Other times I'll be able to get a few days of use without it occurring (with charging overnight).
Sometimes it will work for hours off the charger without the crash, but happen multiple times in one day. Then, after an indefinite period of usage, the crash will come again. However, recently I've found that if I plug it into the charger when it's in that state, my MacBook immediately starts booting and functioning properly. When it's in that state, I can wait an indefinite amount of time before it will start up again without issue (the 1-2 times this worked, it crashed, I pressed the power button, got the 3-beeps, shut it down, and tried again about 1.5hrs later and it booted normally).
I've read that this indicates a RAM issue however, there's more. Now, about 3-4 months after resolving that issue, my MacBook will enter a particular state: it will randomly crash, and on restart stay black screened and beep 3 times no matter how many ones I try to reboot. This issue was resolved by removing the second RAM stick from the bottom slot, and using only one stick in the top. I used to have RAM in both slots working fine for over 6 months, but then suddenly I had an issue where the screen would distort with vertical lines and crash when I picked up the device from below the track pad area, or put pressure near the trackpad (even just normally resting my hand to type). I currently have 1x8GB of RAM in my MacBook in the top slot. It's a nice machine and it's a shame if it has been bricked at the final upgrade step.I've been battling a potential RAM issue for some time now, but a recent discovery has led me to seek more answers about the specificity of the RAM issue. The charger light shows green when it's plugged in but the little charge indicator doesn't light up (this may not have worked when I bought the machine)ĭoes anyone have any insights on things I might have missed. I can't see that anything as fried on the logic board but I am wondering after all these checks if I have somehow damaged it during the ram replacement (battery was unplugged from the board when ram was changed) Since then I have tried all the start up button combinations I can can find as well as unplugged the SSD, ram, new battery, tried refitting the old battery as well. I refitted the original ram and went to turn it on again.nothing still. The machine now just refuses to turn on after in any way shape or form.
It made the beep code of the ram not being fitting correctly (3 beeps) so I shut the machine down and refitted the ram. When fitting I made sure it was seated correctly and went to turn it on. I ordered 16gb of 16OOmhz ram to finish the upgrade off. No issues what so ever and was working well just a little slow still (4gb ram) I upgraded the hhd to an SSD and fitted a new battery. I recently picked up this machine for £50 locally.
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