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    MBP Battery - silent recall...

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by jujube, May 4, 2006.

  1. jujube

    jujube Notebook Deity

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    A friend just sent this to me...

    http://www.sprintpcsinfo.com/content/view/14/1/

    It seems that the whine of bad inverter and logic boards aren't the only thing affecting MacBook Pros (not to mention thermal grease in mountains). AppleCare has a silent recall going on with the MacBook Pro... battery.

    "Up to W8608... serial numbers" are affected by this internal "we'll just send you a new one" AppleCare situation. This means that only the very first week or so of production of MacBook Pros are affected. However, the new MacBook Pro battery has created yet another battery debacle for the company that has defined a generation of exploding laptops.

    Symptoms of battery failure include battery cutting off power to the system at very early stages, sporadic ampere hour reporting (coconutBattery), and the battery failing to respond when pressing the charging status button (after being charged and only slightly drained).

    Discuss

    Update: To clarify, this is only affecting users that are affected... do not call Apple and ask for a new battery if you are having no problems with the one you have. Apple will deny there is a known issue and you'll be out a half-hour of your life. Apple policy is (and has almost always been) to deny internal known issues unless the AppleCare specialist is confident that the machine is subject to a particular known issue.
    Last Updated ( Thursday, 04 May 2006 )
     
    jujube, May 4, 2006
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  2. Pressure

    Pressure Notebook Evangelist

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    Already posted in the thread under this one ;)

    Link - Apple recalling MacBook Pro batteries
     
    Pressure, May 4, 2006
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    Thanks for the info
     
    gridtalker, May 4, 2006
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  4. jujube

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    So it's official? Link?
     
    jujube, May 4, 2006
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