06-11-2009, 02:48 AM
I'm finally gathering my meager physical resources (bad back, bad knees and bad neck) and taking my Macpro to the Apple Store.
I've had a number of issues over a long period of time, but nothing so bad that the tremendous effort to get my computer down to the car from our second story condo seemed worth it. Till now, that is…
…it's mostly been issues with my mouse and keyboard. Both have had intermittent periods where they didn't respond properly, the keyboard didn't type into text windows and the mouse wouldn't move or if it did, it wouldn't click or it would move in jumps, as if on a surface that it couldn't see.
I'd "play around" and get them working again, but after a while the problems would crop up again.
The other day, the cradle for my Treo, which both charges and syncs stopped working and after playing around with it I discovered that if I changed the USB ports around it would work. also when my mouse Logitech mouse stopped responding I tried the same fix and it worked again.
Way back, when I first got the MacPro I had a problem with it recognizing my camcorder when I plugged it into the FW port on the front of the computer to download some video. I ignored that problem, since I rarely do video these days, but now with all these other problems with the USB ports, I felt compelled to do something before my Applecare runs out.
If I don't fall down the steps with it, I'll post the results when I get it back home.
Funny though, it was problems with the ports on my G5 that got me the MacPro. I swear that I didn't do anything to cause this.
But, as I always say, "that's just my opinion, I could be wrong."
GeneL
PS, any thoughts on "going to the Genius Bar?" Should I worry about them having access to all my "stuff?" Do you do anything to your computer before you leave it for service?
TIA, GeneL
I've had a number of issues over a long period of time, but nothing so bad that the tremendous effort to get my computer down to the car from our second story condo seemed worth it. Till now, that is…
…it's mostly been issues with my mouse and keyboard. Both have had intermittent periods where they didn't respond properly, the keyboard didn't type into text windows and the mouse wouldn't move or if it did, it wouldn't click or it would move in jumps, as if on a surface that it couldn't see.
I'd "play around" and get them working again, but after a while the problems would crop up again.
The other day, the cradle for my Treo, which both charges and syncs stopped working and after playing around with it I discovered that if I changed the USB ports around it would work. also when my mouse Logitech mouse stopped responding I tried the same fix and it worked again.
Way back, when I first got the MacPro I had a problem with it recognizing my camcorder when I plugged it into the FW port on the front of the computer to download some video. I ignored that problem, since I rarely do video these days, but now with all these other problems with the USB ports, I felt compelled to do something before my Applecare runs out.
If I don't fall down the steps with it, I'll post the results when I get it back home.
Funny though, it was problems with the ports on my G5 that got me the MacPro. I swear that I didn't do anything to cause this.
But, as I always say, "that's just my opinion, I could be wrong."
GeneL
PS, any thoughts on "going to the Genius Bar?" Should I worry about them having access to all my "stuff?" Do you do anything to your computer before you leave it for service?
TIA, GeneL