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So I'm on a trip, and suddenly my sound goes out. Volume control shows a circle with a bar through it, and occasionally if I plug in headphones or external speakers everything comes back, at least for the headphones or external speakers. Otherwise it's intermittent.
There's a red light shining through the headphone jack and after many web searches it would appear that this is a common problem. My Macbook is a circa early 2006 2.0Ghz model. Appointment with the Geniuses at the Apple Store, they see it, try the standard fixes, no joy. So I'm getting a new logic board. This will take four days. Bummer. At least the tech recognized it for what it was and accepted it for fixing no other questions asked. They have the part, but because it's a busy Apple store and they have to tear the machine apart that's how long it will take.
I'm posting this from the backup Mac Mini (PPC, 1.2 Ghz, 512MB RAM.) I took the opportunity to upgrade it from Tiger to Leopard, which did not go well. Had to archive and install since the upgrade resulted in the blue screen. But at least this Mac Mini (PPC though it might be and devoid of all that sweet, sweet, RAM) is equipped with built-in wireless and bluetooth. So my wireless works with it just fine, as do my Apple bluetooth keyboard and mouse. Also the external monitor is just like I was using with my Macbook, with the exception of not having an auxiliary monitor since a Mini doesn't come with any monitor at all.
I guess the moral of the story is have a backup Mac just in case you have to take your notebook in for repair. I have to set some things up on this machine (it was my wife's previous primary computer until I got her a Macbook) but it's nice to still be able to be online, and with Leopard to boot.
There's a red light shining through the headphone jack and after many web searches it would appear that this is a common problem. My Macbook is a circa early 2006 2.0Ghz model. Appointment with the Geniuses at the Apple Store, they see it, try the standard fixes, no joy. So I'm getting a new logic board. This will take four days. Bummer. At least the tech recognized it for what it was and accepted it for fixing no other questions asked. They have the part, but because it's a busy Apple store and they have to tear the machine apart that's how long it will take.
I'm posting this from the backup Mac Mini (PPC, 1.2 Ghz, 512MB RAM.) I took the opportunity to upgrade it from Tiger to Leopard, which did not go well. Had to archive and install since the upgrade resulted in the blue screen. But at least this Mac Mini (PPC though it might be and devoid of all that sweet, sweet, RAM) is equipped with built-in wireless and bluetooth. So my wireless works with it just fine, as do my Apple bluetooth keyboard and mouse. Also the external monitor is just like I was using with my Macbook, with the exception of not having an auxiliary monitor since a Mini doesn't come with any monitor at all.
I guess the moral of the story is have a backup Mac just in case you have to take your notebook in for repair. I have to set some things up on this machine (it was my wife's previous primary computer until I got her a Macbook) but it's nice to still be able to be online, and with Leopard to boot.