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    MacBook Pro turned off and won't turn back on

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by wwjd24_7, Oct 8, 2008.

  1. wwjd24_7

    wwjd24_7 Newbie

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    Hi Guys,

    I was just wondering if you had any tips to try to get my laptop to turn back on. I've been using it all day, and then I closed it to take into another room, and it shut off and won't turn back on...I followed all the steps on the apple site, no luck. The battery charger indicator light is also not on when I plug it in. I thought macs were supposed to be reliable! any ideas? :mad:
     
    wwjd24_7, Oct 8, 2008
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  2. Ayle

    Ayle Trailblazer

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    Bring it to a Apple store. **** happens.
     
    Ayle, Oct 8, 2008
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    wwjd24_7 Newbie

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    blech...thanks.
     
    wwjd24_7, Oct 8, 2008
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    RadcomTxx Notebook Deity

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    my guess, the powerboard blew. it once happened to me with a different laptop.
     
    RadcomTxx, Oct 9, 2008
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    alphanash Notebook Guru

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    I thought I had the same thing ever since I had my Mac updated to OSX 10.5.5. for a while, i couldn't get past the boot-up screen. In the end, I just had to make sure there was nothing connected to my mac besides the power adapter and no CD/DVDs in the drive. After staring at a blank screen for a few minutes... it booted up!

    It happens once every week or so, but it gets there in the end. Waiting for the next mac update to fix it... :-S
     
    alphanash, Oct 9, 2008
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