Hello List, thanks for your emails: I get my Macbook back yesterday: they didn't care indeed.
Jerome eduard wrote: > I can confirm they didn't care when I took my MBP 15" to an Apple > Authorize Service last Monday. I got it fixed in two days. > > The problem with the fan noise it's been the same case for me as > someone else said earlier on the list. It started to make noise two > months after I bought it (March 2006). I could make it stop by softly > hitting the computer where the left upper fan is. Then, after a few > days and for a long time it didn't make any noise at all. The noise > started again intermittently last month, until last weekend when It > would never stop and even freeze my computer. Fortunately I still had > 8 days left before the warranty had run out. They replaced the fan > and now seems to be fine... > As someone said, the noise seems to be mechanical, as if the fan was > touching something. You can find some mp3 recorded through the > computer mic in http://knorretje.hku.nl/~eduard/ > macbook_pro_15inch_fan_noise/, for whoever may be interested. > Before I took it to the Apple Authorize Service I did run a Hardware > test (you can do this my restarting your computer with the install > DVD1 and holding the D key). I got an error message with a failure > code and the words Left_Upper-Front. > > Other problems I have run into (December 2006) are defective battery > and motherboard. > > eduard > > > On Mar 17, 2007, at 4:30 PM, Jerome BENOIT wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> thanks for the quick reply. >> >> Jonas Petersson wrote: >>> Jerome BENOIT wrote: >>>> Nicolas Boichat wrote: >>>>> Jerome BENOIT wrote: >>>>>> Hello Nicolas, >>>>>> >>>>>> I am very glad to hear that. >>>>>> I am confess that I was reluctant to do so >>>>>> because my box is mainly running Linux: >>>>>> do they care about that ? >>>>>> must I avoid to say this part of the story ? >>>>> They don't care I think... >>>> can any one confirm that ? >>> Well, my MBPC2D was also mainly running Linux and when it started >>> having >>> various issues (battery, charger) etc my local Apple shop was >>> satisfied >>> to see that the issues were present when booting into OSX. >> In other words, I can let refit on my macbook, >> and boot it into OS X in front of the reseller. >> >> I want to avoid unnecessary misunderstanding with the seller >> who may be surprised by Tux. >> >> Thanks again, >> Jerome >> >> >> Initally they >>> replaced, the motherboard. It appeared to help somewhat, but a >>> couple of >>> days later it would not even boot up unless it was let to cool for >>> 20+ >>> minutes. (The hang was even before refit kicked in so it obviously >>> was >>> not Linux related) At that point they replaced the whole thing. >>> The new >>> one is a lot better. >>> >>> Actually, we have 14 or so MacBooks of varying models (mostly C2D) >>> and I >>> dare say that all of them have had some kind of hardware issue >>> fixed (at >>> least 5 have been completely replaced). Luckily we have the Apple >>> shop >>> just 3 blocks away and they are very cooperative or I guess we would >>> have gone for something else by now. Note: Only one other of my >>> colleagues run Linux on his MBP, but most of the others run Windows >>> either through BootCamp or Parallels. >>> >>> / Jonas >> -- >> Jerome BENOIT >> jgmbenoit_at_mailsnare_dot_net >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> --- >> Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT >> Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to >> share your >> opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash >> http://www.techsay.com/default.php? >> page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV >> _______________________________________________ >> Mactel-linux-users mailing list >> Mactel-linux-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mactel-linux-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Mactel-linux-users mailing list > Mactel-linux-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mactel-linux-users > -- Jerome BENOIT jgmbenoit_at_mailsnare_dot_net ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Mactel-linux-users mailing list Mactel-linux-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mactel-linux-users
