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Apple Computing Products:
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MacBook Pro (early 2008) Frozen, Black Screen, Wont Force Quit
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<blockquote data-quote="nbateman08" data-source="post: 1406225" data-attributes="member: 253171"><p>Hi. Basic rundown...</p><p></p><p>Had several programs running (iMovie, Photoshop, Chrome, a few apps). Exporting a movie in iMovie while surfing on Chrome.</p><p></p><p>Screen froze, became unresponsive to anything. Force quit (held down power button).</p><p></p><p>Tried resetting SMC a few times, unplugged, removed battery and memory, everything I can Google. Still nothing. The CD rom makes a little "clicking" sound when I turn on, and the power light in the front is half illuminated, but the keyboard is stuck (cap-locks doesnt respond). I can hear the fan humming. Other than that, screen is black and no chime when I *try* to restart.</p><p></p><p>A little background if it helps...</p><p></p><p>Had the logic board replaced in July '11...less than a year ago. This morning the CD rom froze when I tried to eject a movie I was watching. Finally got it to force quit and eject, and no problems until now. Wondering if its video related? And not logic board...again??? Any help is so appreciated!</p><p></p><p>UPDATE: I just inserted a CD into the rom to see what would happen and all the normal clicking and humming sounds happened. But still no activity. <img src="/mac_images/images/smilies/Embarrassed.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":[" title="Embarrassed :[" data-shortname=":[" /> Currently, I have it unplugged and waiting for the battery to run down...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nbateman08, post: 1406225, member: 253171"] Hi. Basic rundown... Had several programs running (iMovie, Photoshop, Chrome, a few apps). Exporting a movie in iMovie while surfing on Chrome. Screen froze, became unresponsive to anything. Force quit (held down power button). Tried resetting SMC a few times, unplugged, removed battery and memory, everything I can Google. Still nothing. The CD rom makes a little "clicking" sound when I turn on, and the power light in the front is half illuminated, but the keyboard is stuck (cap-locks doesnt respond). I can hear the fan humming. Other than that, screen is black and no chime when I *try* to restart. A little background if it helps... Had the logic board replaced in July '11...less than a year ago. This morning the CD rom froze when I tried to eject a movie I was watching. Finally got it to force quit and eject, and no problems until now. Wondering if its video related? And not logic board...again??? Any help is so appreciated! UPDATE: I just inserted a CD into the rom to see what would happen and all the normal clicking and humming sounds happened. But still no activity. :[ Currently, I have it unplugged and waiting for the battery to run down... [/QUOTE]
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