MacBook wont boot CD drive just makes a repetitive sound

[mimosamac]

HI All,

I was updating software on my mac (fresh install). It was doing some kind of firmware update and told me to shut down. I shut down, but when i restart, the screen flashes, and the cdrom just makes a repetitive sound (almost like ejecting bu no cd is in there) every second or two. Any Idea what happened or how i can rescue this guy?

THanks,
Adam

 

[Scarlet Fever]

how long have you left it restarting for?

maybe try holding +Option+P+R on startup for a couple of chimes.

 

[mimosamac]

how long have you left it restarting for?

maybe try holding +Option+P+R on startup for a couple of chimes.

As soon as it starts up the cdrom is just humm humm...humm humm...humm humm...and just keeps doing that. Tried your recommendation and no luck. It was running fine 20 minutes ago

 

[bingefeller]

Why were you doing a fresh install? Was there a problem to begin with?

 

[mimosamac]

Why were you doing a fresh install? Was there a problem to begin with?

Nope, I bought it from a buddy - wanted a fresh machine to start off with

 

[mimosamac]

Now when i turn on the macbook white light

is just flashing steadily. But nothing happens ...