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Macbook won't Turn ON!!! :(

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theapplefreak

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Aug 15, 2008
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So today, I was trying to swap my new hard drive to my old hard drive. Then I pulled the hard drive out, and tried to unscrew the screws on the side of the hard drive to take the cover off. I actually forced the metal cover thingy off and tried putting it on the old hard drive cause the screw wasn't coming off. Then well...I put the old hard drive in with no screws, then thought it was a stupid idea and pulled it back out. Then this white circle thing popped out. Thought it wasn't a big deal.
I got my newer hard drive and put it back in and tried to boot it up. Now its not booting up. Theres nothing on the screen and the bottom part of my notebook glows. (The base of the notebook)
Any ideas? I know its a very long story...

Video on whats going on: http://tinypic.com/player.php?v=2jwfib&s=4
Pic of white round thing: http://i37.tinypic.com/ap74pf.jpg
 
It sounds like it turns on, it just doesn't boot up, correct? If something is glowing, you've either got power or an electric gremlin.

Does it make the startup chime? Have you made sure all cables are plugged in tightly? Have you tried starting up from the Mac OS X Install DVD?
 
zombitronic said:
It sounds like it turns on, it just doesn't boot up, correct? If something is glowing, you've either got power or an electric gremlin.

Does it make the startup chime? Have you made sure all cables are plugged in tightly? Have you tried starting up from the Mac OS X Install DVD?
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I just posted a video on what happens. Watch that
 
Don't ever force any electronic apart unless the instructions are to do that.

Sounds like you broke something.

A $5 torx screw or a $1 torx bit is what you needed to take the HD off the carrier.
 
Do you think you may have accidentally loosened the RAM? I found a post that suggest that this may be the problem.

If you turn on a MacBook when it’s completely powered off (not sleeping), and instead of starting up, the screen remains dark and the sleep light is blinking, the MacBook’s RAM might not be installed properly or might have worked loose. I found this out when re-seating the RAM of a friend’s MacBook to try and fix a problem. I thought I had pushed the RAM modules far enough into their slots, but after the MacBook failed to start up I took another look and found out that you really do have to push firmly and carefully past some initial resistance until the RAM goes in all the way. You may have to push harder than you think is normal, but seriously, you have to push pretty hard.

And don’t use the levers to do this. Remember that the levers are only for popping out the RAM, not inserting it.

I wasn’t able to find a tech note at the Apple site about this, and that’s why this entry exists. In case it helps someone.
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