On Feb 5, 2012, at 4:21 AM, Stuart Mallett wrote: > Try. Both > > Remove battery and power cable and hold power button for 5 secs. Replace > battery and power. > > Hold command+alt+p+r. And press the power button hold all buttons until the > laptop restarts three times on third restart let go. > > This should reset the board and get you going if not then you need an AASP > > Stuart >
Thank you for your reply, Stuart. I tried both. As soon as I press the power button to zap pram, the power light turns on but dimly. I can hear the hard drive spin up, but then nothing at all. No video at all and no chimes or restarting. If I shut the lid, the power light goes full bright. (That may be normal behaviour that I never noticed before.) I also tried holding power for five secs without power or battery; inserting the Snow Leopard disk, and booting from the dvd. I hear the dvd spin up, but again, nothing. I know my battery is bad but have always been able to run with the power cord attached. If you were to guess, what 'might' it be? I don't want to invest a great deal in this machine. Would maybe just as soon get the kids an iPad. My nearest Apple pro is in Baltimore--nearly four hours away. Thanks agin for your thoughts. Jeff > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 5 Feb 2012, at 04:35, Jeffrey Hergan <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Greetings. >> >> I have a MacBook Pro from, I'm approximating 4 years ago. It wasn't the top >> model, it was the second best, at $1999. USD. 15 inch. I'm thinking it was >> 1.8gzh. I don't know exactly because I can't make it start. It is an Intel. >> Before the larger clicking trackpad. >> >> The problem is very odd. In short, I turned it off and although I can hear >> the drive spin up, there's no sound and the screen remains black. When the >> laptop is open, there is a dimmed but still lit green power light. When I >> close it, the power light gets bright, as though the lid is open and it's >> running. >> >> This ocurred when I had it hooked up to my television. The output was set to >> the TV--the ini dvi cable and an optical audio out to stereo receiver. I >> started experiencing strangeness--it would sleep and then not wake up, it >> would wake but I didn't have any video on the tv or the laptop screen. >> >> I tried everything I could think of: booting into different modes, booting >> from dvd, even zapping pram. Tried with and without video output cable to >> tv. It actually booted up normally again once or twice, would run for a day >> or two and then die again. I got it to run afew times, but now it's dead. I >> never had ram die before, but wonder ing if it's that simple. Or HD? Or >> video card? The thing was barely used and is otherwise in fantastic shape. >> I'm wondering how to proceed? >> >> Thanks folks. >> >> I hope you all are having a fabulous year! >> >> Jeff H >> >> PS I saw the FB page but I'm wondering if anyone is using it? >> _______________________________________________ >> Osx-nutters mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters > _______________________________________________ > Osx-nutters mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters _______________________________________________ Osx-nutters mailing list [email protected] http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters
