Mac booting problem

[meatweaver]

Hi-

I've searched through the forums but haven't found anyone with this particular problem. I hope someone here might be able to help.

I have a mid-2007 Intel Macbook. It's been running hot for a while now. Last night, when I had a number of applications and windows open, it froze up and I had to do a hard shut down (holding the power key). When I started it back up, it booted to a grey screen (no apple logo), but did not chime. It stalled there. I shut it down, and every time I tried again, it did the same thing. Starting while pressing the option key made an arrow appear, but nothing else happened.

I tried resetting the PRAM. Now, the thing chimes on startup and the question mark folder appears after its been on for a minute or so. But booting while holding the option key still doesn't do anything.

Any advice on things to try would be very appreciated. This doesn't seem to be a common problem, but I'm also guessing its not a hardware issue.

Thanks for the help,

Matt

 

[aeneid]

I'm not tech genius, so I may be completely off, and I haven't had the issue of getting a frozen Mac so I don't know if it reacts the same as a crappy pc, where it corrupts your files. Damn Windows does that quite a bit.
But anyway it might have corrupted your files, or something like. I suggest popping in your OS cd and seeing if you can run a repair to fix anything that might be missing. Maybe someone else has a better idea. See if that works to any scale or if you can even boot off of the cd, otherwise it might be a hardware issue. Overheating can kill your motherboard if it gets hot enough. Good luck.

Cheers