Hello, The biggest question is, what year is it? I think pre 2012 models you can remove the SSD and plug it to another computer. But I think the newer models everything is sodired on. Daniel Hawkins - Posted from my Macbook Pro
2012 15in. Macbook Pro 2.3 Quad-core i7 4GB DDR3 500GB HDD Dual Boot: Windows 7 Ultimate Edition 64-bit On Jan 12, 2014, at 4:45 PM, Vic <vtsa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello all. > One of the most ordinary situations but the one I need your help with > (especially if you live in California). > My wife spilled some coffee on her Macbook Air and, naturally, the machine > stopped working. > At first, the machine wouldn't boot up, but after a day or so it eventually > did. However, now we are getting three long (repetitive) beeps, blank screen > and no further activity. In reading various forums (those on ifix.com as > well), we discovered that the hardware problem could be anything from a > thermal paste that needs to be reapplied to possible problems with RAM > module. In any case, it's a hardware issue, most likely. > unfortunately, her machine was not hooked to a Time Capsule, a mistake we now > realized, but it's too late to worry about it now. > We went to a local Apple store but they told us that the national repair > store will be replacing the whole board, most likely, and will not be taking > care of our data. > > So, questions: > - does anybody know a place where I could send the machine to be inspected > first? Perhaps there is an easy fix and no need for the board replacement. > - If we do have to go the data recovery route, has anyone done that and how > reliable such a process is? Will they actually recover your whole OS or just > certain files? > > Thanks for any ideas, pointers and suggestions. > Best, > Vic > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
