battery

So I just realized that my 4430s on 10.8.2 will not turn on unless it is plugged into the charger and if I unplug it while its on it instantly turns off. It was working fine a week ago but I guess it could be a battery problem but I don't have a spare to test it out. Just wondering if anyone had...

Hi everyone yesterday I installed mountain lion 10.8.3 on my probook 4530s using unibeast. I am experiencing issues with wifi, sound & battery icon. No wifi is detected. wifi button colour stays white. I had applied the Atheros patch in probook installer 6.1 beta 5 but no luck. I didn't patch...

Hi, I have a Toshiba Satellite Pro A100 (PSAAPE-00H00KEN) after a successful install of SL then I have found out that SL thinks my laptop is a Mac Pro and hence because of that it won't allow me to have a battery symbol in the bar at the top. I am also having trouble getting any ethernet kexts...

Turn Off Bluetooth on Atheros Card? Save Battery Life? Would taping the bluetooth part of the wifi card turn off bluetooth? And theoretically, would this increase the battery life since the bluetooth is completely off? Or would it not affect the battery life at all?

Hi, I know the battery life in OS X was never very good on the Probook line, but I am afraid OS X is also somehow destroying the battery. Recently I found out that I can only squeeze out around 1 hour of life from the battery and then the laptop dies without warning, and just a moment before...

I have ML on my 4530s, but for some reason my laptop won't run on the battery. Not sure if it is a hardware or software problem. I bought a new battery and it allowed me to run the laptop with out the AC, but the laptop wouldn't charge the new battery and if I was running off the battery and...