Not Franklin but Hampshire County: I've been very happy with Green Earth PC in Northampton (after NOT being happy with some of the other local shops. They fix what makes sense to fix, and tell me when it's not worth fixing. ᐧ On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 9:37 AM David Bennett via Hidden-discuss < hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net> wrote: > Looking for recommendations for service on a MacBook Pro (Mid-2012) in the > Franklin County area. Out of the blue, the screen goes black and it is > shutting down, and now I cannot get it to boot up. It will turn on and > shut off within seconds and then it tries restarting over and over again > and sometimes gives the prohibited symbol (circle with slash across it). > It is acting almost as if it is overheating, but it doesn't seem to be. > Fans working fine and not dusty inside. Swapped out stock HD a year or so > ago with SSD and maxed out RAM. Has been running great since then until > yesterday. Another note: When I upgraded to the SSD I had installed Big > Sur on the machine as well (normally not supported on a MBP this old). I > don't know if that could be part of the issue. Could this be a battery > issue? Let me know of any recommendations where I could bring it for > service in the area. I know of left-click in Amherst and Yes in > Northampton, but wondering if there is anywhere else. Thanks for any ideas! > > David Bennett > Deerfield, MA > _______________________________________________ > Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net > Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > > You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion list. > If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members > page on the Hidden Tech Web site. > http://www.hidden-tech.net/members > -- Shel Horowitz - "The Transformpreneur" ________________________________________________ Contact me to bake in profitability while addressing hunger, poverty, war, and catastrophic climate change * First business ever to be Green America Gold Certified * Inducted into the National Environmental Hall of Fame * Certified speaker: International Platform Association http://goingbeyondsustainability.com mailto:shel at greenandprofitable.com 413-586-2388 Award-winning, best-selling author of 10 books. Latest: Guerrilla Marketing to Heal the World (co-authored with Jay Conrad Levinson) Watch my TEDx Talk, "Impossible is a Dare: Business for a Better World" http://www.ted.com/tedx/events/11809 (move your mouse to "event videos") _________________________________________________ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.hidden-tech.net/pipermail/hidden-discuss/attachments/20211227/84200de4/attachment.html>