Mac had trouble starting up. Now dead.
Often I would have to keep pressing the start button because the system would shut down during startup.
Eventually it would start, but now it’s dead. I’ve replaced the battery and the MagSafe charger indicates Green
crwdns2934109:0crwdne2934109:0
Can you tell us which model is yours:
A1151 & A1212 both of which have the ATI (AMD) Radeon GPU.
Or, do you have
A1229 & 1261 which have the NVIDIA GeForce GPU?
crwdns2934271:0crwdnd2934271:0 Dan crwdne2934271:0
Sorry, Its the A1297
crwdns2934271:0crwdnd2934271:0 richard mason crwdne2934271:0
Well, that does change things a bit! New question!
Which EMC is yours?
2272 or 2329 which have the NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT and GeForce 9400M dedicated GPU's
Or
2352 or 2564 which have the AMD Radeon HD 6770M dedicated GPU
Apple also produced a few 2352 with the NVIDIA GeForce 330M GT as well.
crwdns2934271:0crwdnd2934271:0 Dan crwdne2934271:0
MacBook Pro 17-Inch "Core 2 Duo" 2.8 Mid-2009 2.8 GHz Core 2 Duo (T9600)
I have swapped out the hard drive for an ssd years ago and replaced the battery a few times.
Intro. June 8, 2009 Disc. April 13, 2010
Order MC226LL/A* Model A1297 (EMC 2329*)
Family Mid-2009 17" ID MacBookPro5,2
RAM 4 GB VRAM 512 MB*
Storage 500 GB HDD Optical 8X DL "SuperDrive"
Complete MacBook Pro 17-Inch "Core 2 Duo" 2.8 Mid-2009 Specs
crwdns2934271:0crwdnd2934271:0 richard mason crwdne2934271:0