Problem with 2009 MBP and white screen.

[Condell]

Hello, I attempted to post this in the apple community but apparently I can't because of another account associated with my e mail for some reason. Here's my problem: When I try to boot my MBP, the only thing that happens is I hear the start up chime, and then a blank white screen appears. No Apple logo, no pinwheel icon or anything.

I have tried the PRAM reset, and the SMC reset. Neither of those changed anything. I tried booting in safe mode by holding shift and nothing happened, just the same white screen. I tried holding D for the hardware test as well, with the disk in and no luck. I also tried booting from my install disk to run disk utility and that didn't work either. Eventually though when I left the disk in long enough the apple logo would appear along with the loading pinwheel. After awhile however the apple logo changed to a circle-slash and the pinwheel stopped.

I believe that I either need a new battery, or a new hard drive. I was just trying to get some opinions on here if there is anything else I can try, or if it is in fact either the HD, or the battery and avoid taking it to the apple store. Thanks in advance for taking the time to read this!

 

[Sur3Mac]

It's a longshot, as you have tried to do a SMC reset, and a hardware check, but have you tried holding the Option key while booting?
If that doesn't work I suspect you have a bigger problem then just the HDD or the battery, because the code for 'Option booting' is all in ROM, so that's a problem with the logic board.

SM

 

[Condell]

Yep I've tried that too with no luck =/. Ill try to search about what exactly a problem with the logic board includes. But if it is in fact a problem with the logic board is the computer basically gone? Thank you for your fast reply.

 

[Sur3Mac]

That totally depends on what model MBP you own.
In the future when you have a problem, it's always handy to state the model of your Mac, or just put it in your details .

You can edit them here http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/usercp.php

SM

 

[Condell]

Ah ok then, thank you! Sorry about that, I'll have to add it. I believe my cousin and I fixed it, it was in fact the hard drive. He had a spare 160 Gig one with Lion on it already, so i took mine out and plugged that one in. The computer started right up haha.