MBP 2011 issue + applecare

[hittoxlj]

my 2011 mbp hangs quite frequent lately and it takes quite some time to boot up. i got to force shut down by holding the power button. i suspect its the HDD problem. as I'm currently under applecare still, can i send it in for a service and swap a new HDD?

please advice.

 

[ysl060704]

Of coz! You can either take it to a service centre (eg changi city point, wheellock place) or you can call for onsite where they come your place, test it and if really harddisk will bring back your laptop and once ok deliver to you. It will take at least 1 working day.

my 2011 mbp hangs quite frequent lately and it takes quite some time to boot up. i got to force shut down by holding the power button. i suspect its the HDD problem. as I'm currently under applecare still, can i send it in for a service and swap a new HDD?

please advice.

 

[hittoxlj]

Of coz! You can either take it to a service centre (eg changi city point, wheellock place) or you can call for onsite where they come your place, test it and if really harddisk will bring back your laptop and once ok deliver to you. It will take at least 1 working day.

Thanks bro. But how do I diagnose the problem myself first? I know these something wrong but can't cfm it's the hdd problem.

 

[yusoffb01]

If u under applecare, why you want diagnose? let them do their job

 

[chehjin]

if you really want to check it yourself, run disk utility and check ur HDD

 

[B772ER]

Of coz! You can either take it to a service centre (eg changi city point, wheellock place) or you can call for onsite where they come your place, test it and if really harddisk will bring back your laptop and once ok deliver to you. It will take at least 1 working day.

AppleCare does not offer onsite for portable computers..

 

[szeli]

u can install SMART utilities to see if any of e hdd attributes have conked out

SMART Utility monitors your hard drives' health | Macworld

 

[stay8899]

my 2011 mbp hangs quite frequent lately and it takes quite some time to boot up. i got to force shut down by holding the power button. i suspect its the HDD problem. as I'm currently under applecare still, can i send it in for a service and swap a new HDD?

please advice.

Could be application issue and not hardware related. Anyway, just bring it down to apple authorise service provider to check it out. Make sure you back up your stuff first and if I were you, I would remove all personal/sensitive information as well.

 

[hittoxlj]

backed up my files and ready to send in for a check, hope they detect something wrong with my HDD so i can get a replacement before i swap out for a SSD. if nothing is wrong, any ways can i get a new HDD replacement? its been pretty slow for quite a while.