NEED HELP Macbook Pro 17" stuck on login

[sdfd504]

Well I am having my first ever problem with my MacBook Pro 17". I was looking on safari tonight and all of a sudden the computer just shut down. I thought my battery had gone dead so i plugged it in and now it is stuck on the grey login screen with the apple logo and the wheel. What can I do to fix this or will it have to go back to apple? The MBP is about three years old.

 

[sdfd504]

Anbody have any suggestions? I really have no clue what to do.

 

[animaxcg]

hold "command v" when starting up and see what error it gives if it doesn't boot

 

[sdfd504]

It stops at

AppleYoukon2: RxRingSize <= 1024, TxRingSize 256, RX_MAX_Le 1024, TX_MAX_LE 768, ST_MAX_LE 3328

 

[animaxcg]

Try booting from the mac os install disk and run "repair permission" in the disk utility application.

 

[fatgorilla]

I had exactly the same problem in December and it turned out my hard disk was coming to an end of its life. When I tried to format and reinstalled Mac OS, at the end the installer gave me a message saying "the disk may be damaged" etc.

Mine too is about 3 years old. Do you have a Seagate hard disk ? Same thing happened to my colleague as well.

 

[sdfd504]

Just got the call and the hard drive failed on it. Oh well i should have it back tomorow hopefully

 

[sos85]

Reboot the computer can not solve the problem?

OR you can replace the battery or adapter.
hope that help you.