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    is my macbook pro dead?!

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Nirvana, Feb 27, 2008.

  1. Nirvana

    Nirvana Notebook Prophet

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    I was playing battlefield 2142 under windows, and suddenly the screen went to black. so that I tried to restart it, but it stuck with the white screen, before apple logo even show up. anyone know what happened? I use laptops for more than 7 years and I have no clue this time.
     
    Nirvana, Feb 27, 2008
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  2. Robgunn

    Robgunn Notebook Evangelist

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    I would boot up the utilities disk and run the hardware test.
     
    Robgunn, Feb 27, 2008
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    diggy Notebook Deity

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    You can try to reset the NVRAM and PRAM, see if that will work.

    Resetting PRAM and NVRAM
    Shut down the computer.
    Locate the following keys on the keyboard: Command, Option, P, and R. You will need to hold these keys down simultaneously in step 4.
    Turn on the computer.
    Press and hold the Command-Option-P-R keys. You must press this key combination before the gray screen appears.
    Hold the keys down until the computer restarts and you hear the startup sound for the second time.
    Release the keys.
     
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  4. Arquis

    Arquis Kojima Worshiper

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    I second that. Pop in disk 1 and hold down D when you start up, and it will bring you to the hardware test menu. Even if you can't boot into OS X you should be able to boot into hardware test.
     
    Arquis, Feb 27, 2008
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  5. hopelessX

    hopelessX Notebook Enthusiast

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    Try holding down option when its loading (hold it as soon as you turn it on and keep holding). It'll load up Apple's bootloader menu and select your OSX partition. If that loads reset and do it again and this time select the Windows partiton and see if that works. I had a few times with my broken Macbook that it wouldn't see a bootable disk present unless I manually selected it like this.
     
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  6. Nirvana

    Nirvana Notebook Prophet

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    update: I think it has to do with the heating problem, i let it turn off for an hour to cool down, and then it backed to normal. 3 hours later the problem occurred again. so i have 2 questions here:
    1.) my notebook hardware control shows the CPU is 60C degrees when idle, what temp do you guys have? (my thinkpad has only 38C)
    2.) i think the air vent is located at the back of the machine, but i can never felt any airflow even though the fan running at full speed, how about yours?
     
    Nirvana, Feb 28, 2008
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  7. Arquis

    Arquis Kojima Worshiper

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    1) my CPU is at 57 right now with Fire Fox and MSN open, on "better performance"

    2) And yeah I feel just a little but of air flow, but barely anything.
     
    Arquis, Feb 28, 2008
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