macbook pro… RIP?
So there I was sitting in my room, browsing through my most recent set of pictures from my latest shoot downtown on the Adobe Lightroom beta on my slickashell 2.16 Ghz two-gigs-of-ram MacBook Pro, when all of a sudden…
The screen goes black. What. The. F*ck. I played with the brightness/contrast controls a little bit, thinking the screen turned itself off (it tends to do that sometimes) because the backlit keyboard was still illuminated. Nothing. Then I smell it. That ugly, horrible, gut-wrenching smell of burning electronics I have become oh-so-familiar with over my years of tinkering with circuits. After my initial thought of chucking the computer across the room for fear of exploding batteries, I quickly pressed and held the power button while disconnecting the AC adapter (which was really easy due to the MagSafe™ power connector). Once off, I took out the battery and took a deep breath… this all happened in under a half-minute or so. After inspecting for any physical damage, smoke, burning, etc… I found nothing except that lingering smell of torched chips. I slowly put the battery back in and pressed the power button. The hard drive spun up for 2-3 seconds, then disengaged and all was quiet again; the screen never even initialized.
And that’s how it’s been the last couple times I’ve tried to boot it. The damned thing won’t even start in target disk mode. I’ve given up hope on saving it myself; I’d rather not screw anything up when I can send it to Apple to fix or replace. I guess it’s time to kiss my files goodbye as well.
So now I write from my archaic PC, booted into… *gasps* …windows as my primary OS for the first time since I got the MacBook Pro just over a month ago.
God, I hope Apple has a quick turnaround time with their RMA’s. I don’t know how much longer I can live without my precious MBP.
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