Comments on: Ten More Ways You Can Royally Screw Up Your Mac http://www.interrupt19.com/2009/01/08/ten-more-ways-royally-screw-up-mac/ Combining OS X with your life. Wed, 07 Apr 2010 09:17:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: David Balogh http://www.interrupt19.com/2009/01/08/ten-more-ways-royally-screw-up-mac/comment-page-1/#comment-849 David Balogh Mon, 23 Feb 2009 02:33:08 +0000 http://www.interrupt19.com/?p=157#comment-849 Hi Tom, Both the 15" and 17" MacBook Pros use the same 85 watt adapter, they are ok to interchange. I'd say that since the laptop chimes and screen lights up, you will want to test if its a hardware issue or not. Try to boot the laptop from the DVD that came with it. If it starts up fine with the DVD, its either a software or hard drive issue and not the laptop itself. To do this: - Insert the DVD - Start the computer up - Right after the chime, Hold down the C key - Keep holding until the Apple with gray spinning gear (circle) appears. Good Luck, David Hi Tom,

Both the 15″ and 17″ MacBook Pros use the same 85 watt adapter, they are ok to interchange.

I’d say that since the laptop chimes and screen lights up, you will want to test if its a hardware issue or not. Try to boot the laptop from the DVD that came with it. If it starts up fine with the DVD, its either a software or hard drive issue and not the laptop itself.

To do this:
- Insert the DVD
- Start the computer up
- Right after the chime, Hold down the C key
- Keep holding until the Apple with gray spinning gear (circle) appears.

Good Luck,
David

]]> By: Tom http://www.interrupt19.com/2009/01/08/ten-more-ways-royally-screw-up-mac/comment-page-1/#comment-848 Tom Mon, 23 Feb 2009 01:15:51 +0000 http://www.interrupt19.com/?p=157#comment-848 My son plugged in my wife's 15" macbook pro into my 17" (larger) charger and now the 15" wont boot up. it chimes and the screen lights up but nothing else happens. is it fried? what can I do? My son plugged in my wife’s 15″ macbook pro into my 17″ (larger) charger and now the 15″ wont boot up. it chimes and the screen lights up but nothing else happens.

is it fried? what can I do?

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