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obelix112za

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Jun 29, 2007
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My wife's Macbook, 13inch 2.0Ghz, 2 GB RAM, running Leopard, has a 60GB HDD with around 10GB space left.

This only started today. When I switch on her Mac, it starts, but then the monitor switches off (or it seems to go to sleep), then you wait a few seconds, press escape or the power button and it's on again, either for a few minutes or seconds.

a Few times I've managed to open preferences etc, copy her data to an external HDD.

I've started formatting her Mac, it was halfway through when the monitor switched off again, or it went to sleep. I didn't think it'd happen when formatting her Mac, as it erases all the data and problems.

Thanx
 
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