Comments on: My MacBook Pro Keeps Saying Goodnight Without Warning! http://svenontech.com/2006/07/28/my-macbook-pro-keeps-saying-goodnight-without-warning/ The technology resource you can't resist! Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:05:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: monoclast http://svenontech.com/2006/07/28/my-macbook-pro-keeps-saying-goodnight-without-warning/#comment-53385 monoclast Fri, 28 Jul 2006 16:47:32 +0000 http://svenontech.com/2006/07/28/my-macbook-pro-keeps-saying-goodnight-without-warning/#comment-53385 With all the hubbub in the Mac news media regarding swelling / malfunctioning batteries, this doesn't surprise me. My theory: I'm betting your battery is biting the dust. The behavior you describe is the *exact* behavior my old Powerbook Titanium 800 MHz exhibits when it's original battery's charge suddenly drops to nothing after being spent. Mac OS X gets no warning from the battery, and as a result, gives you no warning. With all the hubbub in the Mac news media regarding swelling / malfunctioning batteries, this doesn’t surprise me. My theory: I’m betting your battery is biting the dust. The behavior you describe is the *exact* behavior my old Powerbook Titanium 800 MHz exhibits when it’s original battery’s charge suddenly drops to nothing after being spent. Mac OS X gets no warning from the battery, and as a result, gives you no warning.

]]> By: Michael Pettey http://svenontech.com/2006/07/28/my-macbook-pro-keeps-saying-goodnight-without-warning/#comment-53378 Michael Pettey Fri, 28 Jul 2006 16:32:57 +0000 http://svenontech.com/2006/07/28/my-macbook-pro-keeps-saying-goodnight-without-warning/#comment-53378 Go ahead and call AppleCare. Like you, I had a problem with my MacBook Pro shutting off without warning when the battery was still around 40 to 50%. I called AppleCare and the next morning I had a new battery. I did not have to send the laptop in. Macintouch posted the results of a poll this morning that show that 11% of the people who responded were encountering sudden shutdowns. So this problem seems to be affecting a fairly large number of people. Go ahead and call AppleCare. Like you, I had a problem with my MacBook Pro shutting off without warning when the battery was still around 40 to 50%. I called AppleCare and the next morning I had a new battery. I did not have to send the laptop in.

Macintouch posted the results of a poll this morning that show that 11% of the people who responded were encountering sudden shutdowns. So this problem seems to be affecting a fairly large number of people.

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