Apple Technician Guide MacBook Pro (17-inch, Early 2009) - tim.id.au
Apple Technician Guide MacBook Pro (17-inch, Early 2009) - tim.id.au
Apple Technician Guide MacBook Pro (17-inch, Early 2009) - tim.id.au
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2010-06-11<br />
Won’t Start Up<br />
Unlikely c<strong>au</strong>se: display assembly, speakers, fan, camera, microphone<br />
Quick Check<br />
Symptom Quick Check<br />
Power but No start up<br />
• No startup chime, some v<strong>id</strong>eo<br />
activity, <strong>Apple</strong> logo, startup<br />
spin dial<br />
• Startup chime with possible<br />
beep tones.<br />
• Fan, hard drive spin or optical<br />
drive reset sound<br />
• Sleep LED is on , blinking or<br />
went out<br />
• Caps Lock LED toggles when<br />
pressed<br />
Deep Dive<br />
1. Reset SMC.<br />
2. Verify startup process passes initial memory<br />
checks – no beep errors or flashing sleep LED<br />
indicators. Display activity is starting up.<br />
3. Clear PRAM. Verify starts up from user drive.<br />
4. Connect known-good external bootable device<br />
and press Alt key during startup then select<br />
external startup device to bring up system for<br />
diagnostics.<br />
5. Verify presence and status of user hard drive. Use<br />
Disk Utility to repair drive and file permissions.<br />
Check Result Action Code<br />
1. Reset SMC and Clear PRAM to<br />
set def<strong>au</strong>lt startup device to<br />
internal hard disk drive (HDD).<br />
2. Is system indicating a memory<br />
error with repeated sleep LED<br />
1 or 3 flash sequence and beep<br />
tones if sound is enabled?<br />
Yes User hard drive bootable,<br />
issue resolved def<strong>au</strong>lt<br />
settings.<br />
No Customer system not starting<br />
up, go to step 2<br />
Yes Troubleshoot memory issues,<br />
go to step 3<br />
No Continue with startup<br />
sequence verification go to<br />
step 4<br />
<strong>MacBook</strong> <strong>Pro</strong> (<strong>17</strong>-<strong>inch</strong>, <strong>Early</strong> <strong>2009</strong>) Symptom Charts — Startup and Power Issues 33