Screen of my 2007 macbook is cracked.

Screen of my 2007 macbook is cracked. I need to find 1.the exact model of my MacBook3,1 (how do i know if it is MB062xx/A or MB063xx and 2. where can I buy online a replacement screen since the local provider cannot help.

No. They will not. The replacement will be identical to the old one. You always have the option of buying a brand new phone for the full retail price.

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LATE 2007 MACBOOK STILL CRACKING

I have a late 2007 13 inch macbook that I bought about two months ago. About a month after I got it, the bottom case started splintering around the ports, followed shortly by a hairline crack perpendicular to the escape key. I took it to a Mac store and they told me it was accidental damage. I called Mac and talked to a specialist and the specialist told me they would fix it if i sent it in.
Everything was fixed for free by mac. I have now had it for about another month and another crack has developed around the battery on the bottom case. Is anyone else having this problem with their Late 2007 Macbook? I thought these problems were resolved. I am also having palm rest discoloration...this isn't supposed to still happen either...is it?
Please comment.

I have had this issue twice with my Macbook which I bought in August 2007, the first time was less then 2 weeks after I had my machine so they replaced it with a brand new machine, the second time was just recently and they claimed that the damage wasn't covered by my Applecare. However the second time the cracks occurred I had brought my Macbook in to fix a crack in the palmrest (the second time I have had to fix this, thankfully that damage is covered as it is a well known issue with the Macbooks), the hairline cracks on my macbook weren't there before I sent my notebook in but when I recieved it there were hairline cracks near the ports, on one of the back hinges, and on the front edge... plus there were gaps where the keyboard/trackpad piece meets the bottom part of my Macbook. So it was obvious that the repairs were done shoddy, and I politely but firmly demanded that they fix the damage which was caused by them... so thankfully they sent it in to fix the casing, hinge, and to remount the keyboard/trackpad piece properly. I am hoping this will be the end of my cracking issues but within a year I have had to bring my laptop in 4 times due to cracking case issues... and I treat my notebook very gently. Thankfully I haven't had any issues with discoloration, but I wish Apple would fix the cracking issues on these lovely machines.

Where is the best place to buy a replacement screen for late 2007 Macbook (3.1)?

All,
My screen needs to be replaced on my late 2007 Macbook. I am willing to do the work myself, but need help in finding the correct model screen to buy. Where would be the best place to buy?

Depending on your geographical location, region, country, etc, part
sources will vary. So this is an open question. An independent
authorized Apple trained repair specialist or service facilitiy may
be able to get the part(s) and do the service. That is an old MB
and a regular Apple Store may be able to diagnose or estimate
a repair cost; but it also could be too old for that route to repair.
A best place to buy a part could be anywhere one is for sale;
there are several online and some ship almost world-wide.
If you are in north America, there are some who also may ship
to other areas, but then there is shipping, taxes, duty fees, etc.
You may be able to narrow down the part numbers and such
by looking into online parts resellers, an example may be
powerbookmedic.com, powermax.com, wegenermedia, etc.
There may be a part number reference in iFixit.com guides.
A service part such as main original hardware is more difficult
than a replacement hard disk drive or optical drive. Availability
varies, so without knowing where you are, I can't speculate as
to that, or any price structure. Authorized repair centers may
be found in the main online Apple links for service centers.
Sorry to not be of much help

I have a 2007 macbook with a cracked unviewable screen and want to transfer files to a new imac. Is there a way to do this?

I have a 2007 Macbook with a cracked (unviewable) screen. I want to transfer all files from the Macbook to an Imac but have no way of seeing whats on the Macbook. How can this be done??

Yes. Put the old MacBook into Target Disk Mode then connect it to your iMac using a FireWire cable. Note that if your iMac is a new one, you may need to use a FW400 (which is what the MacBook has) to FW800 adapter.
Once the two computers are connected, use the Migration Assistant to do the actual transfer.
Best of luck.

I have a macbook 13"screen purchased in 2007; I want to hook it up to my HDTV; I purchased a mini display port to hdmi adaptor but it does not fit. what kind of adaptor will work for this model?

I have a Macbook, 13" screen, purchased in 2007. I want to hook it up to my HDTV; I purchased a mini display port to hdmi adapter but it does not fit. Any suggestions?

If you connect yourMacBook using a MiniDVI/HDMI adapter you will need to use external speakers for audio since the pre-2010 MacBooks will only send video through the MiniDVI or MiniDisplay Port . The MiniDVI/HDMI doesn't carry audio and there's no audio plugs on the TV to work with HDMI since it's expecting audio with the HDMI.
If your TV has a DVI input plug you can use a MiniDisplayPort/DVI adapter. Then a DVI cable to the DVI input plug on the TV. The TV will have RCA audio plugs for use with the DVI. Plus DVI gives a sharper image than HDMI.

Late 2007 MacBook Pro intermittent black screen

I have this very odd issue with an intermittent black screen on a late 2007 MacBook Pro (4GB/320GB 7200rpm) Mac OS X 10.6.8 v1.1
Apologies for the length of the post.
In cycles separated by a few days to a week, the screen will flicker to black, initially very briefly, then for longer periods until it is black continuously, where it stays from a few hours to a couple of days then it flickers to normal, again very briefly then with longer intervals until it is steady and normal. It can then be fine for a week or more.
When the screen is working, it's perfect; no lines, stripes, colour shift or any difference to what one would expect. When it is black, the backlight is still operational (and dimming when on battery power) but there is no image - all pixels are solid black. Shining a torch on/through the screen does not reveal any image. When mirrored, the external monitor shows the brightness adjustment moving up and down in response to the key presses but it has no effect on the internal screen.
My external display (Eizo) is always functional no matter what the built-in one is doing and is completely solid at all times.
There is no correlation to temperature (I have SMC fan control), sleep, restart, fan speed, power source or anything environmental. The MacBook is on a fan stand for most of the time. External connections make no difference. If the fault is present before changing any of these factors, it is there after.
I am aware that this machine has known vulnerabilities with GPU and display issues but none present quite like this. I have performed the usual trawl on the net and I now know more than I ever wanted to about attempts to fix it.
Software remedies attempted:
Resetting PRAM and power manager.
No sleep image file (never used this option). I deleted the old swap files that were there in any case but this unsurprisingly did nothing.
Resetting the display settings via keyboard commands or Sys Prefs.
Screen savers and settings are not implicated.
Nothing whatever in the console logs that I can see.
TechTool Pro gives video RAM a clean bill of health and all other components pass including tests on the HD with TTP and DiskWarrior.
Safe boot and booting from systems on backups seem to have no effect but one safe boot restored the screen briefly - I think it was a coincidence.
I updated the OS from 10.6.6 to 10.6.8 while this fault was coming and going and it made no difference. I usually prepare the machine for updates by running the cron jobs, repairing permissions etc.
In expectation of suffering this fault when the external monitor was not connected, I installed iScreen on the MacBook and use my iPad as a supplementary display and that works well too. Having all three operating, when the internal is functioning, is quite fun.
Hardware tests:
I removed the upper plate holding the keyboard and the interior of the machine was very clean with only some small dust accumulations in the fans, which were removed. There was no sign of any discolouration, corrosion, or other unpleasantness on the PCBs. All connectors and wiring looked good.
Every part of the logic board, cables and connectors were percussed, gently deflected and spray freezed, both while the fault was present and not (machine running) with no effect.
Display back was removed and the LCD board given the same treatment. No changes.
Display cable disconnected at both ends and tested for continuity (probe resistance accounted for) and consistency with a Fluke 87 multimeter - passed OK. On a scope, active signals and power were present on all the pins when the display was working but the fault did not occur during this test, which might have been interesting.
No apparent shorting of the display cable but without removing it this cannot be proved.
Problem not affected by hinge position, pressure on any part of the display, twisting, percussing etc.
Used compressed air to blow out the connectors which were reseated carefully.
After all this, the machine remains in exactly the same state, cycling between operational and black with various flickering stages as it comes and goes.
All I can deduce is that as the external monitor has always been OK, the GPU itself is probably working fine and the fault is more likely in the LCD panel electronics. I doesn't feel like a software issue to me but heck, I don't know what is going on.
Does anyone have any experience of something like this?
Thanks,
Joel.

Thomas,
Thanks for your post and I'm sorry you have suffered the same problems.
My trust levels are not very high because it's clear there is some systemic display problem with this model, which is why Apple are fixing them. As I mentioned, we have no idea if the replacement boards are any different to the originals. From your experience it would look like they are not and my suspicion is that it is very unlikely that Apple made a new batch of these logic boards a long time after the model was discontinued. If anyone has evidence to the contrary, I stand to be corrected.
As you say, the difference between our two faults appears to be that a physical deformation of some part of the machine does something with yours but never did with mine. At one point I felt that a short in the internal display cable seemed like the best explanation for the problem but it looks like it's more complex than that because of the behaviour of our external displays and subsequent strange booting behaviour.
If, as I have read, the soldering of the GPU was faulty and leads to progressive failure of the graphics sub-system, then all kinds of strange behaviours could arise and produce the intermittent problems we have seen. Micro-fractures of the chip interconnects would suggest that tiny movements might change the presentation of the fault. If soldering really is the issue, then keeping the machine as cool as possible will extend the life of the connections. Consequently mine will sit on a fan-stand for the rest of its days, which is no problem because it just had Win 7 installed on it and I don't want to be seen in public with it in that state ;-)
All we can conclude is that a logic board swap fixes the problem for some indeterminate period, so the problem is on that board. Whether it is a design fault with the NVIDIA chip itself or a manufacturing fault with the board is not clear but we can probably forget LCD panels, cables, sleep issues, power supplies and all the other peripheral issues unless there is yet another design issue that causes the GPU to fail.
Are you intending to present your machine to Apple for another go at a fix?

2007 MacBook Pro Screen becomes distorted and Computer becomes unresponsive

Hi,
I am wondering if anyone else has experienced this. This is hard to explain with words alone, but I will try: I'll be using my 2007 MacBook Pro with no problems, when all of a sudden the screen will start to flicker and the display will become distorted where everything seems like it is tapering into seperate small rectangles. If I am playing music through any application (iTunes, Safari, Ableton Live, Adobe Premiere, etc.) the music will continue to play and I can still move the mouse around but I cannot click on anything or stop the music and none of my keyboard brightness or volume commands will function. Basically it's a partial freeze. This is very troubling as it is becoming more and more frequent. I did drop my computer once a year and a half ago but have not had any trouble of this sort (or at all for that matter) until about 2 months ago, so I'm not sure if this is related. It happened to me twice before I upgraded to 10.6.4 from 10.4.11, only then it was more serious and when I rebooted afterwards it would give me that ominous gray screen with the restart logo and several languages saying I needed to shut it down. Now when it happens I can restart my computer just fine (assuming I force shut it down with the power button for 6 seconds), but sometimes when it restarts the weird screen effect I described will happen during start up and then go away once it is running again. If anyone has any idea what is causing this please let me know, this computer is very important to me, as I do 85% of my work on it. Help! Thanks!!!!
Matt

Welcome!
You may have the "nVidea Curse." Here is an Apple article explaining the issue and providing for free repair for a period to four years from data of purchase:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2377
It applies to MBPs with an nVidea 8600M GT graphics chipset. Apple Store have a diagnostic test for teh problem.

The plastic hinge between my screen and the computer (macbook pro retina) is cracked and doesn't hold the screen anymore? Can Apple change it?

The hinge between my screen and my computer (macbook pro retina) has cracked and doesn't hold the screen anymore. Can I fix it without changing my screen. And if it's still on guarantee does Apple have to repair it?

Apple can fix any and all of their computers. Whether it would be charged to you would be the question. Do you have AppleCare?
Accidental damage is not covered by AppleCare.
How old is this computer?

Mid 2007 macbook no chime dark screen.

my mid 2007 macbook will not chime on startup and I am getting no picture.
already tried resetting pram, SMC or whatever and removed and replaced the battery.
Tried booting from a disk and got nothing, tried booting from my backup and got nothing. It's still getting power as the optical drive is spinning but otherwise I'm getting nothing (and my SL boot disc is in the optical drive.
Any thoughts?

This happened to my MacBook when the hard drive crashed. I did not get the usual question mark screen like you often get when the Hard drive crashes. I got a black screen and I could hear the fan whirr but nothing else. So Apple replaced it. There is a repair extension program for harddrives on macbooks http://www.apple.com/support/macbook/hd/repairextension/ So if this is your issue this may help.
Cheers,
Rachyl

I have a 2007 macbook and today the screen went all pixelated and i dont know how to fix it any help would be nice

i have a 2007 macbook and today the screen went all pixelated and i dont know how to fix it any help would be nice

Boot from your installer disc. If the problem is still present, then take it in for service.

My 2007 MacBook pro won't boot up beyond a White screen any ideas what to do?

My 2007 MacBook pro won't boot up beyond a White screen any ideas what to do?

Odd how this hasn't been archived yet.
I'm getting the same thing with my Macbook, but can't boot past the white screen. An Apple store in KS suggested I needed a new hard drive, but I've already put two in there and it's still doing the same thing. I really don't want to buy another motherboard like I had to a couple of years ago.
My choices are either buy a cheap drive to boot from and remove the current one to put into an external case, or save the money by not buying a new motherboard and putting it as a down payment toward a Mac mini.

Does apple care cover macbook air cracked screen

ddoes apple care cover macbook air crack screen

It is very common knowledge and very clearly stated in the AppleCare agreement that AppleCare does not cover damage from accidents, but only manufacturing defects.

2007 Macbook Screen Switching

Hi I have a 2007 macbook running lion. The screen is completely dead and shattered and I plan to replace it. I tried to plug in an external monitor to use temporarily but it defaulted to a secondary monitor. Is there any key combination to change what an aux screen shows? I cannot access System Preferences because the built in screen is dead.
Louis

now this kinda annoys me because it seems like a manufacturer's defect if it is happening to more than 1 person. i called apple and they basically told me that since the warranty is over i will need to bring it to an apple store to get it fixed and they said it would cost about $300 which annoys me further as this is a 1 year old laptop. i've had my dell for 6 years and i never had a problem with my screen as i do w/this macbook. i paid a thousand for this macbook and it really really annoys me that they would expect me to shell out another $300 to fix something that seems to be an issue for a few other people. my laptop was never dropped and is always treated w/the utmost kindness.

2007 Macbook Pro hookup to TV

Hello fellow apple users. I know this has been asked before and I have read through most the disscussions but I still can not figure this out. I am looking to hook up my 2007 Macbook Pro (2.4 Ghz 15 Inch Screen) to my sony bravia 32 inch TV. Seeing how this particular model of macbook pro, although very hardy and has lasted me through now, the screen at the bottom is cracked and will probably at some point snap (annoying...).
Anyway! Just a note to start, I no longer have my original display adapter that came with my computer, it was lost at some point in the move out of my parents house and I do not remember what the hook up is. I purchased an SVGA moniter cable from radio shack since I can hook that up to my TV. I then went to the PX here on base and purchased a mini display port to VGA adapter for my computer, but alas I do not have this hook up on my computer (although the vga adapter end works, obviously).
This is what I'm assuming I need...can I get this to vga adapter?
These are my other ports...can I use any of these?
Any help that can be given will REALLY ease my mind as this has frusturated me for about a month now and the nearest Apple store is 3 hours away. Thank y'all!

dezmerelda86 wrote:
I'm thinking I will try out that first link. That seems liek it would work since my TV also has an HDMI hook up. THANK YOU THANK YOU...I can't say it enough, this has been quite the annoyance and you may have just solved it!!
You may not be happy with that NewerTech cable because it's 24AWG cable meaning it's fairly thick and not as flexible as thinner 28AWG HDMI cables you can get. I recommend the following:
DVI-D Single Link Male to HDMI® Female adapter
28AWG HDMI High Speed Certified Male to Male Cables
Not only is there a wider selection of the thinner more flexible 28AWG cables the combination of cable and adapters is cheaper than the NewerTech.
I have a 15' 28AWG and it's much easier to string around the room and cram (bend) into a corner.

2007 MacBook Backlight Issues?

Hey everyone,
My old, faithful 2007 MacBook has just encountered a spot of trouble with its backlight. The backlight is off/ on the lowest setting and unresponsive to commands via the brightness control keys and changes within system settings. When restarting the computer, the light is functional for a split second before reverting to total darkness.
Both reseting the SMC and the PMC (?) have proven fruitless (removing battery, holding power for 5 seconds, re-inerting battery and restarting computer as well as pressing alt+option+p+r upon restart).
I am trying to get a hold of a cable to attempt hooking it up to an external monitor to see if that works (seems some others on the forums have had luck with it). If not, will I be looking at needing some hardware replacements? Or are there other methods I can try?
Thanks in advance for your time and help - I really appreciate it!

Thanks for the reply - i will give them a call, alternatively will try sourcing the item my self. I have had a few problems in the past with this particular MacBook, they are as follows:
- Keyboard Replaced (Under 1yr Hardware Warranty by a AASP, they fitted the older version keyboard with the Apple logo)
- Bottom case replaced due to hairline cracks. (Under 1yr Hardware by AASP)
- Hard Drive replaced (At an AASP)
- Bottom case bezel + keyboard replaced again (AASP, fitted incorrect keyboard again)
- Graphics related thing replaced to solve multiple colored lines vertically on screen (AASP)
- Bottom case bezel + keyboard replaced a third time (Apple store, correct keyboard placed back on - No warranty)
- Screen surround (white bezel) replaced (Apple Store - no warranty)
The battery had also died at the last point, they didn't mention it at the Genious bar, but when i got it back they had given me a brand new battery (not even mentioned in the documentation)
Is this an absurd amount of things that have been replaced within 2 years?

Screen of my 2007 macbook is cracked.

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