Macbook Pro stuck at blue screen - won't boot from CD

[tibi08]

I was using my Penryn Macbook Pro today, and things started going strange - finder crashed when I tried to move a file on the hard disk, then all my widgets in dashboard didn't work.

I rebooted to try and fix things, and it got stuck at the blue screen. Whatever key combination I press, it will not boot - not from CD, it won't show me the boot options if i hold Shift.

The only progress I can make is if I hold shift, then a cursor appears over the blue screen, and I can move the cursor around. But it won't do anything other than that.

Anybody got any ideas? I can't find much with my searches....

 

[logana]

In the meantime try booting from the install dvd while holding down "C" - or hold down "alt" to see what you can boot from.....

It sounds as if your hard disk OS is corrupted or disk is failing - do you have a back-up ?

 

[tibi08]

Thanks. I guess I was hoping somebody might be able to narrow the problem down from the details I've given (e.g. is it logic board failure, hard disk faliure, etc)

 

[windowpain]

If it isn't even getting to the boot process, it probably isn't the hard disk failing.
It sounds to me like a logic board failure. Does it make a 'bong' sound when you turn it on?

 

[tibi08]

If it isn't even getting to the boot process, it probably isn't the hard disk failing.
It sounds to me like a logic board failure. Does it make a 'bong' sound when you turn it on?

Yes it does bong - but that's about it

 

[windowpain]

Yes it does bong - but that's about it

Thats a good sign!
Try removing a stick of ram, it may be one of them that has gone bad.

 

[tibi08]

Thanks guys, it was my hard disk that failed. All fixed now.

 

[jjahshik32]

Wait why did you post this twice??

 

[tibi08]

Wait why did you post this twice??

Wrong forum the first time!

 

[James Cole]

Wrong forum the first time!

Why did it failed?