Hi All,
My girlfriend received an Aluminum Macbook for Christmas, everything was working fine, then suddenly, while playing World of Warcraft the screen glitched (similar to if you were watching tv and someone jostled the cable) and the macbook went to sleep, then would wake up after the normal tactile input. It kept doing this until she gave up on WoW for the day. Then yesterday, everything was working fine, we both were playing WoW for a few hours with no issues.
Just now, we tried turning the MacBook on, and it would show the grey apple logo scren, then the blue screen where you'd normally see the user login prompt, then it went to sleep. We tried pushing a few of the keys and it would wake up for half a second then go back to sleep. Further tactile input wouldn't even wake the computer up for that half second.
I tried a several forced shut-downs and reboots, resetting the SMC, and then the PRAM, all yielding the same results. I'm hoping that this is an NVIDIA issue and not water damage, but I'm not sure what the symptoms of either ailment are. And I mentioned water damage because her mom spilled a small to moderate amount (half a glass) of champagne on the keyboard/screen a day after she got it, and it was wiped up right away.Weird thing is, the machine was working fine several days after the champage was spilled... anyway..
All help is appreciated!!
My girlfriend received an Aluminum Macbook for Christmas, everything was working fine, then suddenly, while playing World of Warcraft the screen glitched (similar to if you were watching tv and someone jostled the cable) and the macbook went to sleep, then would wake up after the normal tactile input. It kept doing this until she gave up on WoW for the day. Then yesterday, everything was working fine, we both were playing WoW for a few hours with no issues.
Just now, we tried turning the MacBook on, and it would show the grey apple logo scren, then the blue screen where you'd normally see the user login prompt, then it went to sleep. We tried pushing a few of the keys and it would wake up for half a second then go back to sleep. Further tactile input wouldn't even wake the computer up for that half second.
I tried a several forced shut-downs and reboots, resetting the SMC, and then the PRAM, all yielding the same results. I'm hoping that this is an NVIDIA issue and not water damage, but I'm not sure what the symptoms of either ailment are. And I mentioned water damage because her mom spilled a small to moderate amount (half a glass) of champagne on the keyboard/screen a day after she got it, and it was wiped up right away.Weird thing is, the machine was working fine several days after the champage was spilled... anyway..
All help is appreciated!!