then maybe you want to try System Preference > Accounts > your user > change password.

If your password is not blank and you can't remember it, you need to insert the DVD and boot from it and choose Reset Password.

First question, is your friend very sure they swap the MBP? As in hand to hand exchange?

Secondly there's an update for Performance Issue just release few days ago. That might help if it hasn't been applied.

Third is to try clean install 10.6. Might want to try 10.5 if its available.

And lastly is to return again till such issue solved. I cant be much help just by reading your info, to troubleshoot needs hands-on. It could be many reason. Factory defects, batch problem, design issue, software issue. But the current MB are known to have SATA issue when just release.

Try reset PRAM & SMC? You can try boot into safe mode by holding shift key.
Your optical drive have problem as well? I wonder why it vomit your OSX DVD.

If you have another Mac you can try firewire target disk mode to recover your files. If you have a PC instead you will have to remove th MB HDD and put it into external casing.

I asked you if you have done PRAM & SMC reset. Does that help?

If you have other Mac OSX DVD try it. Else send your unit to service.

Your mac have insufficient RAM to keep all the rendering on memory. So cache/temp file are written onto your HDD. Add-in more HDD space. They are very cheap now.


Try different player like Plex or XBMC. They have been mentioned in this forum before. Or simply google it. But you shouldn't put much hope on MBA.

You need to re-solder the broken part and protect it (most easy is hot glue).

Enough of this "I think" assumption.
My technical experience tell me that this is not LCD related issue.
It's very likely your logicboard is a goner.

Symptom being:
- LCD dead you will still get a complete boot.
- No chime & steady indicator LED light shows hardware failure.
- Bad RAM will cause 3 chimes and blinking indicator lights.

This post has been edited by wei: Oct 27 2009, 08:52 PM

Surface scan is to scan the cluster block by block, therefore it take super long time.
I normally won't do that, it's very taxing for the drive as well as for the Mac for no good reason. If it's already slowing down at such rate, just RMA the drive and get a new one.

Well, a lot of your question are answered by simple google:
http://www.on-linetechnologies.com/directResponseTerms.php#r

Let's say you buy a car and the engine said can go 100km/hr. But yours only goes 50km/hr or less. Will you wait for you car died only send to claim or claim immediately without wait is entirely up to you. But my young nephew can tell me the answer without posting on forum.

I've just posted a topic on battery & charger. You might want to check that.
To your question it's easy, you can bring your mac and charger to any nearby Apple Reseller. Ask to use their charger there, if your MacBook charging fine with the charger there. Means your MacBook is fine, only the charger is faulty.

Sometime it's luck that some owner bought a defective unit. Sometime it's also the user's using habit that cause damage to the unit/ causing parts dying fast. We have many client, most of them are happy Mac-er.

But there are no 100% for everything in real life, if you think Apple doesn't fit to earn your money, you should rethink about what to buy next. There are a lot of buyer in the forum alone if you don't want to keep your MacBook.

This post has been edited by wei: Nov 4 2009, 04:07 PM

1. You can set your app to remember your login info and auto connect when Internet available.
2. Keep your mac awake.

Mac OSX are designed to disconnect all connected device and network when goes to sleep.

How do you burn the CDs?
Why not just use 10.4 instead?

Do not ask for warez here.
You should burn the disc from Mac.

try download the last Mac OSX update from Apple.com/download/
and apply the update again. Else you can try create a new admin user and try on it.
This is the normal procedure I would suggest user to do.

Which model is your keyboard?
You can try to ply off key by key carefully. Remember not to break any plastic tab. Then use clothe to clean.

I would suggest you sell the unit as it is to end user, you will get a better offer that way. Only consider trade-in if your unit is faulty or desperate and don't care loosing money.

The reason to do the update again is to re-apply the same update again to refresh the system in-case something went corrupted or misplaced. I know your mac is always up-to-date...

Thanks for the feedback!

I've done that on iBook G4, PowerBook G4, MacBook Pro 15", MacBook White. You doesn't need to spend on the overpriced Optibay, just get those on eBay. I can't be sure will the IBM type fit. Pay attention to the height of newer unibody models as they might not fit.

This post has been edited by wei: Nov 22 2009, 01:16 PM

What do you meant by "reset"?

What RAM you using? Who install the RAM?

So now the Mac doesn't boot or cannot detect all the RAM?