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- 2006 13" Macbook that won't turn on
Hi there, I'm hoping to get some advice on how to proceed. I have searched threads however have not been able to find this exact scenario. Please bear with the long story! Thanks!
I got my 13" refurbished macbook in December of 2006 and have loved it ever since.
About 6 months ago, my startup disk got so full that it would not boot anymore. I would turn it on and get a blue screen with a file and a ? in the middle of the screen. I was told this was because the startup disk was full.
I took it to the Apple store and they told me I'd have to replace my hard drive or recover the old one. It was going to be too expensive to pay someone to do it so I left it and have been using my desktop ever since.
I pulled out my old hard drive (60Gb) using this guide and purchased the BlacX SATA drive to download all my old information on to my desktop.
Well now I'm getting around to replacing the hard drive in my macbook. I just purchased a 320Gb SATA hard drive and the brand is WD. I got the Torx T8 screwdriver and uninstalled/installed everything myself using this guide. I was so excited to have everything installed myself and then it turns out that my battery is completely dead! So I ended up purchasing a replacement battery online and I installed it and it works!
I borrowed the Leopard OSX install disc from a friend. I planned on turning on my macbook with the new hard drive and new battery and getting some sort of screen telling me to insert the install disc, but I get NOTHING. Just a black screen, my computer won't turn on.
Could I have installed the hard drive incorrectly? Doesn't it only go in one way? Do I need to replace my RAM? Do I need to take it to the local store here called Connecting Point and just pay someone to fix it? I'm getting really frustrated at this point...
Thanks to anyone who can help!!!
Veronica
I got my 13" refurbished macbook in December of 2006 and have loved it ever since.
About 6 months ago, my startup disk got so full that it would not boot anymore. I would turn it on and get a blue screen with a file and a ? in the middle of the screen. I was told this was because the startup disk was full.
I took it to the Apple store and they told me I'd have to replace my hard drive or recover the old one. It was going to be too expensive to pay someone to do it so I left it and have been using my desktop ever since.
I pulled out my old hard drive (60Gb) using this guide and purchased the BlacX SATA drive to download all my old information on to my desktop.
Well now I'm getting around to replacing the hard drive in my macbook. I just purchased a 320Gb SATA hard drive and the brand is WD. I got the Torx T8 screwdriver and uninstalled/installed everything myself using this guide. I was so excited to have everything installed myself and then it turns out that my battery is completely dead! So I ended up purchasing a replacement battery online and I installed it and it works!
I borrowed the Leopard OSX install disc from a friend. I planned on turning on my macbook with the new hard drive and new battery and getting some sort of screen telling me to insert the install disc, but I get NOTHING. Just a black screen, my computer won't turn on.
Could I have installed the hard drive incorrectly? Doesn't it only go in one way? Do I need to replace my RAM? Do I need to take it to the local store here called Connecting Point and just pay someone to fix it? I'm getting really frustrated at this point...
Thanks to anyone who can help!!!
Veronica