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Startup Issue Dual 2.0
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Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Hazleton, Pa
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I have a refurb dual 2.0 Rev. A. Radeon 9600. Haven't had a problem at all with it...purchased in Feb.
Today I shut it down completely. When I came back and restarted, it makes the OS Chime however I do not get anything on my monitors. Eventually the fans come on full force. I tried zapping the PRAM but it's not recognizing the keyboard. I pulled out the battery for a few minutes, but that did not help.
Anyone have any ideas?
I Plan on taking it into the Shorthills Applestore tomorrow. I have a WD Raptor as the primary and used the 160 as a backup which contains my music. If for whatever reason the machine needs to be sent out for repair, do they format your hard drives?
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Join Date: Oct 2003
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Early models shipped with a slightly out-of-spec Radeon 9600, though the problem you describe mostly occured in rather cold rooms.
Ask Apple to replace the card, as I did. Everything's fine for me ever since (november last year).
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Always back up the hard drive before sending it in for repair. They may format it, replace it, or condemn the entire machine and send you a new one.
Do not depend on getting your data back from a repair operation. You might, but there are lots of possibilities where you get a new hard drive and the old one ends up in a landfill.
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Id just rip the HDs out  Then they cant mess with them
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I free'd my mind... now it won't come back.
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I took it into the applestore.. They Said it was the logic board or the video card and are sending it out for a week. The Genius said they won't touch the Hard Drvies (one is my WD raptor that I used as my primary) and if they have to format them they will image them first.
To make me feel better while I was at the genius bar, my wife to be went and bought me a new 23 HD Display. Man I love Her!! Awesome connected to my powerbook.
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Originally posted by bpd115:
I took it into the applestore.. They Said it was the logic board or the video card and are sending it out for a week. The Genius said they won't touch the Hard Drvies (one is my WD raptor that I used as my primary) and if they have to format them they will image them first.
To make me feel better while I was at the genius bar, my wife to be went and bought me a new 23 HD Display. Man I love Her!! Awesome connected to my powerbook.
does she have a twin? i am very handome and a very generous lover.
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LoL I suppose she may, she was adopted.
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