Mac Not Starting

[rph105]

Yest i installed leopard on my macbook 13", went fine, leopard ran great, turned it on this morning, and got this bright blue screen, every-time i turn it on. one time it even went grey with these lines across it, what can i do someone plz help meee, mac osx doesnt even start

 

[rmh]

Perhaps try putting in the Leopard disc and try to boot from it?

 

[rph105]

Perhaps try putting in the Leopard disc and try to boot from it?

hmm ok i'll try tht, i tried puttin the tiger startup disc in, but it didnt seem to do anything

 

[rph105]

dont even know how to take this screen away, is there any way you can like reboot it?

 

[rmh]

dont even know how to take this screen away, is there any way you can like reboot it?

If I'm understanding your question correctly, you just hold down the power button.

 

[rph105]

If I'm understanding your question correctly, you just hold down the power button.

yh that turns it off, goes off and everything, and then i turn it back on, starts up does that apple "da-dahh" sound and blue screen comes back up, is there no way i can reboot the whole computer, and install osx on it again???

 

[rmh]

yh that turns it off, goes off and everything, and then i turn it back on, starts up does that apple "da-dahh" sound and blue screen comes back up, is there no way i can reboot the whole computer, and install osx on it again???

When you put in the install disk, press "C" or "alt/option" while the computer is booting up. Does it not even let you choose where to boot from?

 

[rph105]

When you put in the install disk, press "C" or "alt/option" while the computer is booting up. Does it not even let you choose where to boot from?

will it work even though i havnt got bootcamp?

 

[rmh]

will it work even though i havnt got bootcamp?

Yup. If you hit "C" it should automatically choose the CD/DVD drive, if you press "alt/option" it lets you select between the available devices.

 

[rph105]

Yup. If you hit "C" it should automatically choose the CD/DVD drive, if you press "alt/option" it lets you select between the available devices.

ok im gonna try that, any other suggestions?

 

[rmh]

ok im gonna try that, any other suggestions?

If that works you can repair the disk permissions or completely reinstall the OS. I'm not sure what caused that to happen though.