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RE: Is my laptop dying? - 4/18/2008 3:01:34 PM
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Miss Giggles
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sounds like a bad battery. I'd order a new one. Does it feel real warm?
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RE: Is my laptop dying? - 4/18/2008 6:49:03 PM
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Miss Giggles
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I don't know how apple's technical support is but you could call them. But yes, laptop batteries are expensive and they do eventually die.
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RE: Is my laptop dying? - 4/19/2008 12:42:22 AM
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lil_gringa
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My husband has a nearly 2 year old Macbook. It's still under warranty which he's needed it. We had to replace the screen and just recently it went black and his hard drive was GONE! So be careful friend! If I remember, I'll ask him about it for you.
I'm getting a new laptop. That's why your post caught my eye. He wanted me to get a Mac like his but I didn't want it, LOL I like this little Sony Vaio and want another. I hope everything works out alright for you!
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RE: Is my laptop dying? - 4/20/2008 1:42:38 AM
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Terath
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Well, if you suspect battery problems, and you have a Mac, it likely is a battery problem. They have a long and illustrious history of supplying bad batteries and charging exorbitant amounts for replacements with equally bad batteries. However, your symptoms don't strike me as battery related at all, besides the whole unplugged thing. My guess is software: computers know when they're on battery or on AC. My guess is that your OS is most likely to blame. It could be a very deep-seated bug somewhere that is only triggered when the battery is unplugged, and only rarely, probably by some common link that would be very hard to find. Also, I've heard of one battery problem similar to this: try placing a piece of paper in between the battery and the laptop. Sometimes with Macs, the connectors are too close and loose connection with pressure once they have a lot of power through them. That would explain most if not all of your problems. The problem is that you need a new battery, it's that the design of the battery is faulty. Coming at it from the software angle again, how long have you had your computer? And do you use it for mostly basic, low traffic tasks, or do you use it well and heavily?
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RE: Is my laptop dying? - 4/25/2008 6:12:04 PM
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mark56
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Has the battery been plugged in for a long time? If it has there may be a poor connection between the battery and the computer. Try removing and reinserting the battery a few times. This will clean the contacts and possibly fix the problem.
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RE: Is my laptop dying? - 4/26/2008 12:11:20 AM
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Bettawrekonize
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Contacts usually corrode after a while. If it's a contact issue, the best way to clean them is with (clear, non - colored) rubbing alcohol and Q - tips. Don't soak them. Make sure everything is completely dry before you plug it back into anything. You may want to clean both the contacts on your laptop (that the battery attaches to) and on your battery. Make sure your laptop is unplugged when you do this (and everything is completely dry before you plug anything back in). I do not guarantee doing this won't damage anything, but it shouldn't. I've cleaned contacts on cordless phones that won't charge and it fixed the problem (and I remember back when I was little and Nintendo first came out, we got one. Often times when the games didn't work and blowing off all the dust didn't fix it, cleaning the contacts with cotton and alcohol would do the trick. Same thing was true with Sega Genesis).
< Message edited by Bettawrekonize -- 4/26/2008 12:21:27 AM >
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RE: Is my laptop dying? - 4/30/2008 6:33:32 PM
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cheesefan
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Hey White Rose - sorry to hear about your computer. I am a computer tech and I work on a lot of laptops, but to be honest have not worked on a lot of Macs. However I feel that what everyone else has said could be true. The thing you do not mention is how long you have have the computer and the time you have had the battery in question. Usually a batter starts going bad after about a year, depends on if it is not defective and or if it has not been damaged ( dropped).
Would really be interested in hearing what you end up finding out about this. Thanks , hope it works out. God Bless
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