tjstalcup
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MacBook Pro stuck at Grey Apple Screen
I have tried holding down shift, this does nothing.
I have held down apple+s and done fsck -f , this method says the HardDrive is fine.
I do not have an OSX disc handy, it's at work, for repairing disk permissions.
Basically it loads up to Apple Logo with spinning circle. Waits for like 2 minutes, then just goes blank and restarts, I let it do it 5 times before I just gave up.
Any ideas on what else I could try?
I have held down apple+s and done fsck -f , this method says the HardDrive is fine.
I do not have an OSX disc handy, it's at work, for repairing disk permissions.
Basically it loads up to Apple Logo with spinning circle. Waits for like 2 minutes, then just goes blank and restarts, I let it do it 5 times before I just gave up.
Any ideas on what else I could try?
You should next try reset pram/nvram. command option +p +r
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tried that to, it restarts quickly, but does not fix the problem.
Do you have another Mac at home from which you can start up the mbp using firewire target mode. Do you have any non oem memory installed. Have you recently done added any applications or done an auto software update? Also , If you can't wait until you go back to work and you have an apple store nearby you could go buy a copy of Disk Warrior 4
o and by the way if you end up not buying an aftermarket boot utility suite then appleJack, a free open source cli boot utility has added support for intel macs. http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=79562&package_id=83228&release_id=463203
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I do have another mac, another macbookpro, however, stupid me, I do not have the correct fireware cable. Yeah, if I go to the Apple Store, I will just have them fix it, not buy software, I didn't pay for AppleCare for nothing, let me try this AppleJack.
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Okay, how do i get into single-use mode, it sounds like I have to be able to boot into OSX in oder to install AppleJack, which completely defeats the purpose.
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Well I just got off the phone with AppleCare Support they are saying I need to reinstall Leopard, using Archive & Install in order to save all my files. Wish me luck.
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Unfortunately I did as directed and did an Archive & Install. My computer is back up and running and I am able to retrieve all of my old files. The system is running better than before! Thanks for all the help.