Hey everyone.
On New Years Eve, the 500GB Seagate Hard Drive I had in my Late 2008 MacBook (Unibody) died. That was the second hard drive in this computer to die. Days later, using the original/replacement 160GB hard drive, the motor appeared to just stop turning, and it works in no device including my MacBook.
We took the computer to Apple, but they would not come to terms on the warranty because of the dents on the bottom case (caused by books in my school bag)
My mum and I originally thought it to be the Hard Drive (obvious starting point), therefore we replaced it with another 500GB Seagate drive like we previously had. It didn't work.
We then thought because the hard drive we purchased was a 7200 RPM one, and not a 5400 RPM like the previous Seagate drives. Therefore, after many battles, we managed to swap it for the lower speed hard drive.
Do you think we had any luck? No, it still failed to mount. The hard drive (in both cases) would power and spin up, but not mount to install data to it.
Therefore, we replaced the SATA cable too, and we STILL have the same problem, where the hard drive will power up but not mount.
Is this a Logic Board problem and (despite the damage on my computer) could it be covered under warranty?
On New Years Eve, the 500GB Seagate Hard Drive I had in my Late 2008 MacBook (Unibody) died. That was the second hard drive in this computer to die. Days later, using the original/replacement 160GB hard drive, the motor appeared to just stop turning, and it works in no device including my MacBook.
We took the computer to Apple, but they would not come to terms on the warranty because of the dents on the bottom case (caused by books in my school bag)
My mum and I originally thought it to be the Hard Drive (obvious starting point), therefore we replaced it with another 500GB Seagate drive like we previously had. It didn't work.
We then thought because the hard drive we purchased was a 7200 RPM one, and not a 5400 RPM like the previous Seagate drives. Therefore, after many battles, we managed to swap it for the lower speed hard drive.
Do you think we had any luck? No, it still failed to mount. The hard drive (in both cases) would power and spin up, but not mount to install data to it.
Therefore, we replaced the SATA cable too, and we STILL have the same problem, where the hard drive will power up but not mount.
Is this a Logic Board problem and (despite the damage on my computer) could it be covered under warranty?