My MacBook won't turn on
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He already said that upon rebooting the computer, there are no signs of hardware activity -- the optical drive isn't spinning up, the hard drive isn't spinning up, the fans aren't activating.
Right. Whether the computer is under the initial one-year warranty or the extended AppleCare warranty, Apple will not do warranty repairs on damage caused through liquid or anything else beyond "normal wear and tear." Apple has sensors, not unlike the sensor inside a cell phone's battery compartment that turns red when it's contacted liquid, located in every imaginable cavity of its computers.
Honestly, RoJo, it does sound like you've caused damage to the logic board (and, I hate to say it, possibly by spilling something on it during your drinking episode), and that is a very expensive repair -- in the $800 range going direct through Apple, or somewhat cheaper by purchasing the part directly and installing it yourself ... which would itself void your remaining Apple warranty (and, I believe, disqualify you from extended AppleCare coverage).
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Either way, for the moment you're boned. 
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I had something similar happen with my MacBook Pro a couple months ago. It turns out my model has a known problem with the graphics card, where it can very occasionally malfunction and short out the logic board. It had to be sent back to the factory and everything to get all the actual "computing" parts of its innards replaced.
That's probably not your problem, though, since I could hear the hard drive spin up when I pushed the power button. That's all that happened, though. And IIRC, MacBooks don't have discrete graphics cards (though I feel like that might've changed within the last couple of model revisions).
That's probably not your problem, though, since I could hear the hard drive spin up when I pushed the power button. That's all that happened, though. And IIRC, MacBooks don't have discrete graphics cards (though I feel like that might've changed within the last couple of model revisions).
- Remove the hard drive
- Find a power cable to power it
- While it's running, give the drive an almighty trust in one lateral direction (IE try and manually force the drive to spin).
Might be a bearing issue.
- Find a power cable to power it
- While it's running, give the drive an almighty trust in one lateral direction (IE try and manually force the drive to spin).
Might be a bearing issue.
Then again ... Try the Brightness key.
--Ted
--Ted
So he did. My eyes had glazed over by that point in the Thread, I guess.
Install CCTV in your next apartment, for those late night alcohol-fuelled destructive episodes...
nice one.
Don't do this. It's a great way of causing a head crash if the drive is good.
That has more to do with the crappiness of Li-ion technology than with anything else.
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^ Yep. My Acer Aspire One runs about 5 hours on one charge. I love it. 
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All right, one positive thing about moving this weekend is that my new place is 20 minutes away from the Apple Store.
I dropped my MacBook off yesterday to have it looked at. They called me back today and said that they need to replace the logic board.
The good news: the warranty covers it, so it's not gonna cost me anything.
The bad news: they have to order the part, so I won't be able to get it back until next week.
I dropped my MacBook off yesterday to have it looked at. They called me back today and said that they need to replace the logic board.
The good news: the warranty covers it, so it's not gonna cost me anything.
The bad news: they have to order the part, so I won't be able to get it back until next week.
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At least you'll get it replaced at no cost. Logic boards aren't cheap.
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Maybe you got all chummy with it and fed it some of your booze. 
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