Cant boot from USB - Mavericks OSX

[darkmanvini]

Hi guys,
i have a macbook air late 2008, it was working perfectly until some day,i was
watching a video,and it just freezes..
then i have to force restart it an so on, i cant start without freezing the screen i like...5 minutes or less...
So i decided to format it... but the problem is i cant boot from USB too...
heres the verbose :




thanks

 

[chscag]

Not really enough information to assist you. The MacBook Air models that year either came with a spinning hard drive or SSD. Which does yours have? And what version of OS X is it running? Just a guess: could be the drive is defective.

 

[chas_m]

I just doublechecked this. No MacBook Air has ever had a spinning hard disk. Every one of them, from the original on up, uses an SSD.

 

[chscag]

Where did you double check that with? According to Mactracker the late 2008 MacBook Air (which the OP states he has) either came with a 4200 RPM drive or SSD. See below: Are they wrong?

Storage 120 GB 4200-rpm (SATA) or 128 GB (SSD)
Media Optional MacBook Air SuperDrive (MB397G/A)

 

[John F]

My other half uses a first generation 2008 Macbook Air with a spinning hard drive. SSDs were a LOT more expensive in those days. SSDs became standard in 2010.

 

[chscag]

Thanks for confirming that. I don't know where chas_m obtained his information from, but it's likely he was referring to the later model MacBook Air machines which indeed only came equipped with an SSD.