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The wheel spin and a led flashes

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desversen

macrumors newbie
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Aug 2, 2014
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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
 
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desversen

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Aug 2, 2014
6
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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

Altemose

macrumors G3
Mar 26, 2013
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Elkton, Maryland
desversen said:
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
Click to expand...

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

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Aug 2, 2014
6
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Altemose said:
Have you tried a fresh load of OS X?
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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....
 
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desversen

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Aug 2, 2014
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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
 
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