On Feb 5, 2012, at 1:12 PM, LuKreme wrote: > > On 05 Feb 2012, at 09:52 , Jeffrey Hergan wrote: > >> If you were to guess, what 'might' it be? > > Hard to say, if you don’t get a startup chime of any kind, that’s generally > bad. It could be the video controller, which seems plausible since you > started having issues with it after having it hooked to an external display.
OK. It isn't a huge deal for me, because it was a backup machine that I used to play video and audio for a couple of years. A year ago I grabbed a new MBPro that I use for real work. This one has been in a closet since I had this prob and I'm just wondering if it's worth the 4 hour drive to take it to an Apple store. Might they be able to at least diagnose it there? I'd just as soon use the thing for parts or something, even give it away, or maybe get an enclosure for the HD. Ultimately the kids both need something they can use to do schoolwork (middle school (11-14 years old) and high school (my 15 and a half year old). The older one could really use a computer, but the younger could easily do with an iPad. I'd not waste $100 on gas, 8 hours of driving, and then maybe more than $100 extra just to diagnose it. On the other hand, if I could find out the issue, I'd have a better chance of determining whether it's worth the dough to fix what's wrong. Thoughts? I wonder also whether my older child, Sarah, might be able to do with an iPad through High School. She writes, paints and does art. No real science or programming or anything like that. I'm pretty thrilled with the way Lion is running on my newer laptop. But the kids would just as soon each have an iPad. I want to be sure they can what they need to before I get them each an iPad, though. Thanks so much for your thoughts. Grateful, Jeff _______________________________________________ Osx-nutters mailing list [email protected] http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters
