Battery Icon in Menu Bar: Service Battery

[smknSRT8]

Has anyone ever seen this before?

http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr167/smknSRT8/Screenshot2009-11-06at81405AM.png

[iphonewarrior]

I think my battery is dead. As in I need a new one. I've left it on standby in my bag for a week. I couldn't believe it even turned on ;(


^Yes. You will need a new battery. Your batteries health decreases over time

[MrMike6by9]

Has anyone ever seen this before?

http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr167/smknSRT8/Screenshot2009-11-06at81405AM.png

I have an older battery but links I've read suggest that it may be a Snow Leopard issue also.

Here's a link (http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2139186&tstart=0&start=15) from the Apple Support forum for the MBP.

Here's the TUAW link (http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2139186&tstart=0&start=15) from late September that clued me to this problem and has allowed me to wait until 10.6.2 comes out to see if that helps before buying a replacement battery.

With this being a first gen MBP, I might decide to buy a newer, refurb model before spending around $100+ for a new battery since I would not mind having a faster processor and a larger HD and being able to have more than 2GB of RAM.

YMMV

[smknSRT8]

I have an older battery but links I've read suggest that it may be a Snow Leopard issue also.

Here's a link (http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2139186&tstart=0&start=15) from the Apple Support forum for the MBP.

Here's the TUAW link (http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2139186&tstart=0&start=15) from late September that clued me to this problem and has allowed me to wait until 10.6.2 comes out to see if that helps before buying a replacement battery.

With this being a first gen MBP, I might decide to buy a newer, refurb model before spending around $100+ for a new battery since I would not mind having a faster processor and a larger HD and being able to have more than 2GB of RAM.

YMMV
I did see the apple discussion post, I am hoping that it is indeed a SL bug. I just shut down and turned on my computer and I do not see the service battery anymore. We will have to see.

[MrMike6by9]

I did see the apple discussion post, I am hoping that it is indeed a SL bug. I just shut down and turned on my computer and I do not see the service battery anymore. We will have to see.
I read this apple discussion post (http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=10582042#10582042) that sounds promising but I'm also shopping for a good source for a replacement battery as well.

YMMV