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#26 2007-03-26 4:38 am
- reece_james
- TheLAD
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Re: So, my MacBook bites the dust...
Well I took it in and the guy asked, and I quote.
"Have you tried a full install?"
I refrained from abusing him there on the spot, instead reiterating that it wasn't doing it before I brought it in and had the motherboard replaced. At least it has been booked in under warranty.
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#27 2007-03-26 8:02 am
- knobtwirler
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Re: So, my MacBook bites the dust...
If I were you I'd stop walking around with partially installed stuff on my "busted" computer.
If you look around the table and can't tell who the sucker is, it's you.
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#28 2007-03-26 8:05 am
- reece_james
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Re: So, my MacBook bites the dust...
Ha, I'm not going to do a complete reinstall if the motherboard was replaced. Shouldn't have to. If you're referring to me not bothering to restart 10.4.9, that was the iMac and I have never really bothered, they always seem to work fine.
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#29 2007-03-26 10:02 am
Re: So, my MacBook bites the dust...
My PowerBook had a problem with the battery: wouldn't charge, always said "Calculating...", and refused to start on just the charger; it needed a battery (with some juice left) to start up. Once started, I could remove the battery and it'd keep working.
Just got a call from the repair place: they tried putting in a new DC board, but that didn't help. Getting a new logic board, now.
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#30 2007-03-26 5:12 pm
- reece_james
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Re: So, my MacBook bites the dust...
Sounds like a power supply issue...
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#31 2007-03-26 7:44 pm
Re: So, my MacBook bites the dust...
The current macbooks can be started with no battery in place, which can be nice.
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#32 2007-03-26 7:49 pm
- reece_james
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Re: So, my MacBook bites the dust...
Huh? Off the PRAM?
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#33 2007-03-26 9:14 pm
Re: So, my MacBook bites the dust...
Non, non, with power connected of course.
Alien noted he had to have a battery to boot.
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#34 2007-03-26 10:00 pm
- TheConfuzed1
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Re: So, my MacBook bites the dust...
I got screwed over on a Yikes G4 (Pre-sawtooth, PCI v.s. AGP).
The motherboard burnt out about one month outside of warranty.
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#35 2007-03-27 12:20 am
- kamizuno
- Poking you with a stick
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Re: So, my MacBook bites the dust...
TheConfuzed1 wrote:
I got screwed over on a Yikes G4 (Pre-sawtooth, PCI v.s. AGP).
The motherboard burnt out about one month outside of warranty.
Gah, I know that feeling, my old iBook burnt out it's MB 2 months after a 3yr Applecare expired, I wanted to save money for a little while more so I paid for a new MB, it worked fine after that....
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#36 2007-03-27 3:09 am
Re: So, my MacBook bites the dust...
pirloui wrote:
The current macbooks can be started with no battery in place, which can be nice.
So can every Apple PowerBook ever built.
Provided it's fully functional, of course. I wouldn't be getting my logic board replaced if this was par for the course.
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#37 2007-03-27 11:27 am
- reece_james
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Re: So, my MacBook bites the dust...
I'm just not happy. I've had no problems with Macs until now. 
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#38 2007-03-27 5:20 pm
- NAG
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Re: So, my MacBook bites the dust...
Two weeks later and CompUSA has still not replaced my battery. Are they attempting to look completely incompetent or are they really that stupid?
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