Hi, thanks for the suggestions. I did take the MBP off mains, as I had the same thought as Pete. I've only had the machine a few weeks, and may be missing something obvious. Is there an eject button, if so where? I thought the button on top right was the power button.
When the machine went funny, I was replacing the batteries in my wireless mouse. It's not completely frozen, the trackpad still mostly works, some applications will still come up, after 30 seconds or more, mostly I get the spinning wheel. When I tried a restart, I was offered the chance to save an open Appleworks file, but buttons were inactive. Cheers, David. ===== On 2 November 2010 15:26, Crisp, Peter <pcr...@hatch.com.au> wrote: > Maybe pull the battery pack out, or take it off mains and let it run > flat? > > > > Pete. > ------------------------------ > > *From:* wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] *On > Behalf Of *David Noel > *Sent:* Tuesday, 2 November 2010 3:15 PM > *To:* WAMUG Mailing List > *Subject:* Re: MacBook Pro semi-frozen? > > > > -- Hi Ronni, thanks for the suggestion, but no luck. Any other things to > try? > > > > Cheers, David > > > > ==== > > On 2 November 2010 15:08, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: > > > > On 02/11/2010, at 3:02 PM, David Noel wrote: > > > Hi, my MacBook Pro seems semi-frozen, how to I force a restart? Apple > menu does not offer drop menu, holding power button at top right for 30 > seconds has no effect. With my iMac, I'd have disconnected the power at this > stage, but can't do this with a laptop. What to do, please? > > > > David Noel > > Nov 2 > > Hi David, > > Try: Press the control key, the command key, and the power button > simultaneously and hold for three-seconds to try to restart the MBP. > > > Cheers, > Ronni > > 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 > 2.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm > > OS X 10.6.4 Snow Leopard > Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) > > > > > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > > > ------------------------------ > *N O T I C E *- This message from Hatch is intended only for the use > of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain > information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet > communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as > information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain > viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When > addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice > (collectively, "information") contained in this e-mail is subject to the > terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such > agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to > others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise > agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or > completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received > this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and > destroy and delete the message from your computer. > ------------------------------ > > > ------------------------------ > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
