3-year old lappy, 367 cycles, random shutdown experienced
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I’m going to the Apple store very soon to talk to a ‘Genius’ about my problem. It sounds like the problem so many have described here: My battery charges all the way (but when it gets to the height of the charge it alternates from charging to not charging, charging to not charging). I unplug AC and depending on screen brightness, etc, it’ll calculate 1:30 or 2:10. It starts depleting and that number goes down about 5 minutes every 2 or 3 minutes. Then at some point around 1:00 ZAP, the lappy just shuts off, no warning given.
Macbook Pro Core Duo 2.16 Ghz
March 4th, 2009 at 12:20 pm
The problem there is your battery. After 300 cycles all lithium ion batteries in portable computers become unreliable as the cells are aged. Replace the battery, that will solve the problem.