Mid 2009 MBP Boot and Target Disk problem
Hello all.
I'm trying to help a friend get his Mid 2009 MBP back on its legs. He dropped it at some point and its condition has been deteriorating since. It has finally come to the fact that his computer simply won't boot into OS X. It has Leopard installed on it still.
We decided to try and get his data off of his computer and when we connect with firewire using target disk mode, it can see his hard drive, but it seems every couple minutes, the disk mounts again. After a while, the longest we've had it on (15 minutes) has had 6 copies of his "Macintosh HD" connected to my computer. You can only access data on the latest mounted drive, and if you try to transfer data, the transfer fails when the drive gets re-mounted the next time.
We've run the hardware diagnostics, both the quick and the extended and neither have found problems with anything, so that's why we figured we could just get his data off the computer and then reload Leopard or Snow Leopard onto it.
Any guesses as to what's happening? Any possible solutions?
I was thinking maybe the hard drive cable, but I don't think that would keep multiple "Macintosh HD"s connected to my computer all at once.
Thanks for your time.
Message was edited by: jondy
Is a Genius Bar diagnosis free?
My understanding is that the diagnosis is free. Go to "Got a technical question? Step up to the Genius Bar" (http://www.apple.com/retail/geniusbar/) to read more about their services and how to make an appointment.
Of note is:
How should I prepare for my appointment?
First, back up your data. (We’re happy to show you how to back up, but remember we’re not responsible for data loss.)
I don't know how this will actually play out in your situation (i.e. they might give same advice as above, have a different approach, or they might ask to do diagnosis - that would likely answer your question as to if data retrieval is possible / practical - just keep in mind that they are not responsible for data loss).
Given that the MBP was dropped and the problems as stated, I would make an appointment. Would like to hear how it all works out.
Best of luck.
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So this is my first post on here but I have been looking on the net to find a resolution to the following for the past week or more; I have been using Ubuntu for a number of years now but would still recon my experiance in linux is still in the realm of beginner.
I have a Mid 2009 MBP with Nvidia 9600m gt and 9400m; the problem i face is getting X to start.
NOTE: Currently I'm running Manjaro 3.10.30 (clean install) as it couldn't get the pure Arch live to boot, didn't have time to investigate that, maybe in the comming weeks.
The Xorg.0.log states that it is trying to load a nouveau module
[ 11.610]
X.Org X Server 1.14.5
Release Date: 2013-12-12
[ 11.610] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[ 11.610] Build Operating System: Linux 3.12.6-1-ARCH x86_64
[ 11.610] Current Operating System: Linux manjaro 3.10.30-1-MANJARO #1 SMP Fri Feb 14 06:07:50 UTC 2014 x86_64
[ 11.610] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-310-x86_64 root=UUID=d6202b98-312c-40e4-ba98-467a4f6b41c7 rw nomodeset
[ 11.611] Build Date: 08 January 2014 01:35:51PM
[ 11.611]
[ 11.611] Current version of pixman: 0.32.4
[ 11.611] Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
[ 11.611] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[ 11.611] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu Mar 13 18:55:57 2014
[ 11.611] (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
[ 11.611] (==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[ 11.611] (==) ServerLayout "Layout0"
[ 11.611] (**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
[ 11.611] (**) | |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
[ 11.612] (**) | |-->Device "Device0"
[ 11.612] (**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
[ 11.612] (**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0"
[ 11.612] (==) Automatically adding devices
[ 11.612] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[ 11.612] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices
[ 11.612] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/".
[ 11.612] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 11.612] (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/").
[ 11.612] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/".
[ 11.612] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 11.612] (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/").
[ 11.612] (==) FontPath set to:
/usr/share/fonts/misc/,
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/,
/usr/share/fonts/OTF/,
/usr/share/fonts/Type1/
[ 11.612] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[ 11.612] (**) Extension "Composite" is enabled
[ 11.612] (**) Extension "RENDER" is enabled
[ 11.612] (WW) Hotplugging is on, devices using drivers 'kbd', 'mouse' or 'vmmouse' will be disabled.
[ 11.612] (WW) Disabling Keyboard0
[ 11.612] (WW) Disabling Mouse0
[ 11.612] (II) Loader magic: 0x7fac20
[ 11.612] (II) Module ABI versions:
[ 11.612] X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[ 11.612] X.Org Video Driver: 14.1
[ 11.612] X.Org XInput driver : 19.1
[ 11.612] X.Org Server Extension : 7.0
[ 11.612] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
[ 11.612] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card1)
[ 11.615] (--) PCI:*(0:2:0:0) 10de:0647:106b:00b0 rev 161, Mem @ 0xd4000000/16777216, 0xb0000000/268435456, 0xd2000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x00003000/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/524288
[ 11.615] (--) PCI: (0:3:0:0) 10de:0863:106b:00af rev 177, Mem @ 0xd6000000/16777216, 0xc0000000/268435456, 0xd0000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x00002000/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
[ 11.615] Initializing built-in extension Generic Event Extension
[ 11.615] Initializing built-in extension SHAPE
[ 11.615] Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
[ 11.615] Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
[ 11.615] Initializing built-in extension XTEST
[ 11.615] Initializing built-in extension BIG-REQUESTS
[ 11.615] Initializing built-in extension SYNC
[ 11.615] Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
[ 11.616] Initializing built-in extension XC-MISC
[ 11.616] Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
[ 11.616] Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
[ 11.616] Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
[ 11.616] Initializing built-in extension RENDER
[ 11.616] Initializing built-in extension RANDR
[ 11.616] Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
[ 11.616] Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
[ 11.616] Initializing built-in extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
[ 11.616] Initializing built-in extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
[ 11.616] Initializing built-in extension RECORD
[ 11.616] Initializing built-in extension DPMS
[ 11.616] Initializing built-in extension X-Resource
[ 11.616] Initializing built-in extension XVideo
[ 11.616] Initializing built-in extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
[ 11.616] Initializing built-in extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
[ 11.616] Initializing built-in extension XFree86-DGA
[ 11.616] Initializing built-in extension XFree86-DRI
[ 11.616] Initializing built-in extension DRI2
[ 11.616] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[ 11.616] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[ 11.638] (II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[ 11.638] compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[ 11.638] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 11.638] (II) NVIDIA GLX Module 331.49 Wed Feb 12 20:17:10 PST 2014
[ 11.638] Loading extension GLX
[ 11.638] (II) LoadModule: "nouveau"
[ 11.638] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module nouveau
[ 11.638] (II) UnloadModule: "nouveau"
[ 11.638] (II) Unloading nouveau
[ 11.638] (EE) Failed to load module "nouveau" (module does not exist, 0)
[ 11.638] (EE) No drivers available.
[ 11.638] (EE)
Fatal server error:
[ 11.638] (EE) no screens found(EE)
[ 11.638] (EE)
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
[ 11.638] (EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
[ 11.638] (EE)
I have uninstalled all nouveau packages using the following page to help me; https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NVIDIA
The following is the output of
$ pacman -Qs nvidia
local/libvdpau 0.7-1
Nvidia VDPAU library
local/linux310-nvidia 331.49-1 (linux310-extramodules)
NVIDIA drivers for linux.
local/mhwd-nvidia 331.49-1
MHWD module-ids for nvidia 331.49
local/mhwd-nvidia-legacy 304.119-1
MHWD module-ids for nvidia 304.119
local/nvidia-utils 331.49-1
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I am also including my xorg.conf created with
$ nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 304.119 (buildmeister@swio-display-x64-rhel04-14) Fri Jan 17 10:35:46 PST 2014
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection
Section "Files"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Unknown"
HorizSync 28.0 - 33.0
VertRefresh 43.0 - 72.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
Output of
$ lspci -k | grep -A 2 -i "VGA"
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G96M [GeForce 9600M GT] (rev a1)
Subsystem: Apple Inc. Device 00b0
Kernel driver in use: nvidia
03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation C79 [GeForce 9400M] (rev b1)
Subsystem: Apple Inc. Device 00af
Kernel driver in use: nvidia
Also tried the 304 set but to no avail.
I noticed just before grabbing my the above files/data via ssh that the /home/[username] directory is still the default user, "Manjaro" in this case. but this is probably in part due to X server not being able to start.
If anyone has any idea what direction i should take, please let me know. I have an image/backup of my Ubuntu 12.04 which i might have to restore to get the equivalent data, but i would rather fix this without it.
P.S. Not sure if this is the correct section for this topic.
Last edited by DoveDev (2014-03-14 18:34:15)This is one of them times I should have wrote down what steps i had completed and had not, I reread the information on this page, http://wiki.manjaro.org/index.php?title … on_Startup. Obviously i missed a vitel step while i was half asleep a few nights ago... Anyway This is solved.
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nicegom
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Registered: Nov 12, 2009
Re: Windows 7 x64, MacBook Pro, frequent CHKDSK after HDD firmware update
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Hi there,
I have a different experience. I installed Windows 7 before the "performance update 1.0" came out. I actually experienced the chkdsk launch problem with Windows 7. I had done repartitioning and clean-install several times but cannot solve the problem. So I tried to install XP and Vista on my MBA (Mid 2009 with SSD) and found that these two OS doesn't introduce such problem.
To be honest, I'm not sure which caused such problem, Windows 7, a bootcamp driver, or EFI. But I'm sure that CHKDSK in Windows 7 has an obvious bug that needs to be patched (memory leak and maybe this problem as well). So now I'm using Windows Vista SP2. And I'm happy with Vista SP2 (seems to become faster and stable now).
Cheer,
Message was edited by: nicegom
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I've been having a chronic issue with my mid-2009 MBP with 256MB NVIDIA 9400M, only noticeable when playing games. Starting a few minutes after I start playing a game, the video will stutter in regular, discrete chunks. It will run fine for about a second, then lag horribly for a second, and alternate between these two. This is especially noticeable with graphics-intense games such as Starcraft 2, but happens even for certain less demanding games too.
The funny thing is that the issue goes away after 15-20 minutes of play or so. After that, no matter how long I play for (for periods up to several hours), the issue does not return. This makes me think it must be some sort of software or driver issue, and thus hopefully fixable. On the other hand, it happens both in OSX and Win 7 under Bootcamp.
One thing is that I have upgraded the RAM and installed a new hard drive; maybe these are causing problems? I don't remember if this issue predates the new hardware.
Anyone have any thoughts? I've poked around a bit and haven't seen anyone report this exact same issue.
My specs are:
MacBook Pro
13-inch, Mid 2009
Processor 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory 8 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256 MB
EDIT: found this post with what seems to be the same issue: https://discussions.apple.com/message/15530456#15530456Perhaps you could try this to resolve your issue: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
If the issue still persists, I would contact AppleCare, or may an appointment at the Genius Bar. There may be diagnostics they can run to determine if you have a failing logic board or GPU. -
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Thanks1. Yes.
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it would be great to be able to manage this a little better so i can actually have data on my HD.For information to anyone who views this posting. I have now reverted my MBP back to the original Ram setting of 4GB with the RAM that was installed when I purchased the MBP.
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I went to my local Apple store last weekend with a similar issue on my 2007 C2D MBP and they quoted me a price of around £60 (excluding VAT) to replace the optical drive. That's about the same price as the external optical drive a bought for my RMBP.
Alternatively you could just buy a 3rd party external drive if you want to save cash but note that the external Apple superdrive is not compatible with MacBooks with built in optical drives. -
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