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Macbook failures
Posted by KaibaSama,
25 April 2014
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macbook pro apple hard drive failure
So far my macbook has had these items replaced:
HD x2
HD cable
Graphics card
Disk drive
HD cable and new HD (possibly)
Today, when I pulled it out for class, my macbook went into internet recovery. Then I tried to reinstall lion but there was no hard drive. So, I had to take it back to the apple store for about the 4-5th time now. My macbook can't find its own HD anymore. It may just be that the cable got messed up again, or the whole HD may need to be replaced. I'm hoping it's not the HD because that erases everything. I already have 5 computers authorized for iTunes, so if they replace the HD I'm going to have to get apple to remove the authorized computers so I can add the new HD.
It's under apple care warranty until the 29th. Thank goodness it decided to be considerate and fail just before the warranty expired. If anything else goes wrong after the 29th, I have a three year warranty from mac mall, which goes until April 29, 2016. I'm hoping that my macbook doesn't fail again, and that I won't have to use the warranty from mac mall. Good thing it died on a Friday, because then they can take until Monday to fix my computer since they didn't have the part in store today.
I typed all this from my iPad, just another reason I'm glad to have it. When my laptop fails I have my iPad to make up for the laptops absence. Sadly, I can't run any programs, but at least I have a somewhat medium sized screen with Internet.
HD x2
HD cable
Graphics card
Disk drive
HD cable and new HD (possibly)
Today, when I pulled it out for class, my macbook went into internet recovery. Then I tried to reinstall lion but there was no hard drive. So, I had to take it back to the apple store for about the 4-5th time now. My macbook can't find its own HD anymore. It may just be that the cable got messed up again, or the whole HD may need to be replaced. I'm hoping it's not the HD because that erases everything. I already have 5 computers authorized for iTunes, so if they replace the HD I'm going to have to get apple to remove the authorized computers so I can add the new HD.
It's under apple care warranty until the 29th. Thank goodness it decided to be considerate and fail just before the warranty expired. If anything else goes wrong after the 29th, I have a three year warranty from mac mall, which goes until April 29, 2016. I'm hoping that my macbook doesn't fail again, and that I won't have to use the warranty from mac mall. Good thing it died on a Friday, because then they can take until Monday to fix my computer since they didn't have the part in store today.
I typed all this from my iPad, just another reason I'm glad to have it. When my laptop fails I have my iPad to make up for the laptops absence. Sadly, I can't run any programs, but at least I have a somewhat medium sized screen with Internet.
I'm so jelly of you @Satsuki that you have a MacBook and sad you're having the problems you are.
I would have been in my 2nd year of a Graphic Design Apprenticeship through the Town council here by now if I actually had been able to afford a MacBook when I was accepted. But alas, I was not able to afford 1 and the company who helped secure my Apprenticeship wasn't allowed to fund the purchase because they went over budget just paying for my Basic Training apparently.
Also, I'm sure you can reset your computer Authorizations once a year, unless you've already done that I doubt you'd need to contact Apple to get it done.