Hey just noticed this thread. I have a MacBook Pro from around 2008 which had similar symptoms and was way out of warranty. Long story short, Apple replaced the mother board, at no cost, because of a know problem with the nvidia graphic chips. Take it to a genius, they'll start it form a disk that can tell if your machine is "one of those"
cheers! On Feb 5, 2012, at 4:35 PM, Jeffrey Hergan wrote: > > 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 _______________________________________________ Osx-nutters mailing list [email protected] http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters
