[DM-MUG] problems with MacBook Pro [small one] in Chile

[Jon Thompson]

Depending on how vital the machine is and your budget, you may just  
want to buy a new one for her and plan to swap it. Get this one fixed  
and ship it back to her- that way, she has a spare if anything goes  
wrong.

On Oct 22, 2009, at 11:40 AM, Victoria L. Herring wrote:

>> When the motherboard is failing, there's a beep from the mac
>> internal speakers. The obscure message is in at least 5 different
>> languages but it doesn't say "motherboard is failing" so I took it
>> to a certified Apple Tech and found out. He was able to take out the
>> drive. I converted it to an external drive. then it failed 7 months
>> later.
>
> so does that mean there are two beeps possible = the drive and the
> motherboard?  When I go visit her in December I'm going to check over
> the machine and either bring it home or something but it'd be helpful
> to know what I'm looking for = right now it's safely in storage
> -- 
> Victoria L. Herring, Des Moines, Iowa. Blogs:
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