Over the past six months, I have had many problems with my Early 2011 MacBook Pro. Initially, the Logic Board and speakers were replaced because of an issue with the 10.7.3 update. That experience is detailed here.
However, since then, it has been rock-solid. Well, that was until about two weeks ago. I noticed that the headphone jack was becoming quite loose and would not “grab onto” the plug when upon insertion. If you moved the just a tiny bit, it would lose the connection and switch back to the internal speakers. I took it into Apple, and they replaced the Logic Board. All was well, or so I thought.
That same night, I started to notice the system locking up and freezing. I started getting the 3 beeps of death- signifying a RAM error. I figured that the 8 GB of ram that I’d upgraded from 4 GB had been installed incorrectly. It had been. The one stick was not pushed in all the way. So, I did that, and my issues ceased for a bit.
Two days later, I left my MacBook Pro on for a few hours to do a Time Machine backup. When I came returned, I was getting the 3 beeps of death again. I had to force it to shut down. I went to power the machine back on again, and it wouldn’t power on. I just got a blank screen and the 3 beeps. Back to the Apple Store again!
The Genius who assisted me wanted to replace the Logic Board again. This would have been the third Logic Board in six months. I refused. I wanted a new machine. The Genius went and talked to the manager for a bit, and he granted my request. The next day, I picked up a new, Late 2011 15 inch MacBook Pro, with the 2.2 GHz quad-core i7 processor, to replace the buggy refurb that I’d purchased in November. Apple also extended the warranty until May of 2013.
I have had no issues in the past 2 days of using this machine, and I hope to keep it that way.
Have you ever had a bad experience with an Apple product, or any computer in general? Leave me a comment down below!
