2005 Macbook pro 17" 2,16 ghz smoke coming out of usb ports
I use my macbook for lots of video related stuff. (editing, rendering, capturing) Never had any problems....until...
Last night after having "shared to media browser" 3 videos edited on imovie and created a iDVD project for later burning onto DVD....this morning when I arrived to show the final cut to my colleague, it wouldn´t even turn on. Then I noticed smoke coming from one of the right side usb ports and a very scary smell!.... Took it to an Apple registered dealer and told me it could be the mother board?? Help anyone??
CCDST
Thanks for the help...yes it is a 2006 model....i was told by the tech guy at the shop that it could be the mother board although when he opened it there was no sign of anything burnt.he then said he was going to analyze it further under the mother board to see if any component might have short circuited....then he said if it is the motherboard i should be prepared to buy a new one as a replacement mother board for the macbook pro is around 700 euros...I am in Portugal.. very dissapointing as there in no clear reason as to why this happened unless too much work on imovie and rendering videos is too much...and it cost me 2700 euros at the time....(2006)
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