How to fix MacBook Pro that keeps crashing?

I purchased a MacBook Pro back in September 2007, and the running system was Tiger, X, or 10.4 os. As far as I can correctly recall it was the last quarter of that model before they switched over to the new ones and the Leopard os. Right now it's a version 10.4.11, the most up to date right now for that os. It has a 2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and 2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM. I have not personally made any modifications to the processor or the ram/other memory. However, at one point my "logic board" needed replaced in May 2009 and it was done by some contractor through my school. This was the first time I ever had problems.

I haven't had much on it, Adobe CS3, a couple games, iTunes (but a lot of music), and I have a habit of saving every neat image I find. I also have a Wacom and an external installed.

Also, one time my brother was being an idiot and somehow broke my optical drive. So, it reads cds and dvds when it wants to and makes a sound while trying to upload it. That still needs fixed.

However...
Shortly before Thanksgiving all of a sudden my iTunes library was damaged and then I couldn't open it. I tried deleting the broken library files and totally reinstalling iTunes to no avail. Then it happened, my computer would acknowledge my hard drive or what I had installed and saved on my computer, was there, but I couldn't access my computer. I was staring at a blank, blue screen. I tried reinstalling the system, and archiving my current hard drive. It started to work until it restarted and I got some weird symbol on my screen. I went to erase and reinstall, but when it got to the part to restart for the second disc, it just wouldn't turn back on until some time later. I had to erase and reinstall, losing quite a bit.

It was okay for while, but I never stopped fearing it would happen again. Eventually, it did shortly before Christmas. My iTunes crashed again and Safari dropped all of my log in information and crashed as well. Programs had a hard time installing if they could at all. Some of my music was also corrupt. I had to erase and install AGAIN. After that my CS3 would unexpectedly crash or something and what I was working on would be corrupted until I reinstalled from the hard copy again.

Last night (February 28) I got back from work to file scholarship information and I got the blue screen of death. Archiving and installing did not fix opening programs, and all of a sudden my external is not being detected, though I know it works. I had to erase and install, FOR THE THIRD TIME, and potentially lost a lot of data.

I do not make a lot of money, and everyone just keeps telling me to take it to an Apple store and they might know what's wrong with it. I do not have the time to take out of my busy schedule to do this, either. I tried running the hardware test, and the basic one comes up with an error, but nothing after a repeat or the more thorough one. I have come to the assumption it's something having to do with the hardware pieces and parts of my computer. Can someone give me the least expensive solution to my problem or should I just start looking into another laptop?

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  1. I have the same MacBook Pro and my optical drive is broken as well. Actually, if you google the manufacture name and model that appears in System Profiler, you will see that these were defective to begin with. I had to take mine to the store for replacement because it wouldn’t always read the optical media. Now onto the meat of your issues:

    The issue is with your logic board and your HD, clearly! What happens is that when you get your logic board replaced, sometimes the pin configuration on the power portion on the HD different depending on the manufacture of the board. So if you google the board manufacture and the harddrive you can figure out which needs to be positive and which needs to be negative. Look up "harddrive pins" and you’ll see what I am talking about. Sometimes if it is not grounded properly, it will cause issues such as not being recognized which is why the default root blue system screen is displayed. See if the power adapter plugged in or not affects the systems performance. If so, it’s a power issue and your HD is fine.

    Your solution:

    It has issues, no questions about it. You NEED to take it to a professional so he can check all of the internal components and replace the optical drive. It’s worth it in the end, but might cost you a flat rate fee of up to 150 bucks plus parts if needed.

  2. Sounds like you have a bad hard drive. Its not hard to fix (just takes a little time) and the drives are cheap ($80 for a 500gb) I’d be glad to point you at the parts and instructions you need.

  3. take it to the apple store and have them fix it>if you have time to look for another laptop you have time to drop it off

  4. The Windows operating system constantly refers to the registry to get information about all of the components such as hardware and software which are installed on the computer. The registry tells Windows what to do and how to access the various programs, files, and processes.However, the registry can contain bad information which sends Windows off doing useless tasks or running unneeded routines. Sometimes errors occur including the blue screen of death. Other times the system slows down. Because of the sheer number of factors that can affect the registry, there’s no one size fits all approach. You can’t just go into the registry and remove the bad information because it’s nearly impossible to decipher which information is good and which information is bad. That’s a job better suited for software. I should like to commend Registry Easy http://cleanup-comuter-run-perfectly.com to you ! You can scan your pc for free! Good luck!

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