Macbook Pro Will Not Boot

[dazz77]

Can someone please help me.Bought a Macbook pro 17" recently and am just getting to know it.

Restarted my laptop yesterday after downloading itunes update but it won't boot up.It chimes, the apple screen comes up with the twirly thing spinning,but after about 20 seconds it restarts itself again and goes through the same process,it keeps repeating this and will not boot.

I have tried -holding mouse button down whilst restarting
-holding command s and typing after prompt the scfk/etc etc
-holding command s and typing reboot
-holding down 'x' whilst restarting
-starting without battery

I live in a remote area and getting professional help is going to be very time consuming and require me to travel quite a ways.

Please help I don't want to have to use my friends dell!

 

[geerlingguy]

Can someone please help me.Bought a Macbook pro 17" recently and am just getting to know it.

Restarted my laptop yesterday after downloading itunes update but it won't boot up.It chimes, the apple screen comes up with the twirly thing spinning,but after about 20 seconds it restarts itself again and goes through the same process,it keeps repeating this and will not boot.

I have tried -holding mouse button down whilst restarting
-holding command s and typing after prompt the scfk/etc etc
-holding command s and typing reboot
-holding down 'x' whilst restarting
-starting without battery

I live in a remote area and getting professional help is going to be very time consuming and require me to travel quite a ways.

Please help I don't want to have to use my friends dell!

Have you tried holding Option + Command + P + R during startup? That zaps the PRAM, and can be a lifesaver.

 

[animaxcg]

try holding "Apple" "V" when you start up

 

[dazz77]

Macbook won't boot

Thanks guys but the command 'v' doesn't work, and 'command' 'apple' 'p' + 'r' is'nt any good either.
Thanks for your time anyway.

I have also now noticed there is an incredible amount of heat coming from my laptop.

Frustrated

 

[Quu]

Perhaps you should call Apple support it sounds like there is something very wrong with your system beyond what you can fix yourself.

 

[dazz77]

Macbook won't boot

Yeah i know. Pretty much knew that from the start...
Just hoping there was a mac god out there somewhere...
thanks anyway