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• Yes, DosDude. It's been reasonably reliable, but there's not much I can do on it because of memory constraints. It is curious that the AHD indicated thermal sensor problems on the CPU board. Is this a temperature or an error code? TC0D- 108.125 …

  in AHT: 4SNS / 1 / 400000000: TC0D- 108.125 Comment by davidlaxer August 2021
• Hi John, My MBP successfully ran Tails. Next, I reinstalled Catalina, ran clamav and did backups. No issues. Next I will test with memtest86+. So, OS software corrupted? Hacked? I recently ordered a replacement DVD/CD drive on eBay. The repla…

  in AHT: 4SNS / 1 / 400000000: TC0D- 108.125 Comment by davidlaxer August 2021
• Do you have any comments on MacMail search? SpotLight search works on everything including email. Email search doesn't work at all. $ ls -lrt Env* -rwxr-xr-x@ 1 davidlaxer staff 32768 May 15 08:21 Envelope Index-shm -rwxr-xr-x@ 1 davidlaxer…

  in Upgrading 2009 Dual Core MacBook Pro Comment by davidlaxer May 2020
• Recently, I had a Samsung 850 EVO 1TB SSD fail on my MacBookPro. It died after4 years and 51 weeks. Samsung has a 5 year warranty, so I sent it back for repair. They said the SSD has a 1% failure rate. I was running lots of programs which caused…

  in Upgrading 2009 Dual Core MacBook Pro Comment by davidlaxer May 2020
• FYI https://egpu.io/state-of-egpu-for-macs-catalina-10-15-update/

  in Upgrading 2009 Dual Core MacBook Pro Comment by davidlaxer May 2020
• Do you have an thoughts on using an eGPU with a 27" iMac? Bizon appears to have stopped selling their BizonBox 3, however, there are other eGPU boxes E.g. Razor Core X, Razor Core V2, ... https://egpu.io/razer-core-x-review-thick-juicy/ Are…

  in Upgrading 2009 Dual Core MacBook Pro Comment by davidlaxer May 2020
• https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/macos-10-12-sierra-unsupported-macs-thread.1977128/

  in Upgrading 2009 Dual Core MacBook Pro Comment by davidlaxer January 2020
• How do I upgrade from 10.11.6 to Catalina? The App Updater: This version of macOS 10.15.2 cannot be installed on this computer. btw - since the PRAM refresh my Mac has been stable for 53 days.

  in Upgrading 2009 Dual Core MacBook Pro Comment by davidlaxer January 2020
• Apple had me do COMMAND + OPTION + P + R to reset the NRAM and my Mac hasn't crashed in 4 days. Could replacing the battery left my NRAM in a funky state?

  in Upgrading 2009 Dual Core MacBook Pro Comment by davidlaxer November 2019
• I keep getting emails (from my own email address) from hackers. Could these crashes be caused by a compromised system?

  in Upgrading 2009 Dual Core MacBook Pro Comment by davidlaxer November 2019
• Understood. There's no noticeable pattern to the crashes. Sometimes, It will crash while I'm entering data in a form on a browser. Sometimes, when I'm reading a web page, Sometimes, it will crash when I am not even touching it. Perhaps the batter…

  in Upgrading 2009 Dual Core MacBook Pro Comment by davidlaxer November 2019
• When I get a 2015 quad-core MacBookPro with 16 GB DRAM, can I remove the 1TB Samsung SSD from my old MacBookPro, install it in the 2015 MacBookPro and upgrade to the newest OS X version?

  in Upgrading 2009 Dual Core MacBook Pro Comment by davidlaxer November 2019
• I replaced the battery. :smile: My Mac is crashing about once / week. Here's an excerpt of the stack trace: panic(cpu 1 caller 0xffffff7f945f8bc9): "GPU Panic: [] 3 3 1f a8 61 0 0 3 : NVRM[1/2:0:0]: Read Error 0x00610210: CFG 0xffffffff 0xff…

  in Upgrading 2009 Dual Core MacBook Pro Comment by davidlaxer November 2019
• This is my current battery: Order detailsOrdered on December 3, 2015 (11 items) Lizone® NEW Laptop Battery for Apple MacBook Pro 15" inch A1286 (Only for Mid 2009 2010 version) Apple A1321 020-6380-A 020-6766-B 661-5211 661-5476 L Lizone

  in Upgrading 2009 Dual Core MacBook Pro Comment by davidlaxer October 2019
• Can you recommend a battery?

  in Upgrading 2009 Dual Core MacBook Pro Comment by davidlaxer October 2019
• Thanks for your feedback. The 'panic' happened twice, but it hasn't happened since. The days it happened were very hot (e.g. - 100 degrees). The battery expanded and pushed against the track pad. Could this be related or the cause of the panics?

  in Upgrading 2009 Dual Core MacBook Pro Comment by davidlaxer October 2019
• I had this error twice in the past two days on my 2009 MacBookPro: panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff7f83402bc9): "GPU Panic: [] 3 3 1f a8 61 0 0 3 : NVRM[1/2:0:0]: Read Error 0x00610210: CFG 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xffffffff, BAR0 0xe4000000 0xffffff…

  in Upgrading 2009 Dual Core MacBook Pro Comment by davidlaxer October 2019
• In 2015, someone hacked into our network. My roommate's Linux laptop was infected with a rootkit virus and the disk was corrupted. My LinkedIn account was hacked and sensitive data which was only on my Mac was posted to my account. Ever since the…

  in Upgrading 2009 Dual Core MacBook Pro Comment by davidlaxer August 2019
• I'm seeing ~$1,200-$1,500 for mid-2015 16GB DRAM ~500GB SSD. Is there any way to verify the integrity of the EFI on my 2009 MacBook Pro? Apple doesn't appear to let me reinstall it.

  in Upgrading 2009 Dual Core MacBook Pro Comment by davidlaxer August 2019
• (Quote) Where can I get one? Also, is there any way to upgrade my OS on my 2009 machine from 10.11.6 to 10.12?

  in Upgrading 2009 Dual Core MacBook Pro Comment by davidlaxer August 2019
• FYI Apple recalls older 15-inch MacBook Pros because the batteries could catch fire

  in Upgrading 2009 Dual Core MacBook Pro Comment by davidlaxer June 2019
• Understood. Can either the 2012 or mid-2015's you describe take an eGPU with Thunderbolt 3?

  in Upgrading 2009 Dual Core MacBook Pro Comment by davidlaxer June 2019