Hi Matt, Oh yes, definitely NOT your daughter’s fault, if it is the Graphics/ Video Card. It will be covered by warranty and Joondalup are honest and excellent. I live down south and it is always a pain getting my machines to Joondalup when something really bad happens, but 'good ole Daniel' helps me out ;-)
Best of luck. Ronni On 03/09/2011, at 10:54 AM, Matt Falvey wrote: > Hi Ronni, thanks for the reply. I was thinking it was going to be serious > too. As it is still under the 12 month warrantee I will get it up to > Joondalup. Now I have to convince my daughter she is not to blame! > > Thanks again Ronni. > > Matt > > On 03/09/2011, at 9:00 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: > >> Hi Matt, >> >> On 03/09/2011, at 12:21 AM, Matt Falvey wrote: >> >>> Hi Ronni, >>> >>> Unfortunately this is the Unibody with the built in battery. That is why I >>> tried pressing at the same time the Shift, Control, Option on the LHS along >>> with the Start button, releasing and waiting 5 seconds and then pressing >>> the start button. Which I think is resetting the SMC for the Unibody which >>> is it version of resetting the SMC for the removable battery MBP's that you >>> have shown below? >> >> Yes, this is correct. >>> >>> Anyway it didn't work. My daughter said that she had been using the MBP >>> watching videos' and had put it to sleep and then could not get it to >>> restart from then on. So it appears as if it had not been turned off when >>> it stopped. >> >> I’m hoping it is not what I suspect, but It does sound similar to what >> happened on one of my previous MacBook Pros, a 17” MBP3,1 Intel Core 2 Duo >> 2.4GHz that had NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT Graphics Card installed. >> >> I ended up having two LogicBoard replacements done by Nick at Joondalup >> MacWorx before the issue was eventually resolved. >> >> Can you get the MBP to startup if you hold the Power Button down for a few >> seconds longer than normal? >> >> When my MBP would not ‘wake from sleep’, I went through all the resetting >> SMC, PRAM etc, all to no effect. >> I won’t include everything I tried to get my MBP working properly again, I >> have a six (6) page document of everything I did. >> I used every diagnostic and repair tool I have, I had Daniel look at the MBP >> and run all his tests over it. >> >> I could manage to get it to ‘wake from sleep’ for a few days, and then it >> would not. >> At one stage, when everything I tried failed to correct the problem. I >> Booted from SL install disc, used Disk Utility (on the disc) and ERASED the >> system on MBP >> Then Installed Snow Leopard & restored from a Time Machine backup. >> >> MBP worked for a few days, then same thing. >> >> If it is the NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT Graphics, it will need to be replaced, >> which means the LogicBoard will need to be replaced. >> I would suggest you get Daniel to have a look at it, and if it is the Video >> Card / LogicBoard it will need to be replaced by MacWorx Joondalup. >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> >> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Matt >>> >>> On 02/09/2011, at 2:23 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Matt Falvey >>>> Thu, 01 Sep 2011 22:31:36 -0700 >>>>> Hi, my daughter is having a problem with her MacBook Pro 2.4GHz Intel >>>>> Core 2 >>>>> Duo, 10.6.8, no additional memory added, it will not start up by pressing >>>>> the >>>>> start up button. I had a look at the web help and tried the recommended >>>>> fixes. >>>>> >>>>> Looked at the contacts, tried another power source, checked the battery >>>>> indicator - all lights on green. Still nothing. >>>>> >>>>> Then went down the list to resetting the System Management Controller SMC >>>>> and >>>>> pressed Shift Control Option on the LHS along with the Start button, >>>>> released >>>>> them and waited 5 seconds and pressed the start button, still nothing. >>>>> >>>>> After this I checked the battery indicator and there was nothing (?), >>>>> looked at >>>>> the light on the charger charging fine, hooked up another charger >>>>> charging >>>>> fine. Put the other charger back on its MBP and it worked fine. >>>>> >>>>> So am back to the same problem press the start up button and nothing >>>>> whatsoever >>>>> happens, at the start it appeared as it the battery was fully charged, >>>>> but now >>>>> without doing anything it appears totally discharged. >>>>> >>>>> Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. >>>> >>>> Hi Matt, >>>> >>>> Is the MacBook Pro one that has a removable battery, ie before the Unibody >>>> model with in-built battery? >>>> If so: >>>> 1. Disconnect the power cord. >>>> 2. Remove the battery >>>> 3. Then hold the power button for at least 5 seconds. >>>> 4. Then reinsert the battery and reconnect the power cord, and check >>>> whether the problem has been resolved. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Ronni >>>> >>>> 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt" >>>> 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD >>>> >>>> OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard >>>> OS X 10.7 Lion >>>> 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>
