Comments on: I loved my MacBook Pro (Part 2) http://www.gpspolice.net/blog/2007/05/25/i-loved-my-macbook-pro-part-2/ Vehicle tracking news and events Sat, 22 Nov 2008 02:12:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Tristan http://www.gpspolice.net/blog/2007/05/25/i-loved-my-macbook-pro-part-2/#comment-39 Tristan Thu, 07 Jun 2007 03:34:11 +0000 http://www.gpspolice.net/blog/2007/05/25/i-loved-my-macbook-pro-part-2/#comment-39 Hmmmm.... pulling the RAM out while power is running to the board? How'd everything go? Hmmmm…. pulling the RAM out while power is running to the board? How’d everything go?

]]> By: Bertolt http://www.gpspolice.net/blog/2007/05/25/i-loved-my-macbook-pro-part-2/#comment-38 Bertolt Wed, 06 Jun 2007 14:36:37 +0000 http://www.gpspolice.net/blog/2007/05/25/i-loved-my-macbook-pro-part-2/#comment-38 What happened to part 3? I want an update! ;-) What happened to part 3? I want an update! ;-)

]]> By: Sean http://www.gpspolice.net/blog/2007/05/25/i-loved-my-macbook-pro-part-2/#comment-34 Sean Sun, 27 May 2007 15:56:25 +0000 http://www.gpspolice.net/blog/2007/05/25/i-loved-my-macbook-pro-part-2/#comment-34 Anonymous: The other one is my brother's. Anonymous: The other one is my brother’s.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.gpspolice.net/blog/2007/05/25/i-loved-my-macbook-pro-part-2/#comment-32 Anonymous Sun, 27 May 2007 15:02:13 +0000 http://www.gpspolice.net/blog/2007/05/25/i-loved-my-macbook-pro-part-2/#comment-32 You forgot to mention that you have 2 Macbook Pros! You forgot to mention that you have 2 Macbook Pros!

]]> By: shadesOgray http://www.gpspolice.net/blog/2007/05/25/i-loved-my-macbook-pro-part-2/#comment-31 shadesOgray Sun, 27 May 2007 08:01:02 +0000 http://www.gpspolice.net/blog/2007/05/25/i-loved-my-macbook-pro-part-2/#comment-31 Sympathies! You also need to complete the link under "Tomorrow: Post mortem." on p.1. Sympathies!

You also need to complete the link under “Tomorrow: Post mortem.” on p.1.

]]> By: Sean http://www.gpspolice.net/blog/2007/05/25/i-loved-my-macbook-pro-part-2/#comment-28 Sean Sat, 26 May 2007 14:08:31 +0000 http://www.gpspolice.net/blog/2007/05/25/i-loved-my-macbook-pro-part-2/#comment-28 Amoeba and Sam: Yes, I realize AppleCare doesn't cover this sort of thing. I am calling them only because I'm curious how the support call will go. Amoeba and Sam: Yes, I realize AppleCare doesn’t cover this sort of thing. I am calling them only because I’m curious how the support call will go.

]]> By: Sam http://www.gpspolice.net/blog/2007/05/25/i-loved-my-macbook-pro-part-2/#comment-27 Sam Sat, 26 May 2007 09:32:08 +0000 http://www.gpspolice.net/blog/2007/05/25/i-loved-my-macbook-pro-part-2/#comment-27 Man that sucks. Good luck with this one. You should completely let the computer dry , like totally dry before attempting to power it on, otherwise you risk shorting out the components. Seriously, put it in a dry place for a few weeks. Hopefully you didn't short anything earlier. Leave it unplugged and leave the battery out, let it dry completely until dust from teh snow mud start fluffing off it. You may actually be able to boot it then. Be sure to put the RAM back in, in your video it looked like you had that out. A iBook would boot with no RAM cuz its got onboard RAM, MBPs and PBs on the other hand do not, so no RAM, not booting, and who knows whether yoru speakers working so that may be hard to analyze, but once its dry enough, put the ram in and try starting it up. Might want tp plug a DVI monitor into it as I would be less shocked to see it boot as I woudl be to see the LCD survive that onlslaught. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news here, but AppleCare isnt going to be able to help you with this. Read the AppleCare Protection Plan T&Cs, it doesnt cover accidental or intentional damage, so it would not cover this, which sucks but at the same time Apple would be broke if they covered stuff like accidental damage. With what AppleCare will offer you, costwise it would be better to wait and see what the summer brings as far as new Macs. The other posters comments regarding Home Owners or even Renters insturance is your best bet as far as monetary recovery. Man that sucks. Good luck with this one.

You should completely let the computer dry , like totally dry before attempting to power it on, otherwise you risk shorting out the components. Seriously, put it in a dry place for a few weeks. Hopefully you didn’t short anything earlier. Leave it unplugged and leave the battery out, let it dry completely until dust from teh snow mud start fluffing off it.

You may actually be able to boot it then. Be sure to put the RAM back in, in your video it looked like you had that out. A iBook would boot with no RAM cuz its got onboard RAM, MBPs and PBs on the other hand do not, so no RAM, not booting, and who knows whether yoru speakers working so that may be hard to analyze, but once its dry enough, put the ram in and try starting it up. Might want tp plug a DVI monitor into it as I would be less shocked to see it boot as I woudl be to see the LCD survive that onlslaught.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news here, but AppleCare isnt going to be able to help you with this. Read the AppleCare Protection Plan T&Cs, it doesnt cover accidental or intentional damage, so it would not cover this, which sucks but at the same time Apple would be broke if they covered stuff like accidental damage.

With what AppleCare will offer you, costwise it would be better to wait and see what the summer brings as far as new Macs.

The other posters comments regarding Home Owners or even Renters insturance is your best bet as far as monetary recovery.

]]> By: amoeba http://www.gpspolice.net/blog/2007/05/25/i-loved-my-macbook-pro-part-2/#comment-23 amoeba Fri, 25 May 2007 22:20:24 +0000 http://www.gpspolice.net/blog/2007/05/25/i-loved-my-macbook-pro-part-2/#comment-23 uh, good luck with AC. they frown on "accidents". if it makes you feel any better, last week i had my mini fall out of my packpack. that was enough to pop the mobo (more expensive to fix than just buying a new one) but on the bright side, the HD and the 2 gigs of ram fit right into this shiney new macbook i'm typing on right now. your drive just might be OK. and yes, look into homeowners insurance... could be worth it. uh, good luck with AC. they frown on “accidents”.

if it makes you feel any better, last week i had my mini fall out of my packpack. that was enough to pop the mobo (more expensive to fix than just buying a new one) but on the bright side, the HD and the 2 gigs of ram fit right into this shiney new macbook i’m typing on right now. your drive just might be OK. and yes, look into homeowners insurance… could be worth it.

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