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I loved my MacBook Pro (Part 2)

by Sean | May 25, 2007 at 2:39 pm · Filed under Computers, Tracking

Yesterday my MacBook Pro died. A senseless tragedy made worse because I was responsible. Yes, I killed my precious, perfect, prized MacBook Pro. (In case you missed it, the account of my now-legendary stupidity can be found here.)Today I perform a small autopsy on its remains. Can a MacBook Pro be thrown from a car and subjected to repeated hit-and-runs—and still boot up? Let’s see.

So the prognosis doesn’t look good. But can Apple help? Does Steve Jobs care? Does Fake Steve Jobs care? There’s only one way to know.Monday I’ll call AppleCare. Stay tuned for Part 3.macbookpro_autopsy_001.jpgmacbookpro_autopsy_002.jpgmacbookpro_autopsy_003.jpgmacbookpro_autopsy_004.jpgmacbookpro_autopsy_005.jpgmacbookpro_autopsy_006.jpgmacbookpro_autopsy_007.jpgmacbookpro_autopsy_008.jpgmacbookpro_autopsy_009.jpgmacbookpro_autopsy_010.jpgmacbookpro_autopsy_011.jpgmacbookpro_autopsy_012.jpgmacbookpro_autopsy_013.jpgmacbookpro_autopsy_014.jpgmacbookpro_autopsy_015.jpgmacbookpro_autopsy_016.jpgmacbookpro_autopsy_017.jpgmacbookpro_autopsy_018.jpg…Sean

amoeba said,

May 25, 2007 @ 3:20 pm

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.

Sam said,

May 26, 2007 @ 2:32 am

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.

Sean said,

May 26, 2007 @ 7:08 am

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.

shadesOgray said,

May 27, 2007 @ 1:01 am

Sympathies!

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

Anonymous said,

May 27, 2007 @ 8:02 am

You forgot to mention that you have 2 Macbook Pros!

Sean said,

May 27, 2007 @ 8:56 am

Anonymous: The other one is my brother’s.

Bertolt said,

June 6, 2007 @ 7:36 am

What happened to part 3? I want an update! ;-)

Tristan said,

June 6, 2007 @ 8:34 pm

Hmmmm…. pulling the RAM out while power is running to the board? How’d everything go?

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