Hi Dave, Thanks for your suggestions. I did try the SMC reset, but no change. I am looking for a third party one - thanks for the link. I also saw that story about the recall. The cycle count is under 300. There is an application cocnutbattery that is helpful: http://www.coconut-flavour.com/coconutbattery/ I may try Apple and see what they say. In the meantime, going to borrow a friends Macbook battery and see how that works. Tim