MBP won't boot (not even from CD)

Hi,

I have a major problem with my first Generation MacBook Pro. It won't boot anymore: it just turns on and gets stuck at the Apple logo. There is no spinning wheel and nothing else happens. Pressing 'C' for booting from CD or pressing ALT and choosing the CD as an alternative boot source does not work either: it just does exactly the same, gets stuck at the apple logo. I already tried resetting the PRAM and NVRAM, as well as the SMC. This also did not change anything. CMD+V mode starts up then stops at the line "ACPI: System State [S0 S3 S4 S5] (S3)". CMD+S mode gives the same result and safe mode does not seem to work either

What can I do? I really need to save my Mac, there is some really important stuff on there

see you, chris.

do you have access to another mac that you can try to boot from in target mode?

post back if you need help on how to do this....
meanwhile here is a link
http://www.myitforum.com/articles/39/view.asp?id=9423

Hi, I just tried that and the target disc mode does work (a miracle considering that anything else fails). thanks for the tip, my data is saved

now: anyone got an idea for saving the MacBook Pro itself? with everything (except target disc mode) failing, is there even a way to fix it?

That was already a long shot from me for tonight (Australia time zone).....Sat night and had a few drinks, so no suggestions from me until tomorrow, but I'm sure that someone will come through before then

any ideas on how to fix the mbp?

Assuming you are still running 10.4, have you tried booting from your original tiger install disc to run the Apple hardware test, or booting in safe mode (holding shift key)?

I've never tried it, but you may be able to run a hardware test in Target Disk Mode if you can't get the disc going in your MBP.