Hey guys.
This weekend I'll be picking up a Blackbook 2Ghz C2D laptop. I'm a PC user and an engineering student. So it's a fun wee project to get me introduced to Macs!
It's sold as faulty with a faulty logic board and a dead hard drive. (picked it up for pennies and soon I'll be prepared to fork out for a replacement board in case things don't work.
This is the description of the problem from the seller:
"what happens is that it shuts itself off randomly.
However, when pressing the power button down for a little
longer until you hear a high pitch noise the machine stays
on with a hard working fan. As soon as it goes to sleep
and you wake it up again it crashes again. Perhaps
something to do with the thermostat. "
Thermostat is objective number one... but are there any other tips anyone could suggest that could point me in the right direction?
Cheers
This weekend I'll be picking up a Blackbook 2Ghz C2D laptop. I'm a PC user and an engineering student. So it's a fun wee project to get me introduced to Macs!
It's sold as faulty with a faulty logic board and a dead hard drive. (picked it up for pennies and soon I'll be prepared to fork out for a replacement board in case things don't work.
This is the description of the problem from the seller:
"what happens is that it shuts itself off randomly.
However, when pressing the power button down for a little
longer until you hear a high pitch noise the machine stays
on with a hard working fan. As soon as it goes to sleep
and you wake it up again it crashes again. Perhaps
something to do with the thermostat. "
Thermostat is objective number one... but are there any other tips anyone could suggest that could point me in the right direction?
Cheers