Comments on: Breakdown in important posessions http://www.miaowthecat.com/archives/2006/09/01/breakdown-in-important-posessions/ You know you knead it. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:51:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: b:p http://www.miaowthecat.com/archives/2006/09/01/breakdown-in-important-posessions/#comment-56640 b:p Sat, 02 Sep 2006 10:58:23 +0000 http://www.miaowthecat.com/archives/2006/09/01/breakdown-in-important-posessions/#comment-56640 Thank you :) You're right - on both counts. They are MacBook Pros (and I want one in a yearning desperate way) and it is a hardware issue - the motherboard. I did make a diagnostic cd, but as it wouldn't boot at all by the end of last night, I took it to a fix-it shop this morning, where they did everything that I'd already done and then sold me an adapter so I could plug the lappy hard drive into my desktop. So I've rescued my stuff, and if I want to get a new motherboard for my Thinkpad I can kiss goodbye to about a grand (including labour). Gah. Thank you :)
You’re right - on both counts. They are MacBook Pros (and I want one in a yearning desperate way) and it is a hardware issue - the motherboard. I did make a diagnostic cd, but as it wouldn’t boot at all by the end of last night, I took it to a fix-it shop this morning, where they did everything that I’d already done and then sold me an adapter so I could plug the lappy hard drive into my desktop. So I’ve rescued my stuff, and if I want to get a new motherboard for my Thinkpad I can kiss goodbye to about a grand (including labour). Gah.

]]> By: AdriftAtSea http://www.miaowthecat.com/archives/2006/09/01/breakdown-in-important-posessions/#comment-56478 AdriftAtSea Fri, 01 Sep 2006 12:39:29 +0000 http://www.miaowthecat.com/archives/2006/09/01/breakdown-in-important-posessions/#comment-56478 Hmm... they're called MacBook Pros or MacBooks...now.. I'm not too fond of the name, but like the machine a lot. :D Whenever I work on a PC-based machine...I make a bootable Ghost image of the machine...so that when, not if, but when it dies, I can get it up and running fairly quickly. Given that your machine doesn't startup except 1 out every 30 times, I'd say it's a hardware error. If you have another computer with access to the internet and a CD-burner, you could always get and make a diagnostics CD to see what is wrong with your machine. Most of the linux-based Diagnostics CDs are bootable. ThinkPads can use the optical drive as a boot device, this can be changed in the BIOS. That would at least tell you whether it is the hard drive or not. If it boots reliable off the CD drive, then the problem is pretty much the hard drive. If you're really stuck, let me know via e-mail, and I'll see what else I can do. BTW, will be out of contact for the next two days for a wedding. :D Took 'em long enough... Hmm… they’re called MacBook Pros or MacBooks…now.. I’m not too fond of the name, but like the machine a lot. :D

Whenever I work on a PC-based machine…I make a bootable Ghost image of the machine…so that when, not if, but when it dies, I can get it up and running fairly quickly.

Given that your machine doesn’t startup except 1 out every 30 times, I’d say it’s a hardware error.

If you have another computer with access to the internet and a CD-burner, you could always get and make a diagnostics CD to see what is wrong with your machine. Most of the linux-based Diagnostics CDs are bootable.

ThinkPads can use the optical drive as a boot device, this can be changed in the BIOS. That would at least tell you whether it is the hard drive or not. If it boots reliable off the CD drive, then the problem is pretty much the hard drive.

If you’re really stuck, let me know via e-mail, and I’ll see what else I can do. BTW, will be out of contact for the next two days for a wedding. :D Took ‘em long enough…

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