Thank you all for your help. I called the apple care line in Australia, it took me a while to find the phone number. They said that the symptoms I described, were know to be symptoms of a know hardware problem, and they gave me a reference number and said it would be fixed free of charge.
>From what you have said Ronni, I'm assuming its the logic board. So when my wife returns to Perth she will take it up to Joondalup, to get it looked at by Nick. Thank you for the description of the logic board, I was unaware that mac named their motherboards logic boards, And thanks too, James. After I sent out the email. I learnt to hold the c key while booting the computer but still no luck, I think it is a hardware problem. Thanks Again. Peter On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 8:25 AM, Ronda Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Peter, > > From reading your email, I would suspect it is a failed Logic board on your > MacBook Pro. > The MacBook Pro certainly needs to be checked by an Authorised Apple > Technician. > > I would suggest when your wife arrives in Perth that she arrange for Nick > at Joondalup 'MacWorx Joondalup' 10/7 Delage Street JOONDALUP WA 6027 Ph: > 9301 5333 Fax: 9301 5444 to check the Logic Board & replace if found to be > the problem. > > I had two logic boards replaced in one of my MacBook Pro a while ago. > > On 13/05/2010, at 5:13 PM, Peter Writer wrote: > > > I also read somewhere that It could be a problem with the logic board, (I > don't know what that is) and that it will need to be looked at by a mac > technician. > > > An explanation a Logic Board: > The logic board is a circuit board in an Apple Macintosh computer; in other > brands of computers it is known as a motherboard. > The logic board houses the crucial components of the computer system and > provides connectivity for peripheral devices. > Think of it as the heart of your computer. > > As the heart of a computer, the logic board receives and broadcasts > information, with the added function of coordinating various computing > systems and providing the logic and connectivity for attaching peripheral > devices. > Without a logic board, a PC would be nothing more than a box of > sophisticated but unconnected, uncoordinated circuitry, expensive but > useless. > > Cheers, > Ronni > > 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 > 2.66GHz / 4GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm > > OS X 10.6.3 Snow Leopard > Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) > > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
