Comments on: My MacBook is Dead http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/my-macbook-is-dead/ A blog by Mark and Nat, a married couple who are living in Kuwait. Mark works in Advertising while Nat works in TV. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 06:51:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: My Macbook coming back to life http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/my-macbook-is-dead/#comment-439776 My Macbook coming back to life Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:15:27 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=4674#comment-439776 [...] In May my Macbook stopped working and it pissed me off. Around two weeks ago I decided to take it to Digits (used to be called Mac&More) in Marina Mall to have them check it out. I wanted to find out exactly what was wrong with it and how much it would cost to fix. Well today I found out that my MacBook will be repaired for free under Apple’s global warranty program. Even though I purchased my MacBook from Amazon my warranty it still being honored here in Kuwait which is really cool. Now I have to wait 2-4 weeks for the part to arrive but that isn’t a problem since I have my Eee PC to keep me company. Jun 17, 2008 [...] [...] In May my Macbook stopped working and it pissed me off. Around two weeks ago I decided to take it to Digits (used to be called Mac&More) in Marina Mall to have them check it out. I wanted to find out exactly what was wrong with it and how much it would cost to fix. Well today I found out that my MacBook will be repaired for free under Apple’s global warranty program. Even though I purchased my MacBook from Amazon my warranty it still being honored here in Kuwait which is really cool. Now I have to wait 2-4 weeks for the part to arrive but that isn’t a problem since I have my Eee PC to keep me company. Jun 17, 2008 [...]

]]> By: joey http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/my-macbook-is-dead/#comment-438307 joey Wed, 28 May 2008 16:12:07 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=4674#comment-438307 my macbook's battery died a few days ago too, AFTER i took it to the tech guy at digits to install a new hard drive. he was like your battery's dead.. it's not charging. ;/ :@ my macbook’s battery died a few days ago too, AFTER i took it to the tech guy at digits to install a new hard drive. he was like your battery’s dead.. it’s not charging. ;/ :@

]]> By: Maaz http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/my-macbook-is-dead/#comment-438238 Maaz Tue, 27 May 2008 17:26:18 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=4674#comment-438238 I can help u install leopard on any pc or laptop.....a thinkpad like u said.... I can help u install leopard on any pc or laptop…..a thinkpad like u said….

]]> By: insomni http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/my-macbook-is-dead/#comment-438209 insomni Tue, 27 May 2008 12:26:50 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=4674#comment-438209 Sorry to hear about your Mac..... But I've given up on Apple! They're money grubbing maniacs who charge consumers a large sum of money for fualty products that usually fail shortly after the warranty expires... I purchased a 4th generation Ipod "I think 40 GB" that completely died a day after the one year waranty! I called Apple up about a week prior to my year ending and asked if i could pay for a warranty extension and the operator said I could.... She then began to tell me how they discontinued making the model I owned because the Motherboards or the hard drives were failing too easily on that model..... Why didn't these B*stards do a recall if they know that their 400 + dollar gadget is deffective? It seems to me that they build their gadgets to last for about a year and break down.. Then when i called apple back after my unit died they refused to take it and said they canceled my warranty renewal because my address was rejected by Apple.... they didn't send me an email or anything asking me to give them another address... Then they unviel the I phone and charge people a crap load of money and slash the prices a few months later...That's messed up! People got pissed and were given some s*itty rebate to use at the Apple store to buy more deffective products!.. I don't mind paying big bucks for things but i want to know that it will last and or it will be replaced if it dies.... If my Oakley glasses break, you better believe I will be getting it repaired for free"just pay for shipping"! It's part of the reason I'll spend more money on expensive brands! In closing I would pay big money to be able to throw my 4th generation Ipod "I tried another one and it died just before the 13th month" at Steve Job's head! They're abusing the consumer and i feel like I'm the only one who sees this.... I have a creative Zen Vision that is working beautifully after 2 years! Apple should be boycotted till they learn how to treat the consumer better.... But they will continue to uncermoniously rape consumers until the consumer opens their eyes and takes a stand.. Sorry for the rant but I've been holding that in for a while now.... Sorry to hear about your Mac…..
But I’ve given up on Apple! They’re money grubbing maniacs who charge consumers a large sum of money for fualty products that usually fail shortly after the warranty expires… I purchased a 4th generation Ipod “I think 40 GB” that completely died a day after the one year waranty! I called Apple up about a week prior to my year ending and asked if i could pay for a warranty extension and the operator said I could…. She then began to tell me how they discontinued making the model I owned because the Motherboards or the hard drives were failing too easily on that model….. Why didn’t these B*stards do a recall if they know that their 400 + dollar gadget is deffective? It seems to me that they build their gadgets to last for about a year and break down.. Then when i called apple back after my unit died they refused to take it and said they canceled my warranty renewal because my address was rejected by Apple…. they didn’t send me an email or anything asking me to give them another address… Then they unviel the I phone and charge people a crap load of money and slash the prices a few months later…That’s messed up! People got pissed and were given some s*itty rebate to use at the Apple store to buy more deffective products!.. I don’t mind paying big bucks for things but i want to know that it will last and or it will be replaced if it dies…. If my Oakley glasses break, you better believe I will be getting it repaired for free”just pay for shipping”! It’s part of the reason I’ll spend more money on expensive brands! In closing I would pay big money to be able to throw my 4th generation Ipod “I tried another one and it died just before the 13th month” at Steve Job’s head! They’re abusing the consumer and i feel like I’m the only one who sees this…. I have a creative Zen Vision that is working beautifully after 2 years! Apple should be boycotted till they learn how to treat the consumer better…. But they will continue to uncermoniously rape consumers until the consumer opens their eyes and takes a stand.. Sorry for the rant but I’ve been holding that in for a while now….

]]> By: luigi http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/my-macbook-is-dead/#comment-437818 luigi Sun, 18 May 2008 16:57:15 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=4674#comment-437818 well, they say the hard disk is lost, and all the information in it, that s the problem.. well, they say the hard disk is lost, and all the information in it, that s the problem..

]]> By: Burhan http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/my-macbook-is-dead/#comment-437810 Burhan Sun, 18 May 2008 14:52:44 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=4674#comment-437810 Sorry, I mean to say the mac mini not the imac lines. Sorry, I mean to say the mac mini not the imac lines.

]]> By: Burhan http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/my-macbook-is-dead/#comment-437809 Burhan Sun, 18 May 2008 14:51:30 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=4674#comment-437809 Well now you have an interesting conversation piece :) You could always salvage it for parts (I'm assuming its out of warranty). Mac parts are hard to find; perhaps that would go nicely towards your new macbook pro fund. Incidentally the macbook pro was just recently upgraded -- Feb 2008 with an upgraded chipset and the multi-touch trackpad; so I doubt that they will do any major upgrades during the WWDC. I think the WWDC will be used to announce the next version of the iphone and updates to the imac lines; maybe an update of the macbook due to the lackluster graphics performance of the Intel onboard video. The next upgrade to the macbook pro should be around the time (Q3 2008) when Intel announces the quad core mobile chipset -- that's right -- 4 cores on your laptop. Well now you have an interesting conversation piece :) You could always salvage it for parts (I’m assuming its out of warranty). Mac parts are hard to find; perhaps that would go nicely towards your new macbook pro fund.

Incidentally the macbook pro was just recently upgraded — Feb 2008 with an upgraded chipset and the multi-touch trackpad; so I doubt that they will do any major upgrades during the WWDC. I think the WWDC will be used to announce the next version of the iphone and updates to the imac lines; maybe an update of the macbook due to the lackluster graphics performance of the Intel onboard video.

The next upgrade to the macbook pro should be around the time (Q3 2008) when Intel announces the quad core mobile chipset — that’s right — 4 cores on your laptop.

]]> By: Mark http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/my-macbook-is-dead/#comment-437799 Mark Sun, 18 May 2008 12:12:58 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=4674#comment-437799 Hard drive failures occur even in new computers but at least its easily solve able. Hard drive failures occur even in new computers but at least its easily solve able.

]]> By: luigi http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/my-macbook-is-dead/#comment-437798 luigi Sun, 18 May 2008 12:09:34 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=4674#comment-437798 hey i need some help, my BookMac looks like died, suddenly the scream was black, with a question tag in the middle, that s all, the manufacturers says that the hard disk is damaged, the computer is 18 months old. Oh come on it cant be possible! hey i need some help, my BookMac looks like died, suddenly the scream was black, with a question tag in the middle, that s all, the manufacturers says that the hard disk is damaged, the computer is 18 months old. Oh come on it cant be possible!

]]> By: Mark http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/my-macbook-is-dead/#comment-437778 Mark Sun, 18 May 2008 06:58:04 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=4674#comment-437778 Burhan it is a logic board problem. I know macs inside out, literally! 1) It doesn't boot up at all, no beeps, chimes, grey screen or anything 2) removed ram, swapped hard drives still doesn't boot 3) screen doesn't even flicker anyone, nothing happens now when i click the power button so definitely logic board. also FYI, I had a logic board problem before and the mac used to still boot. Burhan it is a logic board problem. I know macs inside out, literally!

1) It doesn’t boot up at all, no beeps, chimes, grey screen or anything
2) removed ram, swapped hard drives still doesn’t boot
3) screen doesn’t even flicker anyone, nothing happens now when i click the power button so definitely logic board. also FYI, I had a logic board problem before and the mac used to still boot.

]]> By: Burhan http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/my-macbook-is-dead/#comment-437776 Burhan Sun, 18 May 2008 06:41:03 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=4674#comment-437776 Now, onto your problem. If you care to fix it (looks like you are moving on as per your other post); if it died when you were using it, it could be a heat problem. 99% of problems with macbooks are because they don't have proper heat dissipation, incidentally this is also the reason you cannot run powerbooks (and macbook pros) with the lid closed -- believe it or, the heat dissipates from the keyboard. When you turn it back on you say the screen 'flickers and then it dies'; then its not a logic board issue -- since a fried logic board would render the computer completely useless -- a very nice paperweight. So it is probably a memory or disk issue; somethings to try (if you haven't already): 1. Boot with the restore disk and activate the diagnostic mode. 2. If you don't have the restore disk available, boot from any 64 bit Linux distribution's "live cd" and choose the memory diagnostic. This will at least eliminate some of the issues. Hope this helps. Now, onto your problem. If you care to fix it (looks like you are moving on as per your other post); if it died when you were using it, it could be a heat problem. 99% of problems with macbooks are because they don’t have proper heat dissipation, incidentally this is also the reason you cannot run powerbooks (and macbook pros) with the lid closed — believe it or, the heat dissipates from the keyboard.

When you turn it back on you say the screen ‘flickers and then it dies’; then its not a logic board issue — since a fried logic board would render the computer completely useless — a very nice paperweight.

So it is probably a memory or disk issue; somethings to try (if you haven’t already):

1. Boot with the restore disk and activate the diagnostic mode.
2. If you don’t have the restore disk available, boot from any 64 bit Linux distribution’s “live cd” and choose the memory diagnostic. This will at least eliminate some of the issues.

Hope this helps.

]]> By: holla http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/my-macbook-is-dead/#comment-437773 holla Sun, 18 May 2008 05:53:23 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=4674#comment-437773 i sold my used sony vaio from 2004 and it still works perfectly. macs suck. i sold my used sony vaio from 2004 and it still works perfectly. macs suck.

]]> By: rejoy http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/my-macbook-is-dead/#comment-437684 rejoy Sat, 17 May 2008 07:25:24 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=4674#comment-437684 I have a problem with Imac It was re-booting so fast i was feeling great about switching to mac from PC it all started when i installed windows in bootcamp it started giving me hardtime so uninstalled the windows and boot camp separation. Eversince switching it on after the kids accidently pull the cord or switches it off, is a pain and takes 3 or 4 minutes But yesterday night i found that if i unplug the external harddisk from the usb port while re-booting, mac starts faster. yet to confirm this but thought it might help somebody. I have a problem with Imac
It was re-booting so fast i was feeling great about switching to mac from PC it all started when i installed windows in bootcamp it started giving me hardtime so uninstalled the windows and boot camp separation.

Eversince switching it on after the kids accidently pull the cord or switches it off, is a pain and takes 3 or 4 minutes

But yesterday night i found that if i unplug the external harddisk from the usb port while re-booting, mac starts faster. yet to confirm this but thought it might help somebody.

]]> By: Q8GEEK http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/my-macbook-is-dead/#comment-437657 Q8GEEK Fri, 16 May 2008 23:22:15 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=4674#comment-437657 the evil company must've been behind all of this... RESIST THEM!! BUY A PC AND PS3!!! the evil company must’ve been behind all of this… RESIST THEM!! BUY A PC AND PS3!!!

]]> By: whatsupbahrain http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/my-macbook-is-dead/#comment-437649 whatsupbahrain Fri, 16 May 2008 22:06:37 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=4674#comment-437649 Hence why everyone should own a PC .. .at least if it breaks, people would a- know how to fix it .... b- it wont cost a fortune :) GO PC Hence why everyone should own a PC .. .at least if it breaks, people would a- know how to fix it …. b- it wont cost a fortune :) GO PC

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