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Hardware The New MacBook/MacBook Pro/Air Users Thread v5, Share your joy and your pain here ;)
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digilife
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 Jul 21 2010, 07:48 AM
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i hav a problem starting my 2008/9 MBW and i hope some one can help me on this problem i recently change the stock 160GB HDD to a 320GB WD HDD (5400RPM) and successfully installed Snow Leopard after using for a week, when i turn on the MBW, i got a grey screen with a "big folder icon" inside the folder icon ,a question mark keep flashing 1) could it be tat the HDD is not suitable for this MBW? 2) compared to my stock HDD( Hitachi) which hav the Apple logo, this WD Scorpio Blue HDD does not hav the apple logo, is it compatible wif Apple? wat would you guys advice me to do? thanks in advance  |
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digilife
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Jul 21 2010, 08:14 AM
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QUOTE(nimrod323 @ Jul 21 2010, 07:59 AM) HMM, well you could try to boot through your Mac OS disc to see if the HDD is still mounted, try to repair permission and inspect the disk under disk utility, it could be a faulty drive IMHO. yes, i did exactly wat u adviced, but the disk utility of the SL DVD did not detect any HDD present at all,  |
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digilife
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Jul 21 2010, 08:49 AM
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QUOTE(nimrod323 @ Jul 21 2010, 08:23 AM) could be a faulty disk then,rivert back to the old HDD just to make sure the HDD connector ribbon is okay, if thats okay then return back teh HDD, comparatively my gf uses the scorpio blue 500GB on her MBP 13 with no problem, its way over a year now. this model dun hav the connector ribbon, i juz nid to push in the HDD fr the battery bay, the HDD is fastened to a bracket wif a "pull out tape" it will lock in place wif a small push........ thanks |
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digilife
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Jul 22 2010, 09:31 PM
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QUOTE(dvlzplayground @ Jul 22 2010, 07:08 PM) i think he meant try plugging in the stock HDD juz to make sure the connection is okay, so we only have to worry about the specific HDD if the stock drive works, then faulty hdd lah. back to the shop and get an exchange  but the stock drive spoilt and tats why i buy this HDD to replace the spoilt drive  anyway, i will bring this newly bought HDD back to the seller and see wat he says abt it btw, is there any HDD specifically for a MacBK ? thx |
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digilife
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Jul 28 2010, 04:18 PM
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i installed Win7 into my 2008 Macbk white, Yes only Win7 not thr MaxOS bootcamp.......... initially the the sound driver is not working and a red light emit fr the earfone jack but after i DL Realtek HD Audio driver, the problem was solved but on skype messenger, the webcam is not working, any one here encounter this problem b4 and btw, Bluetooth support is not available too others seems to be working fine  |
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digilife
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Jul 28 2010, 08:48 PM
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QUOTE(Ojimaru @ Jul 28 2010, 05:42 PM) Is the a particular reason why you didn't use Bootcamp for the installation? Have you tried installing the drivers off of the Leapord/Snow Leapord install disk (assuming you have one)? the reason why i din install thr Bootcamp was tat i read tat via Bootcamp, Win7 performance will some wat be laggy i hav the ori Snow Leopard disk, can i juz extract the Bluetooth and Webcam driver into my Mac Win7? if Yes, how to do it? thanks |
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digilife
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Jul 29 2010, 01:49 PM
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QUOTE(Ojimaru @ Jul 29 2010, 09:12 AM) From the Apple Bootcamp Install Setup Manual: thanks for the advice but can i use bootcamp installation for Windows 7 instead of Windows XP? thx |
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digilife
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Jul 29 2010, 02:01 PM
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QUOTE(nimrod323 @ Jul 29 2010, 01:52 PM) bootcamp assistant is for XP<Vista and 7, i dont see the reason why not. i would still like to try the Macbook Webcam while my OS is only Win7( meaning no OSX and Bootcamp installation ) where can i find the Webcam driver and Bluetooth driver to install manually into my Win7 ( on this MacBook ) thanks |
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digilife
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Jul 30 2010, 07:29 AM
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QUOTE(SheepMekk @ Jul 30 2010, 01:02 AM) Woohoo just installed windows the other day  working well and it asked me to install some anti-virus for it. Should I? I mean if my windows gets virus, will it affect my mac? wat version is your Mac? mac book white or mac book pro? bluetooth, webcam and sound all working? i installed Win7 direct to my 2008 mac book white ( not the bootcamp ) only webcam and bluetooth not working |
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