Hello, I'm using a macbook pro early 2008 running snow leopard. about a month ago, my computer wouldn't turn on and i had to send it in for repairs. got the invoice and it stated that there were issues with my graphics card processor (although i had to pay for it..no refund due to "no chime"). i don't believe the issue i have now is related, but thought i'd mention it anyways!
this morning, i was just browsing the web when suddenly my screen began to flicker. no weird colors or anything. my mouse froze so i restarted the computer. the laptop boots up and i can hear the chime. it gets to the gray screen with the apple logo and the spinning thing and it'll spin for a bit, but then it'll suddenly stop spinning and just freezes. i can't do anything beyond that. if i press the volume keys i can hear it changing, though. so far i've tried resetting the pram + smc, and booting in safe mode but i can't even do that. i can see the loading bar (?) during safe mode, but then nothing else happens once that bar finishes loading. also, when trying to load in safe mode and whatnot, i sometimes get the "kernel panic" message telling me to restart.
i'm taking my laptop in to the apple store on saturday, but was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for the time being? what could possibly be wrong with it, and if there is another thread on here with similar symptoms, please redirect me there (did a search and couldn't really find anything). thank you!
EDIT: i turned it off and left it for a few hours. turned it on again, and this time it didn't stop at the gray screen! there was a blue screen for a few seconds, and then it went on to load my desktop background. i thought it was finally working, but then the screen started flickering really bad again.
this morning, i was just browsing the web when suddenly my screen began to flicker. no weird colors or anything. my mouse froze so i restarted the computer. the laptop boots up and i can hear the chime. it gets to the gray screen with the apple logo and the spinning thing and it'll spin for a bit, but then it'll suddenly stop spinning and just freezes. i can't do anything beyond that. if i press the volume keys i can hear it changing, though. so far i've tried resetting the pram + smc, and booting in safe mode but i can't even do that. i can see the loading bar (?) during safe mode, but then nothing else happens once that bar finishes loading. also, when trying to load in safe mode and whatnot, i sometimes get the "kernel panic" message telling me to restart.
i'm taking my laptop in to the apple store on saturday, but was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for the time being? what could possibly be wrong with it, and if there is another thread on here with similar symptoms, please redirect me there (did a search and couldn't really find anything). thank you!
EDIT: i turned it off and left it for a few hours. turned it on again, and this time it didn't stop at the gray screen! there was a blue screen for a few seconds, and then it went on to load my desktop background. i thought it was finally working, but then the screen started flickering really bad again.