MacBook - Stuck in Grey Screen

Rebeldream · Rebeldream #1 (**permalink**)

12-24-2007, 02:29 AM

Ok, so I have my Macbook partitioned with Vista Ultimate and Mac os X tiger. I was messing with vista, and closed the computer (puting it to sleep and such). I come back few hours later, and try logging in. It freezes at the log in screen. I hold the power button to shut it down, and then try booting it back up. It is stuck in grey screen, and beeps once at me periodically. I am not sure what to do about it, or even what the problem is. Everythign was working FINE just a few hours earlier. now i can't even get into any type of command prompt, it just won't go anywhere. I've tried resetting pmu's, and taking otu the battery and such, no luck. Ideas, anybody?

louishen · louishen #2 (**permalink**)

12-24-2007, 06:27 AM

how old is the macbook

Rebeldream · Rebeldream #3 (**permalink**)

12-24-2007, 10:54 AM

An amazing 4 months.

NPuter · NPuter #4 (**permalink**)

12-24-2007, 11:06 AM

what were you messing with

Joe52684 · Joe52684 #5 (**permalink**)

12-24-2007, 12:14 PM

try booting off the cd and try selecting on of the startup disks

Rebeldream · Rebeldream #6 (**permalink**)

12-24-2007, 02:50 PM

I was messing with it by trying to log back into Vista, lol.
I tried that, now all I am getting is a folder w/ a big ?. Hard drive failure isn't represented by that...right? right?

NPuter · NPuter #7 (**permalink**)

12-29-2007, 05:05 PM

hope this helps:
http://kb.wisc.edu/helpdesk/page.php?id=913

NPuter #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 15, 2007 Location: Miami, Fl Posts: 989 Mac Specs: 15" 2.2GHz Santa Rosa Macbook Pro - 4GB Ram - 120GB HD OS X Leopard - Windows XP	12-24-2007, 11:06 AM what were you messing with "The forums are not only a place to have questions answered, they are a place to be part of a community..."
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NPuter #7 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 15, 2007 Location: Miami, Fl Posts: 989 Mac Specs: 15" 2.2GHz Santa Rosa Macbook Pro - 4GB Ram - 120GB HD OS X Leopard - Windows XP	12-29-2007, 05:05 PM hope this helps: http://kb.wisc.edu/helpdesk/page.php?id=913 "The forums are not only a place to have questions answered, they are a place to be part of a community..."
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Rebeldream #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 24, 2007 Posts: 3	12-24-2007, 02:29 AM Ok, so I have my Macbook partitioned with Vista Ultimate and Mac os X tiger. I was messing with vista, and closed the computer (puting it to sleep and such). I come back few hours later, and try logging in. It freezes at the log in screen. I hold the power button to shut it down, and then try booting it back up. It is stuck in grey screen, and beeps once at me periodically. I am not sure what to do about it, or even what the problem is. Everythign was working FINE just a few hours earlier. now i can't even get into any type of command prompt, it just won't go anywhere. I've tried resetting pmu's, and taking otu the battery and such, no luck. Ideas, anybody?
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louishen #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 22, 2007 Location: London Posts: 8,654 Mac Specs: Mac Mini Core i7 2012 \| White 2009 MacBook 2 Ghz \| 733 Mhz G4 Quicksilver	12-24-2007, 06:27 AM how old is the macbook
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Joe52684 #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 20, 2007 Posts: 32	12-24-2007, 12:14 PM try booting off the cd and try selecting on of the startup disks
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Rebeldream #6 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 24, 2007 Posts: 3	12-24-2007, 02:50 PM I was messing with it by trying to log back into Vista, lol. I tried that, now all I am getting is a folder w/ a big ?. Hard drive failure isn't represented by that...right? right?
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