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6.8

Macbook pro won't turn on

Asked by Da-Bu in Apple Hardware, Apple Laptop

I have macbook pro (late 2007), 2.2 2gb ram and bootcamp is installed. I put it to sleep last night.

Today when I tried to start the macbook pro this is what happened.

1) the light on the front of the macbook pro glows faintly (constant)
2) the DVD spins (there is a Leopard dVD in the mbp)
3) Fans are working
4) Hard disk is working

The macbook pro does not get past these 2 stages, it does not start up, the screen stays black, the keyboard does not respond, however the processors do get warm when it is left in this state for a period of 5 minutes or more.

I have tried the following,

1) held down the power button until it beeps - it didn't beep
2) reset the pram - nothing happened
3) tried starting in safe mode - nothing happened
4) tried holding down the mouse button upon starting - nothing happened
5) held down cmd option and the other one before starting - nothing
6) Reset SMC (PMU) nothing happened
7) Tried to boot up with Leopard DVD (dvd is now stuck in laptop, I can't take it out, non of the ordinary ways of taking the DVD out works)

It seems like the keyboard is not responsive, the caps lock and num lock lights are not working. No power is coming out of the usb ports, when I try to start the mbp I plugged my ipod in and it didn't charge.

I've also noticed that the sleep light gets brighter/dimmer as you tilt the screen more/less. With the screen almost closed, the sleep light is very dim, however with the screen fully open, it is much brighter (tho not as bright as it should be).

This is the second time I'm having this issue, the first time, just 2 days ago I have fixed it with SMC reset.

Please note that currently, taking my laptop to apple is out of option as where I'm currently, the nearest apple center is 500miles away.
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