Unable to do fresh 10.5 install on new 13" MBP with retail Leopard disc

[ndriver182]

I'm sending my 13" MBP in to Apple to have a minor mechanical issue repaired and so I'm installing a fresh copy of 10.5 just for security reasons. Yeah I know... paranoid maybe, but whatever. I have a time machine backup so it's really no sweat off my back.

In any case, I thought I'd just use my retail 10.5 disc, but it gave me a bunch of grief. When the computer would boot up with the disc it would just go to a gray screen and sit there. You'd hear the CD spin up and then stop and it just sat at the gray screen. I tried holding down 'option' before the full boot and it found the CD, but when you clicked it it would just freeze.

I just put in the Leopard install disc that came with the computer and it's installing just fine.

Any ideas? I guess I'm not too worried since I have the disc that came with the computer and I'll be getting Snow Leopard as well, but it'd be nice to know my retail 10.5 disc would work regardless.

 

[harcosparky]

I had something like this happen to me.

You laptop probably came with 10.5.7, that disk has 10.5.0.

When I had my problem Apple told me " your install disk is older than the computer and updates in the computer need the latest OS. "

 

[Eidorian]

Your retail disk will only support models before the date it was stamped.

 

[ndriver182]

Your retail disk will only support models before the date it was stamped.

Boo. Lol. Well, at least when I get my Snow Leopard disc that'll solve that issue. The disc that came with the computer got me a fresh install so I'm good to send it to Apple tomorrow.

Thanks for the clarification!

 

[alphaod]

Unless you did a secure-wipe, reinstalling really does nothing.