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Darmok N Jalad

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Sep 26, 2017
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Would calling Apple on an out-of-warranty machine do anything? I do have another Mac with a warranty, so I could immitate that that's the machine that has the issue, if need be.

Not sure doing so will help. Once you get so far into a technical situation like this, they’d want to look at the machine, and you’d be busted. I can’t recall if you mentioned it, but have you tried resetting the NVRAM?
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204063
 

mario_bros_tech

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Jan 1, 2018
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Not sure doing so will help. Once you get so far into a technical situation like this, they’d want to look at the machine, and you’d be busted. I can’t recall if you mentioned it, but have you tried resetting the NVRAM?
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204063
Yes, I've tried resetting the NVRAM and PRAM.
I don't know what to do at this point... Do you have any other troubleshooting steps that I could try?
Thanks again!
 

mario_bros_tech

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Jan 1, 2018
23
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The only other suggestion I have is to try VirtualBox and install Windows there. It will probably be a pretty slow experience, especially if you don't have much RAM.
Yeah, I only have 2GB of RAM, though I am planning on upgrading it to 4GB...
It is a mobile Core 2 Duo, so I think the CPU will also be another bottleneck... And a slow hard drive...
Thanks for all the help!
 
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