IBNeko's Journal-Nyo~!

"This battery update should be run on all MacBook and MacBook Pro computers and extra batteries that were purchased between February 2006 and April 2007.

If, after you have installed the battery update, your battery has any of the symptoms listed below, please make a reservation to bring your computer with its battery to your local Apple Retail Store, or contact an Apple Authorized Service Provider (AASP), or call your local Apple Support Contact Center. If Apple or an AASP determines that your battery is eligible for replacement, you will receive a new battery, free of charge, even if your MacBook or MacBook Pro is out of warranty.

For MacBook and MacBook Pro systems with Intel Core Duo processors, this program extends repair coverage on the battery for up to two years from the date of purchase of the computer."
-http://www.apple.com/support/macbook_macbookpro/batteryupdate/

Sweet, 1 extra year extension for my battery~

Wait, no, I'm running a Core 2 Duo. Dangit.

Keyboard/Trackpad died again.

Although it was slightly different this time: instead of it being completely gone, I experienced minute-long "off" periods.

Until I tried taking out the battery, poking at the wires leading from the trackpad. Now things are worse (doh!). It doesn't work at all, unless I press down really hard on the middle of the keyboard. Am thinking there's a 80% chance that it's something that keeps coming loose due to gentle bumping - after all, I didn't experience this until after coming to school, which probably means the biking and moving around from class to class has something to do with it.

(Somewhat) thankfully, my next exam isn't until two weeks from now, so I won't be absurdly stressed from the lack of a laptop. But I do have a pretty packed schedule this week (notably the participation in some sort of research study for hopefully $44 dollars - that'll cover my BudK purchase), and then maybe a data-entry job for low-brain-powered $8-11 dollars an hour? Also meeting with my educational adviser and.. need to work on the senior design project.

Blah. It'll be inconvenient, but doable. Now I just need to find the second tier support MacBook Pro specialist's extension...

Ah, and ECE440? I hate you too. These concepts just aren't coming together, which means most of the time, I'm trying formula plug-and-pray... :P And I can't fail this class again. That'll just look sad.

I've only had it back for about a week!

Left it on overnight. When I work up, tried to wake it by tapping on the keyboard, it didn't wake up. Hit the power button, and I saw the display blink into view. Grabbed the USB keyboard, plugged that in, and that worked, as well as the mouse.

But builtin keyboard and mouse are dead. No responses whatsoever. Tried reseting the pram and smc or smu or whatever it was called. Nothing helped. Rebooted into the restore DVD to check and see if it was a software problem. That didn't work either.

Grr. Grrrrrrr. Calling Apple tomorrow.

[edit]
Oh, yeah, relevant apple discussions detailing this problem:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5282217�
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2755099�
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5051359�
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=4088726�

Potential google search keywords:
MacBook Pro Keyboard unresponsive
Built-in keyboard trackpad not working
Dead keyboard trackpad macbook pro

I just experienced the thing described here:
http://www.macworld.com/forums/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=494077&an=0&page=0

System went to sleep while running BitRocket with some other stuff open, connected over Apple's VPN PPTP.

When I turned it back on, I found the keyboard and trackpad didn't respond anymore. I shrugged and force-rebooted the system (Ah! Side note, the power button causes the shutdown prompt to appear!). However, after restarting several times, my keyboard and trackpad still don't work. It's almost as if there's no power going to the keyboard - no response when I hit the caps lock or num lock button.

USB devices work though - I'm using a usb mouse and keyboard right now, courtesy of our school's computer lab. Must stalk older building for keyboards being thrown away. Have waterproof usb keyboard, but I hate the touch of that thing.

Going to try a System Management Controller (SMC) reset*. Here's to hoping that works for me. ::knocks on the table::
*http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303319

Problem noted here: http://www.mymac.com/showarticle.php?do=something&id=1780

[edit]
Nope, didn't work. Damn. Next: Firmware restore cd found here: http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/firmwarerestorationcd13.html

[edit 08/23/2007 2pm]
No good. Firmware restore not for macbook pro with core 2 duo. No good. Poop. Have called Apple and arranged to ship it in. Again. Already. ::sighs::

Harry Potter:
-Saw the movie. Was not impressed - it felt like a rough outline of a plot, zoomed in on certain events. Not worth going into theaters.
-The next book has been leaked, however, it's incomplete. There's 495 pages floating around online, taken with a camera - you can see the hand holding down the book. A... impressive attempt - the processes must have been quite tedious. But really, they could have held the camera closer to the book... I could fix it up so that reading it would easier on the eyes. But honestly - not that desperate right now.

...Or, you know, they're irrationally worried about sales, so they did this, releasing 70% of the book online, so people would want to buy the book when it comes out.


Otakon:
Friend is not going. Other friend is a very vague (she's got decent reasons) maybe. I suspect I'll be selling my badge.


MacBook Pro:
I can watch high quality 1080p trailers! Without lag! So happy. ::watches the The Golden Compass trailer::

And heat - not too bad. I've seen the CPU peak at 74ºC, but it hasn't gone higher than that. Enclosure temperature claims to be 39ºC, I believe, and it's painfully uncomfortable. But that only happens when I'm compiling stuff and using the processor really heavily. Otherwise, it cools down nicely to around 50-60ºC (CPU)


Why is my room consistently a mess?

Ordered my MacBook Pro from MacConnection 10 days ago. They gave an estimated shipping in 3-7 days.

And I just e-mailed them and they told me (very apologetically) that the estimated arrival date (I'm presuming they mean the MacBook Pros arriving to their warehouse) had been pushed back to 7/17. =T.T= I've been looking forward to playing with the new machine all last week...

It's almost as if something out there doesn't want me to order the machine. It is a good deal of money that could... go elsewhere... but... I don't want to deal with my crippled iBook.

Going to go into the Apple store today, check to see if they have any in stock (maybe along with an iPod, since they've got that rebate running again) and pay the extra $50 from taxes. (MacConnection: -$150 rebate vs. Apple: -$200 edu discount + $100~ish tax.)

Please let the Apple store have MacBook Pros in stock... Please, please, please...