My macbook Wont Boot

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Hi I was wondering if any body new what could be wrong with my macbook . On pressing the power button the fan and hdd spin up the white led on the front is on the superdrive sounds as if it is reading a disc but the screen stays black. Any ideas?
 

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2017 27" iMac, 10.5" iPad Pro, iPhone 8, iPhone 11, iPhone 12 Mini, Numerous iPods, Monterey
Please start trouble shooting by reading this article from Apple.

Post back if you need further assistance.

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hia yeah i tried all these but still no luck. the hard dive that is in it is blank but i can not get a disk in drive to try to boot from cd.
 
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MBP| 2.33 15" |2 Gig|320 GiG 7200 rpm |256 MB X1600
Osx dvd

You really need to find or get possibly from someone else a OSX dvd to boot from , which will allow you to access the disk utility. Without being able to access that your at a stand still and are left with almost no options .

Can you borrow one from a friend ?
 
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no and to add to that my superdrive don't work i have an external drive which i tried to boot up ubutu with but it still gave me nothing.
 
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wait yes i can borrow my brothers disks from his new mac pro do u reckon that could work?
 

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