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MacBook early 2008 problems! Please help!
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<blockquote data-quote="chscag" data-source="post: 1062023" data-attributes="member: 46727"><p>I hate to see you stuck with a "white elephant" but as you well know, it's a <strong>buyer beware</strong> world we live in. </p><p></p><p>First thing I would try to do is obtain the correct recovery startup DVD for the machine. Go to either a Best Buy or Apple store and purchase the Snow Leopard upgrade DVD. Cost = $29.99. </p><p></p><p>Once you have the disk, boot the machine with it by holding down the "Option" key after you hear the POST chime, then select the DVD icon. It may take a few minutes for it to boot that way. After that try running verify and repair on the hard drive. Let's see what happens. You could also run the <a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1509" target="_blank">Apple Hardware Test</a> with the SL DVD.</p><p></p><p>Regards.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chscag, post: 1062023, member: 46727"] I hate to see you stuck with a "white elephant" but as you well know, it's a [B]buyer beware[/B] world we live in. First thing I would try to do is obtain the correct recovery startup DVD for the machine. Go to either a Best Buy or Apple store and purchase the Snow Leopard upgrade DVD. Cost = $29.99. Once you have the disk, boot the machine with it by holding down the "Option" key after you hear the POST chime, then select the DVD icon. It may take a few minutes for it to boot that way. After that try running verify and repair on the hard drive. Let's see what happens. You could also run the [URL="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1509"]Apple Hardware Test[/URL] with the SL DVD. Regards. [/QUOTE]
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