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Apple Users

opiate69

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11. If you haven`t already, call the genius bar...

Reply to LaydeeBug (Original post)

Sun Mar 3, 2013, 12:50 PM

Mar 2013

I just had to take mine in yesterday for a no-charge hard drive replacement. Seems there`s a known hardware issue with some 1TB hard drives in the desktops manufactured between Oct 2011 and Feb 2012.

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My old mac (the all white flat kind) will not turn on [View all] LaydeeBug Feb 2013 OP

Do you have an Apple store near you? Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2013 #1

there is one, and everything is already backed up, so no worries there... LaydeeBug Feb 2013 #4

Same thing with me ... likely either the power block or battery Auggie Feb 2013 #7

I started to have so many problems with mine, that I had to replace it. cbayer Feb 2013 #2

a few times I have had to remove the battery, then put it back in, in order to re-start Voice for Peace Feb 2013 #3

There's a battery in a desktop? LaydeeBug Feb 2013 #5

d'oh!! no I am reading too early for my brain.. I read laptop Voice for Peace Feb 2013 #6

How old is this Mac in years? RoccoR5955 Feb 2013 #8

It looks like this... LaydeeBug Feb 2013 #9

That being the case RoccoR5955 Feb 2013 #10

If you haven`t already, call the genius bar... opiate69 Mar 2013 #11