Hi,
I'm gonna try to be as concise and clear as possible, out of respect of your time (and mine; exams in two days). So, heres the timeline of my issue(s).
- Got my MBP 15", 2.5ghz, 4gb ram, 320gb HD within a month of them coming out
- Its been fine until 2 months ag
- Sometime in december, the screen's brightness went out of control and got 4x as bright as the brightest setting, and the screen was buzzing like mad!
- Did a hard shutdown and problem was solved
- Ever since then, once in a while, I could hear a faint buzzing, but was told by an apple rep in store that it was normal (phantom noises much? lol)
- Now, since early january, my computer just freezes out of nowhere: nothing to do running too many apps: e.g. happened when only running ical
- When it freezes like this, it just stops, i cant get the forcequit menu up, if i press caps lock, the green light doesn't come on... i is just completely frozen.
- So, when this happens, I usually press the combo+the power button and when it starts up again, all is usually ok (until the next time)
- However, a few days ago, when i did this for the 40th time, it started up again but said my AIRPORT CARD WAS NOT INSTALLED!
- Called apple, told me to reset the PRAM by taking out the battery and holding down the power button for 6 seconds --> It worked!
- Now, however, every time it freezes, i have to do this and sometimes it works and sometimes, it takes 4 resets of the PRAM to get my airport card back.
- Also, I should not that when I put my laptop to sleep (close the lid), its fine until I move it in the slightest way.... When I put it in my bag for example, it makes a noise as if the CD drive is working (no disc inside), and the light stops pulsating, and when i open it after, sometimes its making a faint noise as if its on but the screen is black, and sometimes it is shut off when i re-open my bag...
- Anyways, today, I open my bag, take out my computer and for the first time ever, it was BOILING! As in my finger is now BURNT (now, bandaged!)...The MBP was making noise as if it was going to explode!! I just touched it to get it out and it burnt me! my entire bag, full of books was heated up and it was in an incase neoprene case...
- It functions the same way now that it has been for the last while... but when I got home today, it started up OK, but the fan has been going nonstop for the last 20 minutes...
Ok, so thats whats been happening... I called Apple today and they've been juggling me around and now, Im waiting to hear form their "engineering" dept. Apparently, its protocol.
I'm freaking out since I need my computer for school (need as in 1 day apart is too much... its a necessity for my university program) and just to address the issue now, i havent brought it in yet, simply due to time constraints (program is just that intensive)
Just wanted to know what anyone knows/thinks about this situation...
Thanks
I'm gonna try to be as concise and clear as possible, out of respect of your time (and mine; exams in two days). So, heres the timeline of my issue(s).
- Got my MBP 15", 2.5ghz, 4gb ram, 320gb HD within a month of them coming out
- Its been fine until 2 months ag
- Sometime in december, the screen's brightness went out of control and got 4x as bright as the brightest setting, and the screen was buzzing like mad!
- Did a hard shutdown and problem was solved
- Ever since then, once in a while, I could hear a faint buzzing, but was told by an apple rep in store that it was normal (phantom noises much? lol)
- Now, since early january, my computer just freezes out of nowhere: nothing to do running too many apps: e.g. happened when only running ical
- When it freezes like this, it just stops, i cant get the forcequit menu up, if i press caps lock, the green light doesn't come on... i is just completely frozen.
- So, when this happens, I usually press the combo+the power button and when it starts up again, all is usually ok (until the next time)
- However, a few days ago, when i did this for the 40th time, it started up again but said my AIRPORT CARD WAS NOT INSTALLED!
- Called apple, told me to reset the PRAM by taking out the battery and holding down the power button for 6 seconds --> It worked!
- Now, however, every time it freezes, i have to do this and sometimes it works and sometimes, it takes 4 resets of the PRAM to get my airport card back.
- Also, I should not that when I put my laptop to sleep (close the lid), its fine until I move it in the slightest way.... When I put it in my bag for example, it makes a noise as if the CD drive is working (no disc inside), and the light stops pulsating, and when i open it after, sometimes its making a faint noise as if its on but the screen is black, and sometimes it is shut off when i re-open my bag...
- Anyways, today, I open my bag, take out my computer and for the first time ever, it was BOILING! As in my finger is now BURNT (now, bandaged!)...The MBP was making noise as if it was going to explode!! I just touched it to get it out and it burnt me! my entire bag, full of books was heated up and it was in an incase neoprene case...
- It functions the same way now that it has been for the last while... but when I got home today, it started up OK, but the fan has been going nonstop for the last 20 minutes...
Ok, so thats whats been happening... I called Apple today and they've been juggling me around and now, Im waiting to hear form their "engineering" dept. Apparently, its protocol.
I'm freaking out since I need my computer for school (need as in 1 day apart is too much... its a necessity for my university program) and just to address the issue now, i havent brought it in yet, simply due to time constraints (program is just that intensive)
Just wanted to know what anyone knows/thinks about this situation...
Thanks
