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Possible

28 Oct 2010 20:32:36 PDT

It's possible, but I'm a bit skeptical. Because if it were messing with the NVRAM, then when the tech put in a new displ ...

Pixels

28 Oct 2010 19:31:37 PDT

I heard somebody got sneaky and wrote an app that turns off pixels randomly.

Say you have four actual dead pixels ...

Addendum

28 Oct 2010 06:15:19 PDT

I forgot to mention that Apple is NOT an easy company to do business with. As a consumer they're great, but as a technic ...

MD

28 Oct 2010 04:59:41 PDT

I am actually in Maryland, there is a MAC store not far from me, I will take it there.

Thank you very much for ca ...

Trust me

27 Oct 2010 18:32:48 PDT

Trust me, Apple Stores are just as hit or miss as anyone else. Apple hires people based on personality, not technical sk ...

Okay

27 Oct 2010 14:26:14 PDT

So, you didn't call the actual Apple Store after all.

I don't know where you live.

But since the third-par ...

That price is what someone else

27 Oct 2010 10:10:04 PDT

would have to pay out for the replacement logic board.

That is non-refundable and may not be the problem.

...

Thank you very much

27 Oct 2010 09:16:08 PDT

Here is what I was told, I did not take it to them, I just emailed them the issue:
The error message you describe is ...

Well...

27 Oct 2010 08:08:43 PDT

Did you go to an Apple Store or an affiliate? Better odds with the Apple Store.

I guess you didn't get the Appl ...

Thank you

26 Oct 2010 05:16:31 PDT

I appreciate all your advice.
Somehow, I have to get it fixed sooner or later. The Macbook was a present from my husb ...

That assumes

25 Oct 2010 20:36:51 PDT

That assumes it's just one part. I work as an Apple repair tech, and there have been times where a system comes in with ...

$699 ?

25 Oct 2010 17:44:24 PDT

The only part that could be that much would be a blown logic board.

Did you get any more details? ...

Firewire's not necessary

24 Oct 2010 11:42:08 PDT

Firewire's not necessary with any MacBook. That was a PPC requirement, and even a few of the very last PPC iBooks and Po ...

Thank you

24 Oct 2010 08:58:42 PDT

I am not able to get it to work, I have an estimate of $699 to get it fixed.
Not sure when I will be able to get it ...

PICTURE WITH MAC

24 Oct 2010 05:43:11 PDT

You could take the picture with mac-OS by typing together :

Command+shift+3 ...

Kernel Panic

24 Oct 2010 05:40:42 PDT

OPTIONS

Step 1
if you have this issue, try to boot from another disk (thru the Firewire connector)

Ste ...

jsf0102 now states that the Restart Message

16 Oct 2010 07:17:47 PDT

is actually in multiple languages.

So now we know it is a Kernal Panic.

Faulty memory may be a factor here ...

Panic

16 Oct 2010 05:50:09 PDT

Thank you for your help, I will have to take it to MAC store ...

2+2=5

15 Oct 2010 20:43:58 PDT

This isn't adding up.

I note you posted a similar question April 7th 2009 !

jsf0102, do you have a camera ...

Email me the Serial Number by

08 Oct 2010 07:19:45 PDT

clicking on my username and choosing email from the resulting profile page.

That, and a picture of the message, m ...

Without a picture

08 Oct 2010 06:19:22 PDT

Without a picture of the message you're getting, we're just fumbling around in the dark hoping we get lucky. Kernel pani ...

Anyway.

08 Oct 2010 04:55:43 PDT

If it doesn't boot from a bootable disk, somethings is very wrong. Find a qualified repair center to find out what and h ...

I don't think so

08 Oct 2010 04:51:13 PDT

We bought it as a Macbook ...

Is it possible that this "Macbook"

07 Oct 2010 17:25:25 PDT

is actually a Hackintosh?

Just wondering as there is a Hackintosh patch that makes everything into English only

Pictures please

07 Oct 2010 09:26:03 PDT
...

yes

07 Oct 2010 07:51:32 PDT
It's only in english ...

Kernel Panic

07 Oct 2010 05:03:26 PDT
presents the restart in multiple languages.

You state that the message is not in multiple languages.

P ...

They usually do last longer than 18 months

06 Oct 2010 16:27:58 PDT
and with the optional AppleCare, always advised on a laptop, they get repaired for free for 3 years.

As I mention ...

Thank you

06 Oct 2010 09:09:59 PDT
I actually sent a picture of our MACbook, not just the first picture I saw.

I appreiate your expertise and was ho ...

they are running 10.4.x

06 Oct 2010 06:33:53 PDT
and the 2008 versions shipped with 10.5

I also suspect that the picture is of one that kinda looks like the one t ...

I'm guessing

05 Oct 2010 17:52:08 PDT
I'm guessing that is the 2008 Aluminum MacBook model that was kind of an oddity. There's only one aluminum style MacBook ...

A picture is worth a thousand words, except in this case

04 Oct 2010 19:15:53 PDT
where it tells me nothing.

Unless you are going to play the game and work with me, there is not much more I can d ...

MACBook

03 Oct 2010 15:39:58 PDT
http://i ...

What do you get when you try to start from the CD's

03 Oct 2010 13:57:47 PDT
What sort of MacBook is it?

Can you start it from the AHT disk? (Apple hardware test)

P ...

Macbook-restart your computer

03 Oct 2010 08:18:09 PDT
no
10.4.6
no
no
no
AHT version 3A104 (not sure if this is what you call flavor)

Thank you for answ ...

While your post is probably factually correct,

02 Oct 2010 06:37:58 PDT
it leaves out a number of things.

Does it say this in a multitude of languages?
What OS are you running?
Ha ...

Macbook

02 Oct 2010 02:30:44 PDT
I keep getting the message "restart your computer" when I turn my laptop on

Any idea what the problem m ...