Reviews for Rechargeable Battery - 17-inch MacBook Pro

My rechargeable battery surprised me by bulging and dying without any warning. Shouldn't Apple do something about it? It is a faulty battery.

Does anyone from Apple ever read/respond/post to these messages? Am new to this.
Have had my 17-inch MacBook Pro for nearly three years (next week) and have to admit that since all was still working fine for me, and I love wireless mouse, and was always in a hurry with work projects, I just postponed dealing with the facts that my case was coming apart at the bottom, and when I did use the trackpad it seemed to take a sledgehammer force to get a click... I did Google "can't get my battery cover back on," but realize that was lame, and got no tips. I am 62, though Mac from the very start, like to think I know SOMETHING! No, seemingly not!
But as I need to actually disconnect and TAKE laptop for an important PP presentation in a few days, I made a Genius Bar apppointment for today. I told my Genius (Dan) somewhat indignintly that I had no idea why my laptop was coming apart, as except for one trip to Europe, it has sat acting more or less as a Desktop for the past three years...
And he said "That is the problem. That's why you have a swollen battery.!"
I had been dumb enough never to disconnect power to the PowerBook, more or less ever, except when on vacation. That's not a good thing to do, according to Dan.
Even when one's laptop is essentially one's desktop, it's important to sometimes (few times a week) disconnect it from the power source and let the battery run down a bit. Maybe to 20%.
I'm going to disconnect mine every night just before I take my Lipitor! (For others in my age-range, that's just the little magnetic one on the top left side that has the light on it. Especially if light is green, just pull it out. You can also monitor your battery life on the top menu bar.)
Was thinking how lucky I was to have new battery & everything put right today no charge, then realized I think I spent $349 for Apple Protection Plan three years ago...dang!
Am also going to order one of those tray/fan things to keep laptops cooler.

My 2008 Macbook Pro had the bulging battery problem. Unfortunately I threw out the battery rather than take it back to Apple. I regret this as I understand that Apple will sometimes simply swap the battery. Anyway my advice is to speak to Apple first.

Also if you don't replace the battery and run your Macbook off ac only you will find that OSX throttles the processor which reduces performance. I could not understand why my Macbook was having problems with some HD flash video now I realise it was because I was running on ac power only. (apparently the reason for this is that if the system is under maximum load it can temporarily require more power than ac can give).

Laptop has been in a desk drawer for about a year (no dropping or exposure to weird magnets or temperatures). When I took it out, the batter was bulging. People at the apple store said it looked as if it was "fried". Really don't know how it happened, but I guess I need to buy a new battery. I'm just worried now that it might happen again. Any advice as to how to avoid?

I replaced my battery in the beginning of this year. I have yet to throw away the old battery for reference reasons b4 I purchased a new one. Although it is no longer in use it is still growing outside of itself. I thought since I am no longer using it and it is sitting in a cool area that it would be ok. It is still growing. I almost ruined my compartment for my battery by forcing it until I haaad to get a new one. It pretty much let itself out of my laptop. A safer alert would be ideal for consumers to know they need a new battery.

I have to add to the comments regarding the original battery for my MacBook Pro 17" (A1189 - probably late '07 model - purchased in Feb '08). Yesterday, the battery indicator had a black x on it after a couple of weeks of shutting down with no warning after only 20 minutes on battery. I decided to take the battery out and reinstall it (suggested by one site I visited). I was shocked to see the door ajar! One of the cells had puffed up and opened the lid outward! I was actually shocked that nothing appeared damaged at all and the computer is working fine on electricity with battery removed (protected with the case that actually held the defective battery in place). I did "calibrating" every 4-6 weeks, but could never really see an improvement. It did overheat a couple of times (noisy fan and/or disk), until I got a plastic "riser" for my lap. I have used it about 4-8 hrs a day for almost 3 years, but mainly using wall power for I was never really able to use it for longer than a couple of hours on battery power, and the time became less and less. I suppose this battery lasted longer than normal, but the indicators should be better and more informative. I have ordered a MA458LL/A "compatible" battery, and will check it daily!

I have owned my macbook pro 17 (2.1) for about 3 1/2years and had never "calibrated" the battery. I was reading up on battery life and found this calibration process, so I gave it a try. Within the next three charges, my battery wouldn't fit into the chamber without affecting the touchpad. I am not a technician and couldn't validate the issue, but it worked fine for a long time and now it is dead!
Just thought I'd share that.

This is a note to all you users of the 17" MackBook Pro with replaceable batteries.

This battery has warped/bulged/expanded after 3 years and 5 months of use. I didn't realize the battery was deforming until I noticed the laptop wasn't laying flat on the desk. Symptoms leading up to this were, sudden shut downs, charges not holding well, track pad button not pushing down (not clicking).

Check out your battery every now and then. I was able to pull out the battery before any harm was done to the laptop, but it could have caused damage if I let it expand inside.

help please:

i bought a 17" macbook pro 2 years ago. it was working fine until last week, battery life after full charge was at 1 hour.
i installed i stat and got the following:

health 39
cycle 349

hd 95 degrees
cpu 112 degrees
gpu diode 133 degrees
gpu heatsink 112 degrees
heatsink a 112 degrees
heatsink b 113 degrees

This is happening frequently. Apple should do something about this!

The battery on my 17-inch MacBook Pro just popped and bulged!

I'll have to get Apple to provide reasonable explanation and action.

It's horrendous.