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From: Flavio Matani on 25 Feb 2010 08:30 Off to the Apple Store. Probably will need to buy yet another MacBook power adapter. Taking the old one, though, as there is a known issue with these things: the point at which the lead joins the magsafe connector melts; it has done on this one -it started by having to wiggle it to keep connection, then it started getting very hot at that point, at which point I wasn't trusting to leave the mb plugged into it if I wasn't present, as I like that machine -and my flat- in their current, unburnt state. Last time (perhaps a year and a half ago) this happened with a magsafe power adapter the Apple Store replaced it for free. Not holding my breath for that, of course, but just in case... -- flavio matani guitar tuition http://www.flaviomatani.co.uk http://fflavio.com
From: Woody on 25 Feb 2010 09:45 Flavio Matani <flavio_mataniTAKETHISBITOUT(a)mac.com> wrote: > Off to the Apple Store. Probably will need to buy yet another MacBook > power adapter. Taking the old one, though, as there is a known issue > with these things: the point at which the lead joins the magsafe > connector melts; it has done on this one -it started by having to wiggle > it to keep connection, then it started getting very hot at that point, > at which point I wasn't trusting to leave the mb plugged into it if I > wasn't present, as I like that machine -and my flat- in their current, > unburnt state. Last time (perhaps a year and a half ago) this happened > with a magsafe power adapter the Apple Store replaced it for free. Not > holding my breath for that, of course, but just in case... They should. They said that any fault like that would be replaced. Last time I went they replaced my power supply free, and it was a 2 year old laptop. -- Woody
From: Flavio Matani on 25 Feb 2010 10:03 Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > Flavio Matani <flavio_mataniTAKETHISBITOUT(a)mac.com> wrote: > > > Off to the Apple Store. Probably will need to buy yet another MacBook > > power adapter. Taking the old one, though, as there is a known issue > > with these things: the point at which the lead joins the magsafe > > connector melts; it has done on this one -it started by having to wiggle > > it to keep connection, then it started getting very hot at that point, > > at which point I wasn't trusting to leave the mb plugged into it if I > > wasn't present, as I like that machine -and my flat- in their current, > > unburnt state. Last time (perhaps a year and a half ago) this happened > > with a magsafe power adapter the Apple Store replaced it for free. Not > > holding my breath for that, of course, but just in case... > > They should. They said that any fault like that would be replaced. Last > time I went they replaced my power supply free, and it was a 2 year old > laptop. They didn't. Apparently the adapter that failed had a serial number 'not covered', was 'too new' and of an 'improved design' so that what happened to it couldn't happen. -- flavio matani guitar tuition http://www.flaviomatani.co.uk http://fflavio.com
From: Jim on 25 Feb 2010 10:07 On 2010-02-25, Flavio Matani <flavio_mataniTAKETHISBITOUT(a)mac.com> wrote: >> >> They should. They said that any fault like that would be replaced. Last >> time I went they replaced my power supply free, and it was a 2 year old >> laptop. > > > They didn't. Apparently the adapter that failed had a serial number 'not > covered', was 'too new' and of an 'improved design' so that what > happened to it couldn't happen. ?! Jim -- http://www.ursaMinorBeta.co.uk http://twitter.com/GreyAreaUK "Get over here. Now. Might be advisable to wear brown trousers and a shirt the colour of blood." Malcolm Tucker, "The Thick of It"
From: Woody on 25 Feb 2010 10:07 Flavio Matani <flavio_mataniTAKETHISBITOUT(a)mac.com> wrote: > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > > > Flavio Matani <flavio_mataniTAKETHISBITOUT(a)mac.com> wrote: > > > > > Off to the Apple Store. Probably will need to buy yet another MacBook > > > power adapter. Taking the old one, though, as there is a known issue > > > with these things: the point at which the lead joins the magsafe > > > connector melts; it has done on this one -it started by having to wiggle > > > it to keep connection, then it started getting very hot at that point, > > > at which point I wasn't trusting to leave the mb plugged into it if I > > > wasn't present, as I like that machine -and my flat- in their current, > > > unburnt state. Last time (perhaps a year and a half ago) this happened > > > with a magsafe power adapter the Apple Store replaced it for free. Not > > > holding my breath for that, of course, but just in case... > > > > They should. They said that any fault like that would be replaced. Last > > time I went they replaced my power supply free, and it was a 2 year old > > laptop. > > > They didn't. Apparently the adapter that failed had a serial number 'not > covered', was 'too new' and of an 'improved design' so that what > happened to it couldn't happen. Hmm.. that is reasuring then! -- Woody
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