The wheel spin and a led flashes

[desversen]

Hello everybody,

I have a problem with my macbook4,1 .

Sometimes when Im workin on it, the wheel starts to spin and I cant click on anything. Then, after 10-15 seconds it works normally .. and then it starts to spin again...

I've noticed that at the same time i see a led flashing from the jack input, and a "crackling", but very loud sound (a sort of clickclik, similar to a connect/disconnect sound) coming from the left side of the macbook. Sometimes the problem goes when i restart but other times not and Im not able to work on it properly.

What could it be ?

thank you and sorry for my bad english

 

[desversen]

An other thing: while the jack is plugged in 'cause im listening to the music with my Hi-Fi , and when that problem occours, the sounds switches from the Hi-Fi speakers to the macbook speakers, and back again..

 

[Altemose]

Hello everybody,

I have a problem with my macbook4,1 .

Sometimes when Im workin on it, the wheel starts to spin and I cant click on anything. Then, after 10-15 seconds it works normally .. and then it starts to spin again...

I've noticed that at the same time i see a led flashing from the jack input, and a "crackling", but very loud sound (a sort of clickclik, similar to a connect/disconnect sound) coming from the left side of the macbook. Sometimes the problem goes when i restart but other times not and Im not able to work on it properly.

What could it be ?

thank you and sorry for my bad english

When you say the "wheel spins" are you referring to the multicolored wheel many refer to as the beachball?

 

[damidget]

When you say the "wheel spins" are you referring to the multicolored wheel many refer to as the beachball?

Judging by the way he says he "cant click anything", that IS what he is referring to.

 

[Altemose]

Judging by the way he says he "cant click anything", that IS what he is referring to.

If that is the case then we need to further troubleshoot whether this happens solely when a cable is in the audio out jack or randomly.

 

[desversen]

It happen randomly, with and without the cable plugged in

 

[Altemose]

It happen randomly, with and without the cable plugged in

Have you tried a fresh load of OS X?

 

[desversen]

Have you tried a fresh load of OS X?

I actually have some updates i should install.. could it be the problem ?


Another fact: with Smart Utily I detected 16 reallocated bad sectors .... but with Disk Utility no errors detected....

 

[Altemose]

I actually have some updates i should install.. could it be the problem ?


Another fact: with Smart Utily I detected 16 reallocated bad sectors .... but with Disk Utility no errors detected....

This does sound like a bad hard drive or RAM.

 

[desversen]

but i dont understand how a bad hard drive could interfere with the jack plug in .... I've changed my HD less than 1 year ago

 

[cal296]

A SMC and PRAM reset can't do no harm.

 

[Altemose]

but i dont understand how a bad hard drive could interfere with the jack plug in .... I've changed my HD less than 1 year ago

Not sure about the jack but it would explain the beach balls.

 

[damidget]

A SMC and PRAM reset can't do no harm.

SMC Reset and PRAM Reset

 

[desversen]

SMC Reset and PRAM Reset

the problems seems gone after i did those resets, I really hope so.. i will test it the whole day !

 

[BrianBaughn]

Make sure you get backed up.