Apple care problem
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- Atkinson
My MBP [late 2008] heats up when I unplug it and close the lid. It heats to such an extent that the fans kick in and stay on untill I open the mac and force power off - black screen.
I called Apple Care and am seeing a genius tomorrow. They reckon it's a hardware fault and might have to take the mac for two weeks, without a temporary replacement. I use the mac everyday for work, what goes! Anyone else had this issue of non-replacemt with AC?
- ********0
hey, maybe you should check your tasklist:
this icon
and look if there is something open with much MB
like this
- ********0
post a screenshot
- Atkinson0
where is the tasklist - can't find it!
- Atkinson0
got it
- ********0
select "all processes" in the top right drop down..
- NONEIS0
They only ever do straight up replacements within a 30-40 day window of your purchase, after that it's called AppleCare, because they Care for your Apple. It sucks, but it is the norm and if you have a serious hardware issue you likely just saved yourself a ton of $.
- ********0
nah, looks ok.. I once had the problem too, and closing one task fixed it.
- Atkinson0
damn it, so probably is a fault. It's a nightmare they don't offer a replacement while it's being fixed, I think that's a pretty shocking bit of service, my 2p!
- ********0
yes it is.
say you want one. or you mail cupertino.
- Atkinson0
sure, I realised today there is a crack in the outer shell too, very small hairline, but fooking annoying on a 2k computer!
- ********0
i think they will give you one, if you keep asking for one.. you have apple care.
but yea apple.
isn't anymore what it used to be
- Atkinson0
no, full of worms
- GeorgesII0
Buy a PC
(sorry, he made me do it)
- Atkinson0
I'm begining to wonder! Not really, I do use pcs a lot but don't miss them as my main computer
