I have an out of warranty MacBook pro model A1226 (2007 generation) running OSX Lion. I have had a progressing issue with it freezing more and more often until about a month ago it basically stopped booting all together. The freezing was similar to the kind experienced by those with the nvidia 8600 GPU failure in that the entire screen would freeze except for the cursor and slow discoloration and static lines would appear across the screen until finally the cursor would freeze. For the first few months I could reboot the computer after this occurred and it would operate normally for a few days. It progressively occurred more and more frequently until a few months ago, when I couldn't even make it through the apple boot screen without it freezing (picture linked below).
I have called apple care, taken it to a geniusbar and an independent laptop repair shop. AppleCare told me I could mail it in to be diagnosed for a few hundred $ unless it was found to be the nvidia issues in which case the repair would be free. I passed on that, and took it to an apple store where they ran a normal diagnostics on it as well as a test on the nvidia GPU, all of which passed with no faults. I couldn't get it to duplicate the issue at the store even after running graphic intensive programs, which is why I think it passed both tests. Finally I brought it to a local laptop repair shop where they ran it until it froze. They couldn't figure out the exact cause but guessed it might be a hard drive issue, which I seriously doubt . This was all done while the computer still periodically worked, however today it will not even fully boot. When I press the power button now I just hear the cd drive cycle once and then nothing, the computer does not turn on.
If anyone has any advice or suggestions I'd really appreciate it. I'd hate to just give up on this and I have a feeling a lot of other people have experienced a similar issue with this model.
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q201/cjn2001/cce05e5b.jpg
I have called apple care, taken it to a geniusbar and an independent laptop repair shop. AppleCare told me I could mail it in to be diagnosed for a few hundred $ unless it was found to be the nvidia issues in which case the repair would be free. I passed on that, and took it to an apple store where they ran a normal diagnostics on it as well as a test on the nvidia GPU, all of which passed with no faults. I couldn't get it to duplicate the issue at the store even after running graphic intensive programs, which is why I think it passed both tests. Finally I brought it to a local laptop repair shop where they ran it until it froze. They couldn't figure out the exact cause but guessed it might be a hard drive issue, which I seriously doubt . This was all done while the computer still periodically worked, however today it will not even fully boot. When I press the power button now I just hear the cd drive cycle once and then nothing, the computer does not turn on.
If anyone has any advice or suggestions I'd really appreciate it. I'd hate to just give up on this and I have a feeling a lot of other people have experienced a similar issue with this model.
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q201/cjn2001/cce05e5b.jpg