If your 14 days or under on the return policy and bought from Best Buy, check your local stores. Mine got theirs in yesterday. Went over there this morning and exchanged my UMB 2.0 for the 13" MBP 2.26. Didn't get charged a restocking fee and ended up owing only 106 bucks (I went in on Wednesday and price matched down to 1099 which is why I owed money on the exchange).
View 2 RepliesYesterday I swapped the stock cooler of my radeon HD3870 for a zalman vf1000. Since then, the GC doesn't work anymore (even with the stock fan back). So after a night of check, test and prettty much everything, I'm pretty sure my GC is dead. What I want to know it could be a short circuit? I'm a good mac user and I already did that on others cards (X1900 with an accelero for example.) I talked with xlryourmac and he can't see. I really want to find out a plausible explanation, because I'll probably buy another GC et wouldn't want to do the same mistake twice. I have a Macpro clovertown 2x3 Ghz - 12Gb Ram- Raptor Boot- Raid 3To- Multibridge Pro 2.
View 11 Replies View RelatedI have the possibility to purchase a Macbook Air 1.8 80GB HDD, awaiting a 128GB SSD to be released down the road. Can I have these drives swapped in the future?
View 7 Replies View RelatedI swapped out the old hdd on my old black 2.0ghz macbook to a new one and tried to install OSX 10.5.x but it did not work. I forgot the black macbook shipped with OS-TIger and I do not have those discs anymore. I only have my Snow Leopard disc and the 10.5.x disc.
What can I do? Can I use Time Machine and my external HDD to install the os on the new hdd?
I just dropped in a WD Scorpio 7200 320GB drive in my mid-2009 mbp. I successfully cloned my previous drive. It took forever to boot the first time and every subsequent time. It takes hours to install the os fresh after wiping it. Not at all how I expected the swap to go. What do you all think? Swap it out for another because this one is a bad egg?
I have done a guid partition and it is formatted in mac os x extended and journaled.
When i boot from my old drive, now in a usb enclosure, everything is fine. However when I access the new internal drive it hangs and just doesn't play well with it at all.
Has anybody just swapped their drive into the new machine and found it just works?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI have new macbook pro 13" with ivy bridge released on 6/11/2012. I want to install new ssd in it. I figured out hardware procedure how to put os on new hd.
How do i install os on new clean HD once swapped?
MBP didn't come with installation disc, also i don't have external drive to backup restore.
Is there any way to install os with new hd without using backup? if no, any way i can burn installation disc.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
I got the i7 MacBook Pro and want to replace the stock HD with SSD. I am thinking whether to wait for thanks giving time for a better deal on SSD or go ahead and bite the bullet.
View 6 Replies View RelatedWill the Sims 3 run efficiently on the aluminum Macbook 2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo? I have 2GB of stock RAM, what kind of RAM would you suggest using to upgrade it to 4 GB?
View 24 Replies View RelatedI am wondering what kind of SSD is stock in the Rev A MBA and how much you could sell a used SSD for and also what are some good options to swap out that out for a 128GB SSD - I know the Runcore is out there - any other options?
View 1 Replies View RelatedI'm about a year into the Mac platform after switching from pc. My first Mac was a 17" MBP and I'm looking to get a Mac Pro. Like most I'm waiting to see when the new ones will come out. I have always been curious and just wanted to know can the processors be swapped out like on a pc? I realize this involves mother board issues and whatnot but the processors we're waiting for are the same ones that can be purchased by anyone. I always wondered why someone with say a 2008 Mac Pro could not just simply swap out the processors since the tower itself is still the same. Again, I'm fairly new but just was wondering if anyone knew the answer (s). Thanks again for any insight as I'm trying to really learn and understand the Mac system under the hood so to speak.
View 9 Replies View RelatedWe ordered a 27" C2D 3.06Ghz 27" iMac from the reburb store for $1269.
Tough deal to pass up, basically $269 for the computer when you compare the price of the new CD.
Since the C2Q's are socket compatible, and actually some of them might have a lower TPW will they work?
I just happen to have a few C2Q's sitting around, the Q9500(2.5ghz) and a Q9550(2.83ghz).
Heard it should work but has anyone tried it yet and if not, why not?
i replaced my stock HDD 250Go (Hitachi 5K500.B) by a Seagate Momentus 7200.4 500Go. First thing is that, unlike what's being said on many forums, this hard drive is a litte noisy, actually more than the stock one. But this is not the subject of my post. The issue is since i installed my new HDD, the MBP stays at least 10 seconds on the white screen before booting. Then after these 10 seconds, the apple logo appears and the MBP begins to boot. I thought it was just an issue at the first boot, but no. Even after several reboots, the thing is the same.
View 10 Replies View RelatedI have just bought a X25-M SSD drive for my MBP (mid-2010). Is it recommend to clone my existing stock drive to get OSX on the SSD or should I rebuild from scratch and perhaps use Time Machine to recover all my apps and settings?
Any advice appreciated.
sorry if this has been asked; I tried searching.Anyway, I just bought a larger capacity hard drive and am not sure how to copy the stock 160GB 5400RPM one.Do I need to have some sort of connection to the new hard drive?Is there any way to copy it without having to buy some kind of peripheral?I also have an external hard drive.Would my best bet be just backing everything up and just set up the hard drive as new and just restoring everything??
View 5 Replies View Relatedanyone know if there will be any conflicts if i intend to swap the stock hdd with a WD scorpio 640/500gb on the new macbook pro?
anyone tried it yet?
So I had 4GB 15" MBP that I'm going to sell and bought a 2GB 13" MBP. I put the "old" hard drive from the 15" into the 13" and it works like a charm. Except it doesn't recognize my admin password as correct. I know I'm entering the correct password - is there any way to resolve this short of re-installing the OS?
View 1 Replies View RelatedI had a difficult time finding a guide on how to do this, so I just tried to figure it out the best I could. I originally had a 320 gig standard drive called "Macintosh HD". I ordered one of those new 640 gig WD drives, and put it in slot 2.
I went into Disk Utility, went to "restore", and put my 320 gig as the source drive and the new partition on the 640 (which I also named "Macintosh HD") as the destination, and clicked "restore".
An hour or two goes by, and it says it's done. I turn off the mac, pull out the first drive (the 320) and it boots fine into the 640... I tested Mainstage, Safari, and basically everything seemed to be there. I changed the desktop background so I could tell them apart, put the 320 back in, and when I rebooted, it booted off the 320.
This time I went into System Preferences and changed the startup disk (I guess at this point I should have named the partition something different) and it booted up on the new 640 again.
I'd like to format the 320 but am terrified if I did this all correctly. I plan on using it for boot camp. None of the links I found suggested doing it this way, they all talked about third party utilities.
Anyone here care to help me out? Can I go and format that new drive safely? Is there something I can do to preserve the data (just in case) but take away the boot capability?
The a, q, w and z keys on my keyboard have all swapped around (not physically, but when I press 'q' an 'a' is typed etc), none of the numbers and punctuation keys are in the right places either and I have no idea why.
Does anyone know how to fix this (sorry, I can't find where question mark has gone)
I'm running an Intel imac with OS X version 10.5.6
I just got my new MBP and it has a Toshiba MK5055GSXF 500gb inside. My old one has a WD Scorpio Blue 500gb. I know the Scorpio Blue is supposed to be fast for a 5400rpm. Does anyone have an opinion whether it would be worth it to switch them? Is the WD superior?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI know the WD 1TB is bigger than the stock HDs in MBPs so was wondering if there was an external hard drive enclosure out there that was cheap and can fit either hard drive? Also what is everyone's thoughts regarding the WD Scorpio Blue 1TB? I bought one before but returned it because of strange sounds but my stock drive makes the same sounds so I guess it was a minor issue.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI am fairly new to macs and I am having a problem, my Mac Pro keeps restarting. I had a quadro FX 4800 video card on it, but it apperently was useless for gaming ( had problems with all the games i tried), so i swapped it for a NVIDIA GeForce GT 120. I was instructed that once the card was put in i would just have to start up the Mac and download the drivers. But every time i try to start up it just keeps teling me over and over the mac has to restart. Is there some way to fix this? Would having the Mac dual booted with Windows vista ultimate be a contributing fact to this problem, as that starts up but the display is weird and the graphics card doesnt seem to be registered on the system.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI know i read about the European guy here who got his swapped from march, I bought this in February....never used it yet.....box is open though...stores are jerks.....even though my friend took her 13.3 2.4 macbook n they exchanged hers for the new pro 2.53 with a restock fee.... and everyone said no more than 14 days yet they did hers lol
So should I call a certain dept mine was bought in store i hate the stores...or should i call apple care and tell them I have lines I want then new one and make up issues and ask them to send me the new one ?
I've searched and couldn't find anything on this, anyone got this setup and could let me know what the average fps is and can it play on ultra settings and be bearable (25-40 fps)?
View 4 Replies View RelatedDoes the OWC Data Doubler work with the stock internal HD in the Mid-2010 MBP 15' i5? (Specs: 320GB Serial ATA; 5400 rpm) -from Apple.com [URL] The reason I'm asking this is because I'm planning to switch out the stock internal HD with an SSD (Intel X25-M G2). Then use the stock HD and put it in the optical drive space for data storage.
View 8 Replies View RelatedI Have a MacBook pro 17" 2009 with OS 10.7 Lion, I was doing the updates in the middle of the updates give a error and say you need to restart, Now, when I restarted it is showing gray screen with apple logo and spinning gear and is not moving beyond that (even after 3 hours).I tried Resetting my mac PRAM and NVRAM, nothing, I tried Safe Mode, I tried verbose mode(command V) and is show me this,The system bootstrapper has crached: Trace/BPT trap: 5. I don't have originals cd I lose them when I move.and Lion I'm download from app store I don't Have DVD I don't care about information on my mac, I backup everything daily. I just want to make it work again.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3), 17" 2009
Using a MacBook Pro - trying to print return address labels from my Contacts.
View 1 Replies View RelatedDoes anyone know which 17" LCD panels from the G5 iMac can be swapped with the Early 2006 Duo Core 17" iMac? My "speculation" is that the 17" G5 iSight equiped iMacs are a likely candidate.
View 3 Replies View RelatedWD 6.3cm (2.5) 500GB SATA WD5000BEVT 5400 8mb [WD5000BEVT]
I believe that is the one without WD's free fall sensor (or whatever it is called)?
I can get a very good deal on it (41€). I plan on copying my stock 250GB Toshiba drive 1:1 to it with Carbon Copy Cloner.
Would this drive be good?
I don't know about your MP, but my stock Seagate 320 GB HD was very noisy. It would whine when spinning up from sleep and give lots of ticks and clicks when accessing data. I pulled it out and installed four different HD's:
2 WD Caviar 500GB and 2 Seagate 320GB 16MB cache. Those four HD's produce collectively less noise than the original single Seagate 320GB HD. I installed the original HD in an external USB 2/eSATA case and use it for archiving.
