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From: Jim on 11 Jul 2010 11:30 Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote: > Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > > > Connection attempts (both file sharing and > > screen sharing) fail. It -sounds- like it's starting up - it bongs and > > there's disk activity but the screen never seems to do anything. > > Have you tried target disk mode? If that works it says that at least the > disk, firewire and mobo are okay. Good idea - I'll try that later. Jim -- "Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious understatement since the captain of the Titanic reported some slightly damp tablecloths." http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/
From: Jim on 11 Jul 2010 12:15 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > > Have you tried target disk mode? If that works it says that at least the > > disk, firewire and mobo are okay. > > Good idea - I'll try that later. I've tried it - the connected Mac never sees it. I think it's terminal. Jim -- "Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious understatement since the captain of the Titanic reported some slightly damp tablecloths." http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/
From: Peter Hayes on 11 Jul 2010 14:50 On 11/07/2010 17:15, Jim wrote: > Jim<jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > >>> Have you tried target disk mode? If that works it says that at least the >>> disk, firewire and mobo are okay. >> >> Good idea - I'll try that later. > > I've tried it - the connected Mac never sees it. > > I think it's terminal. > > Jim Before you give up, and if you need it, get the hard drive out and see if it works in a caddy. Saved me several weeks of not doing a backup when mine died. PeteH
From: Flavio Matani on 11 Jul 2010 15:06 ray <datasmog(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > Flavio Matani <flavio_mataniTAKETHISBITOUT(a)mac.com> wrote: > > >-and it doesn't warn you it's going to die > > and go to sleep when it runs out of juice like the original battery, it > > just switches off without warning... > > I have a MacBookPro with the original battery that does that, so I don't > think you can blame the replacement. Ah, ok, data point noted. I hadn't seen that before; every laptop I'd had would tell you it was running on reserve and send itself to sleep when it 'thought' it was getting a bit close. -- flavio matani guitar tuition http://www.flaviomatani.co.uk http://fflavio.com
From: Flavio Matani on 11 Jul 2010 15:06
Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > Flavio Matani <flavio_mataniTAKETHISBITOUT(a)mac.com> wrote: > > > Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > > > > > Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Plug in an external monitor and see what happens when it boots? > > > > > > > > > > Good thought, but one software update (10.5.something) killed the > > > > > external monitor port or, at least, it never displayed anything when I > > > > > last tried. > > > > > > > > External monitor tried - zilch. Never even wakes up. > > > > > > Closing the lid also doesn't put it into wubbing LED mode either. > > > > > > I'm starting to think it's a mobo failure. > > > > > > [looks suspiciously at cheap eBay replacement power supply] > > > > > > That sounds quite possible. It does sound like a case of motherboard > > death... > > > > Hm,thinking with some concern of the cheap power supply Ibought for my > > ex-g/f's pboko (is it really naff to stil call them that?:D) > > As (I think) the guy that unwittingly coined the term I say "it's a fine > term, keep using it". Okee then, pbokos they remain in that case:) > > -not from > > ebay but equally worryingly from el cheapo shop in Holloway... are > > there any stats on how reliable/unreliable/downright dangerous those > > cheap parts are? > > In fairness I have no proof whatsoever that it was the power supply that > caused this, I'm just thinking in terms of "last thing changed". The > laptop is five years old and was doing some fairly hefty lifting at the > time (running the 0xED hex editor, which ramped up the fans). It might > just have got a bit too warm once too often. Can happen, yes.. > I'm going to switch it off, remove the battery and leave it for the day. > Maybe it'll come back. Maybe it won't. Good idea, just in case. It's what I would .. no, that's not true; what I _would_ do would be to run around in circles screaming and trying any bizarre thing that came out of googling for the symptoms.... -- flavio matani guitar tuition http://www.flaviomatani.co.uk http://fflavio.com |