My 13" macbook is on blue screen and doesn't start up

[zf00112]

Hello everyone.
After searching around I have run out of ideas on where to look for help on a issue I have with one of my macs.

So I registered here.

Let me see if I can explain what my issue is without being too confusing.

I have a regular 13" Macbook (its an older computer that I bought used from someone on ebay)

It was working just fine until about 3 weeks ago.
I was updating like I normally do and the kernel "you must shut down your computer" came up in the middle of the update.

So I of course turned it off.
When I went to turn it back on, I got a blue screen with the spinning loading icon on the blue screen.

It then changed to a different lighter blue screen and hasn't ever gone any further.

I was wondering. How do you fix this? And why did this happen?

Any help is really appreciated.

Thank you

 

[simsaladimbamba]

The update might have gone wrong.
Have you tried any of these steps?

Mac doesn't boot

Resolve startup issues and perform disk maintenance with Disk Utility and fsck
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[mrsir2009]

Have you tried taking the battery out for a while, then putting it back in and trying again?

 

[zf00112]

The update might have gone wrong.
Have you tried any of these steps?

Mac doesn't boot

Resolve startup issues and perform disk maintenance with Disk Utility and fsck
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I edited my title. Sorry about the old one.
And I looked on that website and it looks like I have to buy a startup disk to try and fix the problem.
Any suggestions?

Have you tried taking the battery out for a while, then putting it back in and trying again?

I tried that method and it didn't solve my problem. Thanks for the help though.

 

[simsaladimbamba]

You don't have your grey Restore Disks anymore? If not, and your 13" MB is from 2009 and earlier, you might get by with a 29USD Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard DVD.

 

[zf00112]

You don't have your grey Restore Disks anymore? If not, and your 13" MB is from 2009 and earlier, you might get by with a 29USD Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard DVD.

I do not have the startup disks that came with it.
And I think it is from before 2009. How would I find out?

And thank you again.

 

[simsaladimbamba]

I do not have the startup disks that came with it.
And I think it is from before 2009. How would I find out?

And thank you again.

http://www.ifixit.com/Info/ID-your-Mac

 

[zf00112]

http://www.ifixit.com/Info/ID-your-Mac

Well, it was way before 2009

MacBook (13-inch Late 2006)
1.83 GHz (Core 2 Duo) MacBook 13"

So the next step is to buy 29USD Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard DVD and use it as my "startup disk" to reset the failed update?

 

[session101]

if I were you i would start all over, i don't trust people from ebay with formats and clean installs...

I would re-format your mac, the correct way!
and re-install your OSX of your choosing, 10.7 i would recommend

then see if you are still having problems, if you are still getting a blue screen your HD might be at the stage of failing....

 

[zf00112]

if I were you i would start all over, i don't trust people from ebay with formats and clean installs...

I would re-format your mac, the correct way!
and re-install your OSX of your choosing, 10.7 i would recommend

then see if you are still having problems, if you are still getting a blue screen your HD might be at the stage of failing....

Re-formatting would include just buying a brand new OSX?

 

[session101]

did it come with OSX cd's? if not then you should buy the 10.6 snow leopard CD's then, when you get those then you can start the cleansing