hoping someone has a clue.
my second MBP 17" ( MD311LL/A ) i7 2.4/8/750 has developed an odd issue, and our closest Apple store is about as helpful as a hemorrhoid. ( dont really want to send this unit off for 4-6 weeks either )
here goes, I had a KP on friday and had to do a hard shutdown, ( not unusual some days ) but when I restarted all was well until OSX was up and looking for password, I had no keyboard, if I waited 60-90 seconds i heard the error chime and some of my password dots would appear if you enter password VERY slow as in one key press every 10 seconds I can get in to the OS and use it for 20-30 minutes with depreciated performamce before it hardlocks again.
what ive tried
1: reset PRAM and SMC
2: reset permissions ( boot from a USB installer works )
4: check RAM with memtest
5: swap ram with other MBP 17
6: nuke and pave ( wipe, format and reinstall )
8: change HDD/ nuke and pave
9: install SSD/nuke and pave
now the bloody wierd part, I mentioned that the installer booted/worked fine... I can boot, install AND use Ubuntu 11 and windows 7 on it???
so what I have is a MBP 17" that runs everything BUT OSX!![]()
Apple store 2 hours away started off with oh, just fix permissions etc, once i gave them my troubleshoot list the idiot mgr informed me I must have tampered with the machine trying to mod it or overclock it. Then sent me off with the usual we cant honor your warranty BS on a replacement
Apple Canada wants me to send it in for possible repair and informed me of a 4-6 week turnaround.![]()
and the OTHER Apple store is 2.75hrs away and im wasting too much time, money and fuel already. Any ideas or should I just shoot it for my sanity?
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masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook
component damage (malfunction)
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You have multiple machines, so why can't you send it off to apple as a last resort?
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H.A.L. 9000 Occam's Chainsaw
Apple with a 4-6 week turnaround?! What? Never have I...
Mine all come back within one business week. What's up with Apple Canada?! -
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H.A.L. 9000 Occam's Chainsaw
Can you reflash the EFI/SMC?
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i think she already did that. It could be some component or a software related issue. My computer would freeze after startup and it turned out to be a bad hard drive.
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by nuke and pave I mean a clean load of OSX from both an Apple supplied media and a Lion USB drive I created from app store download. both installers are confirmed good.
I am rather aware of the occasional bad driver over the last 20 yearsthat wifi one attacked me too
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Update.
just got it back today, ( just over 7 weeks gone )
was a " corrupted EFI security feature " requiring mainboard replacement.
New odd problem.
Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by KCETech1, Apr 16, 2012.