Hi -- do you have information on which Apple Store this was? The one where the employee said they were seeing an abnormally high volume of logic board failures?? I posted this on another thread but I am having the same issue with my mid-2010 MBP 13 inches.
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This sounds very similar to a problem I have. Macbook Pro mid-2010, 13 inches
Processor 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 320M 256 MB
Software OS X 10.9 (13A603)
Apologies for the detailed narrative that may not be useful to anyone. But since the manifestation of the problem varies and I want to take a poll of people to understand if their MBP mid-2010 is having logic board failures, I wanted to put this as much detail as possible (and take out my frustration).
Last week, my MBP emitted beeping noises (one beep, continuous, every 5 seconds). This problem occured suddenly - earlier in the day I'd woken up, checked emails, put it to sleep, and took a bus/tram to the office (this is key, transit). Apple online support diagnosed it as a RAM issue, and asked me to (take out and) reset the RAM. With IT support at my office, reset the RAM + PRAM, and then SMC as well. It started up fine and I logged in and then put it sleep. But as I was bringing back from IT, it must have frozen. So reset the RAM + PRAM again, and everything worked find. That is, till I put it in my bag and came back home. First, it was very slow and I realised that it was detecting only one RAM (a problem described in these forums). And then, it shut down in the middle of my Skype call without reason. Everything went to ****. Beep re-started.
Next day, did the same RAM+PRAM re-set. Computer worked fine all day along. I come back home (transit!), and the beeps return. This time three beeps followed by a pause and three beeps. I gave up - thats when the link to transit hit me - and went to the Genius Bar. RomaEUR Genius Bar folks said it would take 5 days. So took it to the other one today. Daniele @ RomaEST was convinced it is a logic board problem and that it would require replacement (EUR 340!). I suggested that he try resetting the RAM - sure enough, it worked. So he said he put a special tape in after resetting the RAM and PRAM to make certain the RAM does not move around. I shut down before transit and am very afraid to put it to sleep before transit. They are convinced its a logic board problem because it is not seating the RAM OK. Can anyone explain how this is even possible?! Since I understand the issue better now, I am just starting to dig into this. I also intend to call Apple headquarters in Ireland (for Europe) and try and lodge a direct complaint.
I can confirm that there have been NO accidents whatsoever in the recent years. Two years back, my MBP fell to the floor (inside its very cushioned case) when my bag split open. But it woke up from sleep fine, and worked as good as ever except for a few bumps and scratches. All was well till the last 2-3 months.
What makes all this worse is that these problems have started AFTER the extended warranty expired in April 2013. One month or so back, my MBP died without reason. Battery was full. I tried everything - safe mode, hardware tests, disk utility, PRAM, SMC. The Genius Bar guy did the hardware diagnostics and concluded the same thing I did - could not find any hardware fault. And when he re-did the PRAM and SMC, the laptop sprung back to life and was fine until the above happened. We figured something fixed it. We don't know what fixed it or what the problem was.
Did I also mention that I have been having the wireless connectivity problem referenced here?! https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1352518?answerId=23967573022#23967573022&ac_cid=tw123456#23967573