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Oh - and you must return the computer as was purchased, orignal HDD and original Ram et cetera. Else they will be very angry!
deep breaths... AAGGGG WHAT HAPPENED?
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What advantage does calibrating the battery have? Is it worth it?
Yes it's worth it.
When I had my iBook I ALWAYS used the charge up, run down method, never had it plugged in unless i was using it.
I would charge it, and the second it became green take the power out and wouldn't charge it again until it was dead.
After 8 months I ran a battery diagnoses and it said my battery had 97% of it's battery left, was quite chuffed with that and I usually got 7hours out of the battery of usuage, which is a good acheivment for a 8month old laptop!
My sister has buggered her MacBook though, lucky to get 3 hours out of it if shes lucky...poor thing
My sister has buggered her MacBook though, lucky to get 3 hours out of it if shes lucky...poor thing
Silly girl.
I'll look into this calibrating business later then.
Pfft, I still defrag my Winblows machine.
not as angry as i was when my first ever mac died just as i was starting to really get into it all!
Soldato
Surely Apple have had other customers with important business files on broken kit, im sure if you explain the situation over the phone to them they will arrange either a swap out of the HDD into the new machine or some other secure way of you ensuring the data is either discarded or given back to you.
what i've done is ordered a 2.5" caddy from OcUK, so i can format it via my pc and then put it back in
i'll then keep hold of the caddy for if and when i upgrade the macbook hdd (which i can't see happening until maybe the 250 gig 7200rpm drives become more common)
In all honestly i'm not sure they'd kick up too much of a fuss, but now i have a way to clear the drive everyone wins
Soldato
I think its well within your rights to withhold the hard drive. The product they sold you is faulty so they should accommodate you.
Anyway, now you've wiped it you could send it back to them via TNT unrecorded delivery safe in the knowledge that no one is going to get anything off it should it go missing...
Anyway, now you've wiped it you could send it back to them via TNT unrecorded delivery safe in the knowledge that no one is going to get anything off it should it go missing...
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I knew it would happen to quicksilver! LOL
You're meant to discharge, leave until it completely drains, wait 3 hours and charge it fully BEFORE using it again.
That's where you went wrong.. Well done, you borked your Mac.
You're meant to discharge, leave until it completely drains, wait 3 hours and charge it fully BEFORE using it again.
That's where you went wrong.. Well done, you borked your Mac.
cheers boss, knew i could count on you for a bit of sympathy!
however, i was following official apple documents and i didn't read about that last 3 hours anywhere... just said "Connect the power adapter and leave it connected until the battery is fully charged again." which i did...
where did you read the 3 hour thing mr. sympathetic?
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yeah think that three hour thing is his special way of doing it
i think you should be ok to just discharge it completely then recharge it fully while in use
i might be wrong tho?
but i truly doubt it
i think you should be ok to just discharge it completely then recharge it fully while in use
i might be wrong tho?
but i truly doubt it
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cheers boss, knew i could count on you for a bit of sympathy!
however, i was following official apple documents and i didn't read about that last 3 hours anywhere... just said "Connect the power adapter and leave it connected until the battery is fully charged again." which i did...
where did you read the 3 hour thing mr. sympathetic?
I read it online, if you must know.
Basic logic really.. let it discharge, leave it "stand", then recharge.
I'm not being sympathetic because you brought it on yourself
how did i bring it upon myself??? i followed the bleedin' apple documentation!
matey you post a lot of helpful stuff but you're a right grumpy boots
I seriously doubt i can bring myself to do it to my next macbook anyway... we'll see...
matey you post a lot of helpful stuff but you're a right grumpy boots
I seriously doubt i can bring myself to do it to my next macbook anyway... we'll see...
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Calibrating a battery isn't pushing it. Its still operating within the limits its designed to. The MacBook have had a few problems with batteries. My battery failed to work after it discharged and needed a replacement.
Didn't put me off though. Crap happens and Apple replaced it. If you have any more problems take it back to the shop and insist they check the motherboard. If I recall correctly there was a firmware update that was supposed to fix some of the battery issues but if the hardware is goosed then you really need to know early on rather than later.
Didn't put me off though. Crap happens and Apple replaced it. If you have any more problems take it back to the shop and insist they check the motherboard. If I recall correctly there was a firmware update that was supposed to fix some of the battery issues but if the hardware is goosed then you really need to know early on rather than later.
absolutely, it should be within the batteries limits, but you do hear a lot about full discharges causing problems hence why i will have cold feet come the time to do it with my next one...
with regards to sooner rather than later, i've blagged the 3 year warranty (well, blagged the HE discount with which comes the 3 year warranty) so if things go wrong i'm covered but obviously i'd prefer em not to happen at all...
with regards to sooner rather than later, i've blagged the 3 year warranty (well, blagged the HE discount with which comes the 3 year warranty) so if things go wrong i'm covered but obviously i'd prefer em not to happen at all...
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Turning on the MacBook when it was fully discharged is where you went wrong
I've done the calibration on many, many Macs and never had the problem.. maybe it's the method, maybe it's the machine, who knows.
I've done the calibration on many, many Macs and never had the problem.. maybe it's the method, maybe it's the machine, who knows.
maybe its the man, i reckon its the manTurning on the MacBook when it was fully discharged is where you went wrong
I've done the calibration on many, many Macs and never had the problem.. maybe it's the method, maybe it's the machine, who knows.
so you didn't try to switch it on once it was fully discharged and then plugged into AC? you just left if off and plugged in?