Bizarre MBP problem

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    My first guess is to check the SMART status on the hard drive. It's in Disk Utility. SMART stands for self-maintenance and recovery technology (I think). It's an indicator of the health of the hard drive. All the slowdowns could be the hard drive slowly failing.

    You didn't spill anything on the machine, did you? Or let it overheat? Both of those things have been known to cause strange problems. Sometimes after one of those the computer will continue to work but act like it is slowly dying.

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    • Stick with smart utility instead: http://www.flickr.co…jaylarson
    • Good point. I haven't had to use my disk checker since my 12" powerbook failed. My current MBP has run with no problems for almost 5 years (knock on wood)TenaciousG
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