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After a month of kernel panics, my computer will no longer start.
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<blockquote data-quote="Zazzle" data-source="post: 1322778" data-attributes="member: 222233"><p>I'm almost certain that this is a hardware issue after having issues on both my Mac and in Bootcamp on XP, and after trying to recreate the issue, but I'll post it here just to be safe.</p><p></p><p>I have a 2009 MacBook Pro</p><p></p><p>After about a month of kernel panics, my Mac crashed one more time and will no longer start. It sits at a black screen and just beeps, sometimes once, three times or more. Occasionally, it will go to a gray screen with a loading bar and an apple logo, but it returns to the black screen seconds later. I've been waiting for a friend to bring me an osx startup disk so I can fix it from the disk utility, but in the meantime I've been avoiding suspect programs as well as starting the computer holding command + s and typing /sbin/fcsk fy as many people have suggested, though each time my hard drive returns with no issues. My friend is coming back this week with the disk, but I am afraid it will be impossible even to boot from that. Does anyone have any suggestions? I don't have apple care or a warranty so going to the nearest apple store (one hour away) or the nearest servic providerr (a few minutes away) doesn't seem good. What should I do? I'm also slightly worried because I installed a firmware update not long before the panics started, to get around the region limitations of the DVD drive (which I'm almost certain voids any warranty I could have had...). I'm hoping this didn't cause any problems, since these panics seem to be related to RAM but the timing is just too convenient. Could this be a factor?</p><p></p><p>If you need any more information, I'll try to tell you anything. Thanks for your time!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zazzle, post: 1322778, member: 222233"] I'm almost certain that this is a hardware issue after having issues on both my Mac and in Bootcamp on XP, and after trying to recreate the issue, but I'll post it here just to be safe. I have a 2009 MacBook Pro After about a month of kernel panics, my Mac crashed one more time and will no longer start. It sits at a black screen and just beeps, sometimes once, three times or more. Occasionally, it will go to a gray screen with a loading bar and an apple logo, but it returns to the black screen seconds later. I've been waiting for a friend to bring me an osx startup disk so I can fix it from the disk utility, but in the meantime I've been avoiding suspect programs as well as starting the computer holding command + s and typing /sbin/fcsk fy as many people have suggested, though each time my hard drive returns with no issues. My friend is coming back this week with the disk, but I am afraid it will be impossible even to boot from that. Does anyone have any suggestions? I don't have apple care or a warranty so going to the nearest apple store (one hour away) or the nearest servic providerr (a few minutes away) doesn't seem good. What should I do? I'm also slightly worried because I installed a firmware update not long before the panics started, to get around the region limitations of the DVD drive (which I'm almost certain voids any warranty I could have had...). I'm hoping this didn't cause any problems, since these panics seem to be related to RAM but the timing is just too convenient. Could this be a factor? If you need any more information, I'll try to tell you anything. Thanks for your time! [/QUOTE]
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