Hello Fellow MacRumors Members,
I come to you in a time of need and concern.
I have a late 2008 MacBook, running the second to latest Lion update. The computer was fine 2 hours ago, I had transfered some files to a USB, ejected the USB, locked the screen and step away for about 2 hours.
My computer was and is most of the time hooked up to the magsafe, and at the time when I stepped away it was hooked up to an external monitor extending my display, a external drive and a usb hub with a bunch of other stuff like a wireless mouse receiver and another external.
I come back to wake my computer and hitting any key doesn't do anything, so I check the sleep light, its not there, so I click the power button, nothing happens..at that point I'm very concerned. I disconnect everything, flip it over and check the battery status, it's fully charged. Still doesn't turn on. I proceed with a SMC/PMU reset by taking out the battery and holding down start for a few seconds..didn't work. I tested the charger with the MacBook I am typing to you on right now and it's fine. At this very moment I have the battery out, the RAM, and the HDD. I will probably take out the HDD on this other MB and test mine to make sure its working. My thoughts are to let my MB chill for a while since I keep my computer on pretty much all the time. I have been a good and smart Mac user...TIME MACHINE.
What do you guys think I should do/try? I understand its a few years old and I have come to my senses that I do need a new computer soon but would stil l like to try and troubleshoot this. My MB has been through A LOT, like surviving a beer, apple replacing the optical drive, RAM upgrade from 2GB --> 4GB, and being on constantly for years (obviously shutdown here and there, but it's been on a lot more than off). Please provide me with support, thoughts on causes and possible troubleshooting steps. I really appreciate it. Sorry for the long read.
-Steve
I come to you in a time of need and concern.
I have a late 2008 MacBook, running the second to latest Lion update. The computer was fine 2 hours ago, I had transfered some files to a USB, ejected the USB, locked the screen and step away for about 2 hours.
My computer was and is most of the time hooked up to the magsafe, and at the time when I stepped away it was hooked up to an external monitor extending my display, a external drive and a usb hub with a bunch of other stuff like a wireless mouse receiver and another external.
I come back to wake my computer and hitting any key doesn't do anything, so I check the sleep light, its not there, so I click the power button, nothing happens..at that point I'm very concerned. I disconnect everything, flip it over and check the battery status, it's fully charged. Still doesn't turn on. I proceed with a SMC/PMU reset by taking out the battery and holding down start for a few seconds..didn't work. I tested the charger with the MacBook I am typing to you on right now and it's fine. At this very moment I have the battery out, the RAM, and the HDD. I will probably take out the HDD on this other MB and test mine to make sure its working. My thoughts are to let my MB chill for a while since I keep my computer on pretty much all the time. I have been a good and smart Mac user...TIME MACHINE.
What do you guys think I should do/try? I understand its a few years old and I have come to my senses that I do need a new computer soon but would stil l like to try and troubleshoot this. My MB has been through A LOT, like surviving a beer, apple replacing the optical drive, RAM upgrade from 2GB --> 4GB, and being on constantly for years (obviously shutdown here and there, but it's been on a lot more than off). Please provide me with support, thoughts on causes and possible troubleshooting steps. I really appreciate it. Sorry for the long read.
-Steve
