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MacBook Pro won't boot.
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<blockquote data-quote="klv" data-source="post: 1437946" data-attributes="member: 188876"><p>Hi.</p><p></p><p>I have a MacBook Pro 17" (early 2008). Came with Leopard and then upgraded to Snow Leopard.</p><p></p><p>It has been working properly until recently. The sreen went off a couple of times for no reason a few months ago but it has not happened again.</p><p></p><p>The problem now is that it gets stuck on the grey screen with the light apple. I tried all the apple suport sugestions. The first time I safe booted, it worked. Then I tried to normal boot again and I'm stuck there, the progress symbol freezes every single time. It wont safe boot any more, gets stuck. If i use the show progress option, it gets stuck just after a nannysomething line. I tried to boot from Snow Leopard DVD and get a kernel panic all the time. </p><p></p><p>As a last resource, I ordered a new hard drive and new memory from OCW. I already installed them both and I get exactly the same problem. If I boot from DVD, get the kernel panic and if I try to boot from the old drive via USB, gets stuck on grey screen.</p><p></p><p>I have a time machine backup that i can restore, but i need to get the darn thing to boot. Any idea?</p><p></p><p>Thank you all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klv, post: 1437946, member: 188876"] Hi. I have a MacBook Pro 17" (early 2008). Came with Leopard and then upgraded to Snow Leopard. It has been working properly until recently. The sreen went off a couple of times for no reason a few months ago but it has not happened again. The problem now is that it gets stuck on the grey screen with the light apple. I tried all the apple suport sugestions. The first time I safe booted, it worked. Then I tried to normal boot again and I'm stuck there, the progress symbol freezes every single time. It wont safe boot any more, gets stuck. If i use the show progress option, it gets stuck just after a nannysomething line. I tried to boot from Snow Leopard DVD and get a kernel panic all the time. As a last resource, I ordered a new hard drive and new memory from OCW. I already installed them both and I get exactly the same problem. If I boot from DVD, get the kernel panic and if I try to boot from the old drive via USB, gets stuck on grey screen. I have a time machine backup that i can restore, but i need to get the darn thing to boot. Any idea? Thank you all. [/QUOTE]
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