MacBook Pro: Battery firmware update just bricked my battery?

[scaredpoet]

Hi folks,

Well I just did something I may regret: I ran Software Update today. And I noticed a battery firmware update was avaialble for my MBP promising "better performance for your 15 inch MacBook Pro."

So, I ran it.

Three hours later, my power supply has been charging my battery and will not stop, even though iStat Pro lists the battery level at 100%. My MBP doesn't know how much time is left (it's been saying "calculating" for the past two hours).


I tried resetting the SMC twice. Still calculating, and still charging.

So, what do I do now? Has this "update" just bricked my MBP battery, or perhaps even worse, broken something on the MBP? Is there some way I "back out" of this update?

Time to call Apple? :/

 

[ivi7]

Time to call Apple? :/

Thats probably your best option now.

 

[scaredpoet]

well, I was just about to call, and it FINALLY stopped "Calculating" an stopped charging. Now my battery is at 100% and my magsafe charger is showing green.

I guess that means all is well, but I'll keep an eye on it.

 

[Counterfit]

You should probably re-calibrate the battery now.

 

[CADer]

Does this mean there is an update for the battery? Or is this an old update? Sorry for the Q's I am at work and can't tell now. Or I can go check Apple.com

 

[theman]

i had some problems with it too. i did the update, then decided to calibrate my battery by draining it completely (i followed the directions on apple.com). then, when it was fully charged again, i kept getting the "your computer needs to be restarted" message every time it woke from sleep. not sure what the deal is. it happened about 3 times and hasn't happened again since yesterday so i hope its all better.