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Battery only charges to 60%

I installed a new battery and it will only charge up to 60%- why?

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Try resetting the SMC (System Management Controller). This will reset all power settings. If this doesn't work I would suspect the battery is bad before any other issues like the mobo, cable etc.

See:

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3964

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