My Macbook Pro is half dead. How to keep it alive?

[dragonfire9]

Hello everyone. I have a huge problem with my 2009 2.66Ghz MacBook Pro. I discovered that the Nvidia Geforce 9600GT graphic card is faulty and the replacement for the logic board is very expensive (and my warranty ended). However, I was still able to use it with my slower graphic card.

Then, somehow my laptop developed more problems: the laptop almost always freezes on startup on the apple logo. I was able to fix this problem by reinstalling Snow Leopard from my disk. But, the computer started to freeze on startup again after few uses. Using disk utility and onyx helps the problem but the problem comes back again.

I notice that most of the time I verify the disk in disk utility it always displays this problem:

Checking volume information.
Invalid volume file count
(It should be 758811 instead of 758812)
Invalid volume directory count
(It should be 190198 instead of 190197)
The volume Macintosh HD was found corrupt and needs to be repaired.
Error: This disk needs to be repaired. Start up your computer with another disk (such as your Mac OS X installation disc), and then use Disk Utility to repair this disk.

Repairing the disk only temporarily fixes the problem and the computer freezes again and displays the same error message after few uses.



Repairing or getting another laptop is very expensive. I was wondering how to solve the startup freezing problem and the error above. I'm also wondering how to keep my Macbook Pro alive as long as possible.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Intell]

You hard drive could be dying. I'd back everything up then replace it.

 

[HLdan]

Am I safe to assume you (OP) didn't buy the Applecare protection plan?

 

[Gabriel GR]

I think it's your HDD. You should replace it and see what happens.

 

[charlieroberts]

Hello everyone. I have a huge problem with my 2009 2.66Ghz MacBook Pro. I discovered that the Nvidia Geforce 9600GT graphic card is faulty and the replacement for the logic board is very expensive (and my warranty ended). However, I was still able to use it with my slower graphic card........

Am I safe to assume you (OP) didn't buy the Applecare protection plan?

yes, i think you are in a pretty safe territory by assuming that.

OT:

I'd replace the harddrive, if you don't have one lying around find a cheap one, in case its still acting up after the replacement.


Good luck.

 

[mgartner0622]

yes, i think you are in a pretty safe territory by assuming that.

OT:

I'd replace the harddrive, if you don't have one lying around find a cheap one, in case its still acting up after the replacement.


Good luck.

I'd agree as well, or if you don't have anything to loose, back up your info and try reinstalling Mac OS. That's fixed errors like this 2x for me on my older macs.