MacBook Won't Boot?

Hmm, corrupt OS, Bad hard drive? first things that come to mind..

 

You could always try the standard range of resolutions, eg, holding down Option when switching on to ensure that it's trying to boot from the HDD. Also you could try resetting the PRAM.

There's also a disk utility bundled with most Macs, isn't there?

 

Yes, but its on the disks that came with the computer


@ tbear, why dont you try slaping in the disc that came with your mac, and hold down C while booting.

 

Have you tried resetting the Systems Management Controller (SMC)? Turn off the MacBook and remove the battery and unplug the charger. Hold down the power button for 5 seconds to drain the power out of the computer. Reinstall the battery and plug back in the charger. Try turning it back on and see what happens. Sometimes resetting the SMC solves different issues with Mac laptops.

The support article is here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1411

Hope this might help you out there!

 

Resetting PRAM is quite safe.

 

Resetting the PRAM does not harm the system, infact if you call apple support, that is the first thing they have you do. Hold down the Control - command - P - R buttons at boot. Use the Leopard CD, and open disk utility. Check to see if your disk is listed, and if it is, try repairing the disk, and repairing permissions. If the disk is not listed, then you may be happy scheduling an appointment, because your disk probably failed.


Don't Follow a manual step by step, its there for reference after all, and will not fix all problems. Listen to us

 

Yeah that's serious.

It means it's probably not the hard drive. It could be something wrong with the motherboard. If it were the hard drive, it would at least come up with a boot selection option when you put the DVD in and held down Option.

Edit: Try putting your DVD in and booting up while holding down 'C' - not D.

 

I'm glad it worked out in the end. It's still bizarre that it wouldn't boot from the DVD though...