late 2008 Unibody Macbook freezes on intial boot

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late 2008 Unibody Macbook freezes on intial boot

I have a late 2008 Unibody Macbook (2Ghz) that freezes on intial boot-up. If I then turn it off (holding down the power button) and power it on again it boots up fine. My Macbook has 3Gb RAM installed. Aparrently it has been demonstated that whilst on if you move the screen back and forth it can also freeze, rendering the keyboard and trackpad inoperative, this is also results in having to power off and power on again. Cold the issue be the RAM? I do not know if the RAM was upgraded by the person I bought it from or if it was configured with 3Gb when they bought the macbook from Apple, therefore I cannot say if the RAM is Apple compatible (although I would hope it is)

MacBook, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4)

Posted on Aug 19, 2013 2:24 AM

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a brody

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Aug 19, 2013 12:17 PM in response to big_bad_tone

When the display adjustment seems to cause a freeze, it sounds like the inverter cable has a loose wire.

http://www.ifixit.com/ has directions to repair it yourself if bringing it to a service center costs too much.

If you are in the U.S. http://www.dttservice.com/ has good service repair costs that compare well to Apple as they tend only to replace that which is needed.

A word of caution, this kind of problem can begin because many ignore the resistence from the hinge and try to force it farther. Once you get resistence, it should not be pushed back anymore. If your machine fell or was against a book inside a backpack without any padding this can also damage the hinge and the components inside.

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big_bad_tone Author

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Aug 22, 2013 12:32 AM in response to a brody

what is happening now is that it either freezes on initial power up or it powers up to the desktop (on initial power up) but there is no airport card detected. If I then reboot the macbook, the airport card is then detected. I am wondering if all the symtoms I am seeing it to do with the airport card?

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