I think my macbook is begining to die

so i have a white first gen macbook and it has been chugging along for a decent set of years but now i think that time is coming to a halt.

the mac already has a bad battery so that pretty much explains this but after charging then discharging the battery meter will ever so often predict that i have (00:00) hours left of battery so i plug it in until it gets out of this state and usually doesn't do this for another week or 2

my other problem has occurred just recently but i has done it twice in a row so my thoughts were to come here.

every now and then when i shut the lid to make the mac go to sleep the optical drive makes the noise that it does when it boots (buzzing). and if i wait a few seconds with the lid still closed it will do it repeatedly until i open it back up. for no the temporary fix that i have found for this was a smc reset which i did 2 weeks ago.

i did recently upgrade the hdd to an ssd but that was almost 2 months ago now.
i will list the specs just in case
1.83ghz core duo
2gb ram
128gb ssd
early 2006 macbook 1,1
running os x 10.6.8 snow leopard

i need to know what i should do. i cant afford a new macbook nor would i be permitted to purchase one given the price

Thanks,
Boneskid1

Mmm. I didn't know that I will possibly give it a try

Also I am noticing lots of stuttering video play back especially when I am watching YouTube but the video quality is only at 320p and the audio and video is choppy.

Yes it is, I will double check in the morning but as far as I know it is.

OK. So I assume we will see a transition from flash to HTML5. Android already stopped supporting flash

i need some advice for buying a battery. should i get one from apple or should i chance it with amazon or ebay?

i also need a new power adapter and that is the same question should i go for apple or amazon.

i am not really sure if i should trust non oem parts for the special apple computers.

Yes I have read the FAQ before but it was a while back before I even registered here.
I may just take the old thing to a apple store and see what the entire diagnosis of the machine is. My charger is buzzing the battery and Bluetooth board or both bad, I need a new fan as the old one sounds like the motor has gone out, the sleep light doesn't even work anymore.

JohnPhamlore said:

Before one tosses that old broken Macbook, if one has access to a local Apple store, I strongly advise making an appointment with the Genius Bar mentioning the magic words "depot repair". I just took in a mid 2007 white Macbook which suffered from the black screen / no chime at boot for a logic board replacement for under $300 USD, with an additional one week wait while it was being repaired. As I was perfectly happy with the performance of this machine, the repair was well worth it to me. Also since the depot repair replaced the "Housing Kit Top Case w Keyboard Display Bezel" which has had the standard cracks on such Macbooks, the repaired Macbook tactilely even feels like a new 2007 era Macbook.

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are you talking to the poster above you? i dont think apple would fix my macbook it has some pretty unusual and major issues. and just now while watching a youtube video the audio got really hazy/static like sound.

so should i spring for the parts i need to get this thing back in line (battery, Power brick, fan, sleep light (if i can find one), a fix of the sorts for the glitchy video, and the bluetooth board is going out)


or should i go wait in line on black friday for the asus x401a for 249 and save my dollars for a newer mac down the road?