Mbp won't turn on

frag420

Hi,

My MacBook pro2 won't switch on. It was working fine on Saturday but would not switch on yesterday. Decided to leave it rest overnight but alas it won't work today.

I checked battery and it has full charge. I tried turning it on with no battery and just cable but no joy.

Has anyone any suggestions??

Cheers

jester77

Does the white screen with the apple logo appear?

If you see this and it just hangs there with the spinning icon then it is most likely a hard drive issue.

frag420

jester77 wrote: »

Does the white screen with the apple logo appear?

If you see this and it just hangs there with the spinning icon then it is most likely a hard drive issue.

Can even get that far. Won't turn on at all, zilch, nada!!

jester77

frag420 wrote: »

Can even get that far. Won't turn on at all, zilch, nada!!

hmm, you could try an SMC reset

Have a read through that list and if applicable, perform the steps to reset the SMC

frag420

jester77 wrote: »

frag420 wrote: »

Can even get that far. Won't turn on at all, zilch, nada!!

hmm, you could try an SMC reset

Have a read through that list and if applicable, perform the steps to reset the SMC

No joy!!

Any other ideas?

Cheers

frag420

Anyone?

Colonel Panic

If it doesn't power on at all, it could really be anything. Why not bring it in to CompuB and at least get a quote from them?

frag420

Rang compuB and they want 70 quid to look at it. Then whatever on top of that to fix it if it can't be fixed!!

Does anyone know anyone cheaper in Dublin area??

Cheers

MiniNukinfuts

If you turn it on and hold the alt/ option key while the laptop is booting, can you see the boot disks?

frag420

MiniNukinfuts wrote: »

If you turn it on and hold the alt/ option key while the laptop is booting, can you see the boot disks?

I can't even get it that far, it won't turn on despite full battery and green light on cable/charger

MiniNukinfuts

That sounds like a fault with the motherboard so. I could be wrong but that's what i think. Motherboard replacements are generally not worth buying, it makes more sense to buy a new one

frag420

MiniNukinfuts wrote: »

That sounds like a fault with the motherboard so. I could be wrong but that's what i think. Motherboard replacements are generally not worth buying, it makes more sense to buy a new one

Don't say that!!! I am bringing it to Tech fixers tomorrow. Fingers crossed!!

Groinshot

RightClick, Camden Street. €39 to have a look at it.
Any water damage to the machine?
If it's a decent model, You're probably talking about half the cost of a new mac to replace the motherboard.

And on the charge for looking at it, macs are a PITA to take apart(some of them,) and shops aren't charities... If work is done, stripping a laptop down and testing components, and you decide you don't want to shell out, then it was just charity work.

Losty Dublin

OP, if you have use of another mac then it would be worth your while to Firewire connect them both up and see if you can boot in via it and identify any faults before you go to a repair shop with a general "It don't work" question.

frag420

Don't have another mac.

NUTZZ

How old is your MBP?

frag420

Bought it Nov07

NUTZZ

Hmm that's not what I wanted to hear. There is known issue with the graphics card (Nvidia 8600) in MBP's from June 2007 to September I think where nothing would display on screen at all, yours could be from that batch if it was old stock lying around in the shop.

Apple provided an extended 3 year warranty for the failure of the graphics card as it became a known issue. I had to get my logic board replaced a year ago and it was covered under the warranty.

Have a read here

EDIT: Affected computers were manufactured between approximately May 2007 and September 2008

NUTZZ

Actually this issue probably doesn't relate to you, only just realized you said the laptop wasn't turning on at all.

Losty Dublin

frag420 wrote: »

Already had the black screen of death two yrs ago!! Could not get anything in the screen at all, got it sorted and was fine until last weekend!!

What was the fault last time around?

frag420

Already had the black screen of death two yrs ago!! Could not get anything in the screen at all, got it sorted and was fine until last weekend!!

jimmi3nuts

if you have external usb devices attached, remove them and try boot.

Groinshot

NUTZZ wrote: »

Actually this issue probably doesn't relate to you, only just realized you said the laptop wasn't turning on at all.

Fried GFX Chip could be interpreted as not turning on, usually not much of a response out of them..

NUTZZ

Groinshot wrote: »

Fried GFX Chip could be interpreted as not turning on, usually not much of a response out of them..

Well you can hear the laptop on and working away when it's the known issue, the OP sounds like he's not getting a response from it all when he tries to power up?

frag420

Just to confirm I have no external devices Plugged into MacBook.

mfield

Hey frag420 any more info on this?

I have a MBP early 2008 model that is showing the same symptoms. Here's a vid of what it's doing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3opaXh7qLU

frag420

Hey.

I'm not even getting a flashing light at front like yours. One pnace on moore st saud it is dead and beeds a power boost snd €150 to di it!!Glorified paperweight at this stage. Keep me posted if you manage to get yours fixed,

frAg

mfield

Think I might go down the small claims route, because the Mac won't boot up at all, they can't run the test to see if the Nvidia chip is fried.

This appears to be a crafty way of getting out of replacing the board.

frag420

How old is your mac?? I got mine in Nov07 do doubt I could do same.

mfield

frag420 wrote: »

How old is your mac?? I got mine in Nov07 do doubt I could do same.

It's early 2008 model. You're covered for 5 years under Sales of Goods act.

miralize

I was having a similar issue last month.. turned out it was a faulty RAM module. If you think you can, try removing the back plate and taking out the ram modules one by one to see if that fixes it.

frag420

miralize wrote: »

I was having a similar issue last month.. turned out it was a faulty RAM module. If you think you can, try removing the back plate and taking out the ram modules one by one to see if that fixes it.

Tried that but no joy.

frag420

mfield wrote: »

frag420 wrote: »

How old is your mac?? I got mine in Nov07 do doubt I could do same.

It's early 2008 model. You're covered for 5 years under Sales of Goods act.

How tight is this law? Could it be argued that after four yrs I got reasonable use out of it?? Could apple refuse a repair??

Squeeonline

Try replacing the batt....

Oh wait.


Your best bet (if the SOGASOSA lets you down) is bringing it to an authorised repair centre and agreeing with them that you'll only pay if they fix the problem.

ZENER

Silly question . . . have you tried removing the battery for a couple of hours ?

Ken

frag420

What's sogasosa?

Yes I have taken the batt out for several hrs but still no joy.

Sad Professor

frag420 wrote: »

What's sogasosa?

Sale of Goods Act.

Squeeonline

frag420 wrote: »

What's sogasosa?

Sale of Goods and Supply of Services Act