MacBook :: HD Failure - (shuts Down When Sleeps - Freezes - Not Recognizing Usb)
May 7, 2010
white 2007 macbook has been acting up a lot lately.
- it shuts down when the you close the lid (ie. doesn't sleep)
- every 5 minutes or so it makes a sound as if it was loading a cd/dvd
- now it takes about three attempts to actually turn the computer on (and takes ages to boot up)
- freezes when you try to restart the computer
- we just tried to attach an external harddrive, however it is now not being recognised (just in the past couple of minutes). Nothing is being recognised as being attached to the usb slots.
It is still in Applecare warranty so I will take it into hopefully tomorrow, but just wondering if there is anything I can do now to help it, or what the problem may be. I checked the hard drive in disk utility and the SMART status said 'verified'. The harddrive was replaced in the macbook about two years ago (the first one just died suddenly). Does this mean another HD failure is imminent? (I'm a bit concerned because now we can't back it up since it won't recognised any usb/external harddrive). It's running Leopard 10.5.8 (i hink).
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Jan 21, 2010
my eMac is somehow shutting down after going to sleep. I've checked the system preferences under energy saver and there are no schedules set for the machine to turn on or off. It does not happen immediately. It usually happens after a day or so. When I return to wake up the machine, it doesn't respond. I then have to start it from the start button. I don't get any error messages regarding the machine shutting down in the wrong way...just boots up normally.
I've had it for 5 years and this is the first time this is happening.
Has anyone experienced this before?
Can my machine be "infected" and controlled externally?
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Battery was still at 82%.
Anyone know what's up with this or have this happen with their computer before?
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I downloaded EtreCheck and this is what it came up with: Â
EtreCheck version: 2.1.1 (104) Report generated December 9, 2014 at 9:14:37 PM  EtreCheck version: 2.1.1 (104)Report generated December 9, 2014 at 9:14:37 PM PST Hardware Information: MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2013) (Verified) MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro10,2 1 2.6 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core 8 GB RAM Not upgradeableÂ
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I have a Mid09 13in MBP.
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My macbook pro 13', 2011 recnetly goes into sleep randomly and sometimes the screen blacksout for a second and resumes normal.
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Info:
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
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Jun 10, 2012
My mid 2009 MBP 13 sleeps immediately when it reaches the login screen if the keyboard fails to illuminate, this is also the case when I have actioned automatic login. I know that this won't happen on any occasion when I see the keyboard illuminate.Â
I have found that if I boot the machine turned upside down the keyboard will almost always illuminate so I won't have the sleep isue. This isn't a practical solution. So I was wondering if anyone could see what was going on based on the logs. This is the most recent failure.Â
kernal log:Â
Jun 10 20:20:30 Kevins-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: wlEvent: en1 en1 Link UP virtIf = 0
Jun 10 20:20:30 Kevins-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: AirPort: Link Up on en1
Jun 10 20:20:30 Kevins-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: en1: BSSID changed to 1a:87:96:8b:0d:b1
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
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Dec 24, 2008
Hopefully this isn't a duplicate thread....
After a week of owning this great computer I closed the lid to put it to sleep last night (same as i do every night) and the sleep indicator light dimmed as it would when it goes to sleep. I heard the HD and fan turn off as normal. But as soon as the front light dimmed all the way the apple icon flashed for a split second and the HD started back up and the sleep indicator light stayed brightly lit for about 10-15 seconds. It would then dim again as if it was going to sleep and start this cycle all over again. I didn't realize this until i was laying in bed and heard my HD start up every few seconds.
I tried restarting the computer and nothing changed. Nothing is running in my dock except for finder. I tried putting it to sleep with the lid open and it went to sleep, but then just came back awake within a few seconds. I went to click shutdown and it restarted. I tried to shutdown once more and it just restarted. I did a hard shutdown and then turned it on and tried to put it to sleep and it still was the same....
I'm new to mac so I'm very naive with these still.
Edit: I'd also like to add that my computer now gets very very very hot on the bottom with nothing running. Not nearly as hot as a few days ago. I don't know if it's related.
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Aug 23, 2009
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So I slept my mac, and woke it again and it worked.
However when I went to wake it, I just got a grey screen. I held down the power button to cold boot, and when I rebooted it booted from the RAM file like it would normally when waking from deep sleep.
But now every-time I close the laptop it goes into deep sleep.
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