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<blockquote data-quote="ptateosi" data-source="post: 699721" data-attributes="member: 62596"><p>Hey everyone, I just joined bout 5 minutes ago to post this single question. I've not been able to find any other solutions or even similar problems. Well, here goes:</p><p></p><p>After attempting to install Ubuntu 8.04 last night on my First-Gen MB off of the live cd, the installer brought me to an ms-dos/unix-like black and white screen, describing threads that would NOT write to a heck of a lot of sectors on my drive. Naturally I figured this was because of the fact that Disk Utility and Boot Camp both could not partition my drive (don't ask me why; I had the necessary space) and the Ubuntu installer was running against the hfs+ partition. So I just let it run through a few more sector-write errors until the AC plug accidentally came off, thus shutting my MB down mid-install (but pre-partition mind you)</p><p></p><p>I thought that because it hadn't partitioned or even asked to write anything to the disk, rebooting and reinstalling would be pretty simple. The only problem is the computer won't start back up. No fan, no hard drive, no display..nothing <img src="/mac_images/images/smilies/Embarrassed.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":[" title="Embarrassed :[" data-shortname=":[" /> . </p><p></p><p>Does anyone have any ideas for solving this problem? Unplugging, taking the battery out, etc etc isn't working at all and I obviously can't reset the PRAM because it simply won't turn on. I'd love to avoid bringing it to apple because the warranty is up and gas is steep..thanks in advance guys <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>I should also mention I'm running Leopard with 1gb of ram, 2.0 ghz core duo</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ptateosi, post: 699721, member: 62596"] Hey everyone, I just joined bout 5 minutes ago to post this single question. I've not been able to find any other solutions or even similar problems. Well, here goes: After attempting to install Ubuntu 8.04 last night on my First-Gen MB off of the live cd, the installer brought me to an ms-dos/unix-like black and white screen, describing threads that would NOT write to a heck of a lot of sectors on my drive. Naturally I figured this was because of the fact that Disk Utility and Boot Camp both could not partition my drive (don't ask me why; I had the necessary space) and the Ubuntu installer was running against the hfs+ partition. So I just let it run through a few more sector-write errors until the AC plug accidentally came off, thus shutting my MB down mid-install (but pre-partition mind you) I thought that because it hadn't partitioned or even asked to write anything to the disk, rebooting and reinstalling would be pretty simple. The only problem is the computer won't start back up. No fan, no hard drive, no display..nothing :[ . Does anyone have any ideas for solving this problem? Unplugging, taking the battery out, etc etc isn't working at all and I obviously can't reset the PRAM because it simply won't turn on. I'd love to avoid bringing it to apple because the warranty is up and gas is steep..thanks in advance guys :) I should also mention I'm running Leopard with 1gb of ram, 2.0 ghz core duo [/QUOTE]
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