Early 2008 MBP now has multiple problems

[hovitos-way]

Hi,

My MBP was working great for me for around 6 months with little to no problems. However, in the last 4 weeks it has started acting up. There are multiple problems and I will try to explain them in as much detail as possible here.

• The first problem that I noticed was that occasionally I couldn't use my iSight. I would use either iChat or Photobooth and get the error: "There is no camera attached to this computer". I would then go into System Profiler to see if it was listed but under USB devices it wasn't there. This would occur intermittently and sometimes it would be fine. I mostly find it not working after I wake up the computer from sleep. I have searched and tried numerous methods to correct this but still couldn't get it to work properly.

• The next problem that I came across was that whenever I would plug my charger/power supply to the computer whilst it was in its Sleep state and the lid was down, the hard drive would start spinning and the DVD drive made a sound as if it was ejecting. I am pretty sure this never happened before.

• The final problem I have noticed is that when I put the lid of the computer down and it goes into its sleep state, the hard drive takes an age to stop spinning. This is quite annoying as I try not to walk with my computer whilst the drives are spinning to minimise the possibilities of my hard drive 'breaking'.

These problems happened whilst I was using OSX 10.5.5 but I have since updated to 10.5.6 and still have these problems.

I hope someone could help with these problems and sorry for the long 'essay', I just wanted to detail my problems as much as possible. (also, sorry if this is in the wrong section, I was unsure if it belonged here or in the Help section).


Thanks for any help in advance