Hi All,
I am new to this forum and i hope that i can have my problem resolved.
I currently have 2 MBP, 1 x 13 inch 2010 MBP (this is working fine) however my 2005 17inch MBP is having a tough time.
Ny fans were making funny noises so i opened up the 17MBP and gave it a bit of a clean using a can of compressed air - i put it back together (as per videos on YouTube) and all seemed good - however when i turned it on i was greeted with the grey screen with the folder icon with a ? in the middle (flashing)
I automatically assumed this want good and after following many of the posts on here nothing changed.
One thing that doesn't help is that this laptop was a victim to the Superdrive failure a few years ago, so i cant just put in my SL Intall disk.
I have a new HDD and i have formatted it correctly using my other machine and put it in the broken MBP.
I also placed the SL Install Image on a USB Drive
But the 17MBP will not recognise it. When i boot while holding Option only a curser appears and that is it.
I am pretty sure i have tried everything but if you can help it would be great as i do love that MBP and the last thing i want to do is pay over the odds at an Apple Store for advise i could have got for free....
Thanks
I am new to this forum and i hope that i can have my problem resolved.
I currently have 2 MBP, 1 x 13 inch 2010 MBP (this is working fine) however my 2005 17inch MBP is having a tough time.
Ny fans were making funny noises so i opened up the 17MBP and gave it a bit of a clean using a can of compressed air - i put it back together (as per videos on YouTube) and all seemed good - however when i turned it on i was greeted with the grey screen with the folder icon with a ? in the middle (flashing)
I automatically assumed this want good and after following many of the posts on here nothing changed.
One thing that doesn't help is that this laptop was a victim to the Superdrive failure a few years ago, so i cant just put in my SL Intall disk.
I have a new HDD and i have formatted it correctly using my other machine and put it in the broken MBP.
I also placed the SL Install Image on a USB Drive
But the 17MBP will not recognise it. When i boot while holding Option only a curser appears and that is it.
I am pretty sure i have tried everything but if you can help it would be great as i do love that MBP and the last thing i want to do is pay over the odds at an Apple Store for advise i could have got for free....
Thanks