My 2008 MacBook Pro logic board died and I'm pulling the hard drive out. What Apple computers have room for a 2nd 2 inch hard drive?
The logic board on my 2008 MacBook Pro died. But the hard drive is fine. What Apple computer has room for me to insert my old drive as a 2nd hard drive?
You can add it to any unibody MacBook Pro in the optical drive bay, if you can get along without an optical drive and you aren't worried about voiding the warranty (or if the machine you buy isn't under warranty). You can't add it to a Macbook Air, Mac Mini, or iMac, but you can easily put it into a Mac Pro. And of course with any Mac you can put it into an external enclosure and use it as an external drive.
See my second post in this thread for a couple of enclosure recommendations:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/17791697#17791697
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My 2008 Macbook Pro logic board failed...am I still able to copy that hard drive onto my 2011 Macbook Pro hard drive?
What you can do is to extract the hard drive from your old computer, put it in an enclosure and connect it to your newer computer, so you can restore your data.
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Is it normal that 2 years old macbook pro logic board died
is it normal that 2 years old macbook pro logic board died.i Went to apple repair plase and they said that logic board is ded.is it really OK that in 2 years it dies.
Hi,
No it is not normal nor it is a gamble. It will be a shame if anyone within Apple thinks that you were gambling on the quality of their products by not buying an extended warranty.
When someone buys a machine like a MacBook Pro from Apple you are not gambling with quality. But investing by forking out a higher amount of money than people do find less expensive solutions. This is, of course, a personal choose.
When a computer dies within two years anyone can see that the machine was not build for such a period and therefore it is not more than reasonable to have it repaired or replaced on the costs of the manufacturer.
In growing amount of (European) countries customers are protected against the approach of limited warranty. Apart from the one year warranty, people are entitled to have a device (in your case a computer) on which they can rely on for many years, unless stated differently (except for wear and tear for which a manufacturer is not responsible for).
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Upgrading to Mavericks
You can upgrade to Mavericks from Lion or directly from Snow Leopard. Mavericks can be downloaded from the Mac App Store for FREE.
Upgrading to Mavericks
To upgrade to Mavericks you must have Snow Leopard 10.6.8 or Lion installed. Download Mavericks from the App Store. Sign in using your Apple ID. Mavericks is free. The file is quite large, over 5 GBs, so allow some time to download. It would be preferable to use Ethernet because it is nearly four times faster than wireless.
Macs that can be upgraded to OS X Mavericks
1. iMac (Mid 2007 or newer) - Model Identifier 7,1 or later
2. MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer) - Model Identifier 5,1 or later
3. MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later
4. MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer) - Model Identifier 2,1 or later
5. Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later
6. Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later
7. Xserve (Early 2009) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later
To find the model identifier open System Profiler in the Utilities folder. It's displayed in the panel on the right.
Are my applications compatible?
See App Compatibility Table - RoaringApps.
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A bug has been filed: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=644566 .
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Early 2011 MacBook Pro logic board upgrade question
I have an early 2011 MacBook Pro 17'. Will a late 2011 logic board fit in the unibody of an early 2011? My logic board crashed and I'm looking to install a new one myself. I just need to see if I can upgrade mine at all. I want to purchase a logic board with a faster processor and hopefully not as prone to the GPU failure. Any recommendations?
You have the problem discussed in a number of discussions on this forum, most notably here -> https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4766577?tstart=0.
Basically the GPU in the machine was poorly soldered onto the logic board. If you take the machine into an Apple Store, they will recommend a logic board replacement. This, however, will not permanently fix the problem. The only permanent fix is to have the GPU 'reballed' - this will cost about $160 and some services offer up to a year's warranty on their work.
I had the problem back in January and, as I was under AppleCare, had my logic board replaced gratis. Once I'm left with no warranty, I will have the GPU reballed.
Take a look at some of the discussion and see some of the photos which are just like yours. The only remedy is the reball.
Good luck,
Clinton -
2008 Macbook Pro running real slow and freezing up
Trying to help out my girlfriend to figure out why her macbook is running so slow when its peviously been fine. Have gone through most of the easy options, having cleared a bunch of space from the HD previously which hasn't helped. Running OSX 10.6.6 Hoping that someone will see something in etrecheck that'll help me out. Any other advice would be great.
Cheers.
Hardware Information:
MacBook Pro (15-inch Early 2008)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro4,1
1 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
2 GB RAM
Video Information:
GeForce 8600M GT - VRAM: 256 MB
System Software:
Mac OS X 10.6.6 (10J567) - Uptime: 0 days 0:23:45
Disk Information:
FUJITSU MHY2200BH disk0 : (186.31 GB)
(null) (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 200 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 185.99 GB (3.6 GB free) (Low!)
USB Information:
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple, Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Startup Items:
FanControlDaemon: Path: /Library/StartupItems/FanControlDaemon
Problem System Launch Daemons:
[System] org.samba.winbindd.plist 3rd-Party support link
Launch Daemons:
[System] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.adobe.versioncueCS3.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.anchorfree.ajaxserver.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist 3rd-Party support link
Launch Agents:
[System] com.google.keystone.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.lexmark.hbnlistener.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.lexmark.hostinfoupdater.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.lexmark.hostregister.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Launch Agents:
[not loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist 3rd-Party support link
[not loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist 3rd-Party support link
[not loaded] com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist 3rd-Party support link
User Login Items:
iTunesHelper
Microsoft AU Daemon
AdobeResourceSynchronizer
MainMenu
Adobe Updater
Google Drive
Android File Transfer Agent
Google Chrome
Internet Plug-ins:
o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.2.4.18058 3rd-Party support link
ebrary Reader: Version: 2.22 - 1/26/10 3rd-Party support link
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.3.8.1 3rd-Party support link
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.0 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 12.0.0.77 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
DivXBrowserPlugin: Version: 2.0 3rd-Party support link
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20913.0 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
Flash Player: Version: 12.0.0.77 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.2.4.18058 3rd-Party support link
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.6.6
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.0 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
Scorch: Version: 5.2.5 3rd-Party support link
DirectorShockwave: Version: 11.6.8r638 3rd-Party support link
iTunes Plug-ins:
Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.2
User Internet Plug-ins:
fbplugin_1_0_3: Version: (null) 3rd-Party support link
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Adobe Version Cue CS3 3rd-Party support link
Fan Control 3rd-Party support link
Flash Player 3rd-Party support link
Flip4Mac WMV 3rd-Party support link
Growl 3rd-Party support link
Old Applications:
None
Time Machine:
Time Machine information requires OS X 10.7 "Lion" or later.
Top Processes by CPU:
2% EtreCheck
1% WindowServer
0% FanControlDaemon
0% Google Chrome
0% Google Drive
Top Processes by Memory:
92 MB Google Chrome
84 MB mds
59 MB Google Drive
43 MB EtreCheck
41 MB WindowServer
Virtual Memory Information:
768 MB Free RAM
770 MB Active RAM
260 MB Inactive RAM
249 MB Wired RAM
415 MB Page-ins
0 B Page-outsMacintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 185.99 GB (3.6 GB free) (Low!)
You have to increase the Disk Storage Space available.
Click in the menu bar.
About This Mac > More Info.. > System Report
Click the “Storage” tab at top for info about storage.
Try these tips.
1. Start up in Safe Mode.
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH11212
2. Empty Trash.
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH10677
3. Delete "Recovered Messages", if any.
Hold the option key down and click "Go" menu in the Finder menu bar.
Select "Library" from the dropdown.
Library > Mail > V2 > Mailboxes
Delete "Recovered Messages", if any.
Empty Trash. Restart.
4. Repair Disk
Steps 1 through 7
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH5836
5. Disk space / Time Machine ?/ Local Snapshots
Local backups
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4878
6. Delete old iOS Devices Backup.
iTunes > Preferences > Devices
Highlight the old Backups , press “Delete Backup” and then “OK”.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4946?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
7. Re-index Macintosh HD
System Preferences > Spotlight > Privacy
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2409 -
Early 2011 Macbook Pro logic board
Hi guys,
Can anyone tells me what's wrong with my macbook? It happens this almost every week. Once the mac is hang, restarted the mac again and it went to a grey screen hang there and my RAM runs very loud. I can't login and try to on and off again for at least 8times.
If its the logic board, any knows how much would the logic board cost in dollar? Would you recommend me to get a Retina display 15'inch ?
My mac spec :
2.3 GHz Intel Core i7
Memory 8GB 1333 MHz DDR3You have the problem discussed in a number of discussions on this forum, most notably here -> https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4766577?tstart=0.
Basically the GPU in the machine was poorly soldered onto the logic board. If you take the machine into an Apple Store, they will recommend a logic board replacement. This, however, will not permanently fix the problem. The only permanent fix is to have the GPU 'reballed' - this will cost about $160 and some services offer up to a year's warranty on their work.
I had the problem back in January and, as I was under AppleCare, had my logic board replaced gratis. Once I'm left with no warranty, I will have the GPU reballed.
Take a look at some of the discussion and see some of the photos which are just like yours. The only remedy is the reball.
Good luck,
Clinton
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