Macbook has acquired a number of problems in the last month
My Macbook Pro has been acting strangely in the past moth. Here is what has been happening in chronological order:
1) When my battery would run out, instead of sleeping and resuming next time it starts up, my macbook acts as if the battery had been taken out (looses all power suddenly). After this when i start up, the time would be reset to Jan 1st 2008, even though its 2011 now (obviously). Also, my prefered networks and thier passwords were also forgotten. And firewall would ask me if i wanted to allow some applications access to incoming connections. I tried resseting the PRAM to fix this but it did not work.
2) When pluged in, the area near where the charger is plugged in heats up. I had to download SMC fan control and keep my fans rotating at 5000 RPM+ to avoid overheating.
3) Computer lagged so much that i had to reinstall the OS to 10.6.3. I updated this back to 10.6.7.
4) Charger randomly stops charging.
5) Same problem as number one, but now it happens randomly and does not wait for the battery to run out. I have done some research on this and apparently this was a common problem in 10.4, so could it be back?
Please help me solve this, I live in Egypt so have no apple store near me (no apple store = no apple care), there is just tradeline.
Thank you
AlyKhalifa wrote:
I will try to make an appointment. But would it be a problem if i bought my Macbook in canada?
Plus im rather hesitant, since, given the extent of the problems, it would probably cost a fortune and i have no international warranty :/
NOPE!
All Macs come w/a one year warranty which you can use at any Apple Store and/or AASP. If you purchased AppleCare, same thing except the support is for 2 extra years..
It will not cost anything to get an estimate. If the price is too much there are plenty of DIY websites:
iFixit
TakeItApart
Search YouTube for Macbook Pro “How To” tutorials.
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