Is this the end of my MBP? 😩

[goldmac2006]

I lost my 17” 2007 MBP in 2021. I mourned it since it served me very well for 12 years and it was completely user serviceable.
It just gave up turning on. It’s still on a shelf somewhere.
Good luck.

If you’ve cleared the data from your device and want to dispose of it, you can recycle it at a local Apple Store through Apple Trade-In. While it won’t have trade-in value, you can still get some discounts. During Earth Day, you can also get discounted AirPods, OEM Apple Watch bands, iPhone cases, and other accessories. I did this earlier this year when my Apple Watch Series 1 gave up after eight years. The screen separated, and the battery was shot.

 

[Peter Franks]

My MacBook Pro M4 Pro still has a low cycle count! I last checked it, and it was around 37 cycles, and I’ve had it since July. It’s always plugged in on my desk and only unplugged when I’m traveling or heading to the living room. My iPhone 15 pro, while it’s battery is dated may 2024 but I owned it since January, is at 486 cycles at 91% battery health. My Mac is still at 100% like the beginning.

I also use the Al Dente app, the battery stats and charge limit app that my friend uses, and he has a similar MacBook Pro like mine. Also got the full version from an in app purchase. We both bought our Macs around the same time.


Good call! A single beep rly makes sense that it’s a RAM problem associated with the restricted 🚫 screen at startup. So was the RAM sticks faulty or is it the amount that isn’t compatible with your MacBook Pro 💻?

Not sure it's all down to them. I bought 2 x 4GB from Megamac in 2018 so the 8GB lasted 7 years. I don't know what the life of those RAM modules are supposed to be or why they suddenly fail, but they certainly don't work now. The original 2 x 2GB didn't beep when I put them back in, and they did start it up, but it's still a fail. More amazed I still had them and found them. I didn't realise you could put 2 x 8GB in them. Thought it would be incompatible. Had I known, I'd have bought some of them years ago. Don't know if it would have speeded much up, but sure would have been a help with multi tasking?

I lost my 17” 2007 MBP in 2021. I mourned it since it served me very well for 12 years and it was completely user serviceable.
It just gave up turning on. It’s still on a shelf somewhere.
Good luck.

Thanks. I feel your pain. So about the same shelf life as mine then. I think it's also something to do with giving up the power with those old MBPs, because it was so easy to change the battery, SSD, RAM etc., which you don't have on the current iterations. You get what you get now.

 

[ignatius345]

I always found the cycles a bit off. When battery was new, Coconut always showed me more than I thought I'd charged. When it wasn't a full cycle, and only charged half, it still counted as a full cycle, so was never sure how accurate it was.

It's just reading the cycles from macOS. If you look in System Information, you can see the same number there.

 

[Peter Franks]

It's just reading the cycles from macOS. If you look in System Information, you can see the same number there.

They're wrong as well then