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MacBook Pro late 2009 hardware issue
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<blockquote data-quote="Shootist" data-source="post: 1352177" data-attributes="member: 232297"><p>Ram vary rarely goes bad. It can from over heating but I have only seen it once on a desktop that was placed in a cabinet with the door closed. That same persons computer had multiple hard drive failures over the same period of time the computer was in the cabinet. Since they now have it out of the cabinet it hasn't given them any problems for well over 2 years.</p><p></p><p>But hard drive do and will fail, regularly, that is just the nature of the beast.</p><p></p><p>I would first use an external drive and install your operating system on it. Boot the Mac from that external and see if it runs OK. If it does then more then likely the internal drive is failing.</p><p></p><p>NOTE:</p><p>As soon as possible copy all you personal data and any program install files you have on the internal to an external drive or to another computer on your home/work network (LAN).</p><p>Actually that is the first thing to do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shootist, post: 1352177, member: 232297"] Ram vary rarely goes bad. It can from over heating but I have only seen it once on a desktop that was placed in a cabinet with the door closed. That same persons computer had multiple hard drive failures over the same period of time the computer was in the cabinet. Since they now have it out of the cabinet it hasn't given them any problems for well over 2 years. But hard drive do and will fail, regularly, that is just the nature of the beast. I would first use an external drive and install your operating system on it. Boot the Mac from that external and see if it runs OK. If it does then more then likely the internal drive is failing. NOTE: As soon as possible copy all you personal data and any program install files you have on the internal to an external drive or to another computer on your home/work network (LAN). Actually that is the first thing to do. [/QUOTE]
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