I was doing an update for my macbook & it required me to turn off the computer and then restart it by holding down the power button until a screen came up. Well I did that but then the power ran out (which was my fault) and now when I try to turn the macbook back on it just gives me a black screen even though the the little while light is on. I tried the troubleshooting tips from apple support & I tried rebooting from the install cds but nothing is working. Please help!
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Macbook died during upgrade, now won't start
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Try the Apple Firmware Restoration CD.
It sounds like you lost power during a firmware update... what are the chances?
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It sounds like you lost power during a firmware update... what are the chances?
Edit: Welcome to MacRumors
Thanks for the welcome and the link Lamina, after about 4-5 hours I finally fixed the problem which now seems painfully obvious.
First I couldn't get the CD out of the drive since nothing would work so after about a few hours of failed tinkering I checked the internet and found how somebody forced out the CD with a battery pack. Well I used my ID to hold down the CD so it couldn't be read, then I turned on the macbook and after about 10-15 seconds the CD was spit out.
Next I had to find a way to burn the restore .dmg file from a PC, which had me searching over the net for about an hour until I tried CloneCD. I just burned an image file, selected the .dmg file and then followed the CD insertion directions from apple and IT WORKED! Never felt so relieved. Thanks again.
First I couldn't get the CD out of the drive since nothing would work so after about a few hours of failed tinkering I checked the internet and found how somebody forced out the CD with a battery pack. Well I used my ID to hold down the CD so it couldn't be read, then I turned on the macbook and after about 10-15 seconds the CD was spit out.
Next I had to find a way to burn the restore .dmg file from a PC, which had me searching over the net for about an hour until I tried CloneCD. I just burned an image file, selected the .dmg file and then followed the CD insertion directions from apple and IT WORKED! Never felt so relieved. Thanks again.