OS X 10.7 Lion Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 01/09/2011, at 3:33 PM, Justin Davies wrote: > Hi guys, I've got a service battery message on my Macbook, can anyone assist > with this? Thanks in advance! > > Here are the specs > > Model Name: MacBook > Model Identifier: MacBook6,1 > Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo > Processor Speed: 2.26 GHz > Number Of Processors: 1 > Total Number Of Cores: 2 > L2 Cache: 3 MB > Memory: 8 GB > > Best regards > > > > Justin Davies > > www.justindavies.com.au > Linked In: www.linkedin.com/in/justinkdavies > Business website: www.emergination.com.au > Twitter: www.twitter.com/justinkdavies > -- 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]>
