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Model A1286. Released February 2011 / 2.0, 2.2, or 2.3 GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7 Processor

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Service Battery notice on second replacement battery low cycles

My office recently was going to scrap a bunch of 2010 and 2011 Macbook Pro 15” laptops so I saved a few of them from the dumpster so my kids can use them. Anyways, the 2011 has been giving me all kinds of grief but this latest has to do with the battery.

After looking it over when I got it, I noticed that it had a aftermarket replacement battery in it already that only had 4 cycles on it and had the Service Battery notice. So I ordered replacement batteries from Ebay and have had no issues with the ones in the 2010s but the 2011 looks like I still have a Service Battery notice 3 cycles in. In other threads I’ve heard even new replacement batteries can be bad but since this is the second one now I’m wondering if it’s the charging port or if it is truly just bad luck and I need to get another replacement battery. I’ve had it installed for a month but just started using it in earnest the last two weeks. Here’s the readout from Coconut Battery:

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This looks like a bad battery, I would talk to seller for a warranty replacement.

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It’s probably just really bad luck. I bought a replacement for my A1278 once and despite it only having 50 cycles the thing wouldn’t hold a charge for more than 5 minutes on standby.

I should also mention the 2011 15”s are notorious for having GPU issues. I don’t believe the 2010s suffer from them.

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