Anyone experienced sudden battery discharge?

[Mac1337]

I remember a big brouhaha over the fact that the battery was not replaceable in newer MacBooks. Is it still true?

[RAMd®d]

Reset SMC/Power Mgr, and calibrate battery.

You can try that, but I doubt it will help. The battery it toast.

The newer 'Books batteries are't meant to be user replaceable but I doubt ti would be a problem for most of us. Getting the battery could be a problem, unless there is a third-party solution.

[Mac1337]

Watched a video on utube and the battery came right out, unless I was looking at the wrong MB.

[RAMd®d]

It's a pretty straight forward removal, as long as Apple doesn't change the screws like they're doing on the iPhone 4.

The only problem might be in getting a battery. You can't get it from Apple, so you'd have to try an authorized repair center or a third party solution, if there is one.

[Chakravartin]

RAMd®d wrote:
It's a pretty straight forward removal, as long as Apple doesn't change the screws like they're doing on the iPhone 4.

Apple changed the screws.

The screws that hold the battery in are now tri-wing screws.

It's easier to find tri-wing screwdrivers than the 5-pointed torx screwdrivers used in the iPhone, but it's still a PITA.

[NewtonMP2100]

.....are you kidding......all the time.....


....oh, nevermind.....didn't see the word 'battery' between 'sudden' and 'discharge'....