Macbook back from repairs, new problems

[tomster2300]

I just got my Macbook back from repairs, and it ended up having the logic board replaced. According to them, a fan sensor had gone bad and was the reason for my fans staying on full blast. It also caused a slowdown in overall performance.

Problem 1:

Now that I have it back, I found that a noise is still there, but only for about a full second when I awake the computer (just like it did before). I thought it could be the fans again, but after calling the repair guy back and discussing the issue, they told me that it could be the dvd combo drive. It doesn't make the noise when it awakens without a disc in the drive (then it just makes a rev-rev, checking for disc noise), but when a disc is in it, it makes a loud noise, almost like it is spinning the disc extremely quickly to read it when the computer comes back to life.

Could my problem of something coming on and running forever have been the dvd combo drive, and the blown fan sensor on the logic board just a coincidence? Should I take it back in to get it looked at? One thing that I've found is that all the animations in Leopard are faster with the repairs, so perhaps the logic board was dying anyway and needed to be replaced.

Problem 2:

The wifi internet is taking forever to come on now when I turn on or awaken the computer. The name of the network pops up in the top right-hand corner of the screen, but it takes at least a full minute for a website will load. When it is working, the internet is much faster than it was before. Could this be a dns issue? I refreshed the DHCP and the internet came right up, but after restarting the computer I was back to square one.


Any idea on whether I should take it back in to get looked at? I'm still under warranty until Christmas Eve, so getting it checked out would be free (at least for a hardware inspection that is).

[tomster2300]

I just unchecked PASV in the network options and things seem to be working instantaneously now. Could the repair guys have had my internet running through a proxy?

[Floppyman]

Who were the repair guys? Apple or another third party service?

HTH

[tomster2300]

There is not an Apple store where I live, but there is a licensed third party Mac repair place in town. They were listed on Apple's website as an authorized Apple repair shop, so I thought they would be alright.

Do you think I should make the hour drive to the nearest Apple store to let them check it out?

[siz]

I took my macbook to a licensed repair center called clockwork creations because the apple store was 2 cities away, clockwork creations fixed it perfectly i'm so happy, all they do is send it off to apple, my macbook had a peeling case on the lower right corner, a common defect of the over powering magnets.

Apple don't licence untrustworthy companies.

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I would trust my iMac and my Macbook with any licensed repair center, they get licensed by passing apple training courses and when you go in they should have the awards framed on the wall.

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Plus it is the combo drive, I know that because its very common on MacRumors.

[libertytech]

pls help with info on how to change my mac apple to xp

[Alaron]

libertytech, please stay with your other thread. Thank you.

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