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doubledee

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May 14, 2012
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Arizona
I have a white, 2008 MacBook with Snow Leopard.

At random times when using the Airport on some free wi-fi connection, the connection drops. And when I go "yo-yo" the wireless connection, I *cannot* turn it back on?!

The only way to fix this is re-booting.

I had this same issue last summer to where my laptop was all but useless.

I then bought and installed Snow Leopard and the issue seemed to be fixed.

But after installing a 500GB HDD this past November, the same issue is re-appearing now...

Is this a hardware issue (e.g. wireless modem or motherboard)?

Software issue (e.g. Snow Leopard)?

Corrupted User Profile?

I sure hate to have to waste an entire day of my life re-building my old clunky MacBook if there is a larger issue at hand... :mad:

Thanks,


Debbie
 
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