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Macbook Unibody Will not boot
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<blockquote data-quote="macsmakenosense" data-source="post: 1621415" data-attributes="member: 337960"><p>Hello,</p><p></p><p>Any help with my first mac much appreciated.</p><p></p><p>I have a mac unibody, A1342 model I believe. It will not boot, when you try to boot you get:</p><p></p><p>a white screen, then a chime, (continued white screen &) a grey apple and circular loading icon, a grey loading bar below that that loads fully, the bar restarts, abrupt blackness and the sound of fans etc. having their power abruptly shut off</p><p></p><p>I've looked up various mac shortcuts (my favorite is the 'option key', it says 'Alt' on it but apparently the Apple hieroglyphics on it translate to option)</p><p></p><p>The R key press gives me the option for 'macintosh HD' but when select the above happens again (white apple screen)</p><p></p><p>The n key combinations flashes a globe for a few seconds</p><p></p><p>C key didn't seem to do anything</p><p></p><p>holding the option key just offered me the macintosh HD again which didn't help</p><p></p><p>cmd+D brought up a hardware test if I remember rightly, an extended hardware test found no faults</p><p></p><p>I've tried inserting an OS X disk someone loaned me and trying the key combination for booting to DVD/USB that but it didn't even seem to see the disk</p><p></p><p>Oh and I've reset NVRAM, PRAM and everything else the internet generically pointed me at.</p><p></p><p>Any help much appreciated</p><p></p><p>Thanks</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="macsmakenosense, post: 1621415, member: 337960"] Hello, Any help with my first mac much appreciated. I have a mac unibody, A1342 model I believe. It will not boot, when you try to boot you get: a white screen, then a chime, (continued white screen &) a grey apple and circular loading icon, a grey loading bar below that that loads fully, the bar restarts, abrupt blackness and the sound of fans etc. having their power abruptly shut off I've looked up various mac shortcuts (my favorite is the 'option key', it says 'Alt' on it but apparently the Apple hieroglyphics on it translate to option) The R key press gives me the option for 'macintosh HD' but when select the above happens again (white apple screen) The n key combinations flashes a globe for a few seconds C key didn't seem to do anything holding the option key just offered me the macintosh HD again which didn't help cmd+D brought up a hardware test if I remember rightly, an extended hardware test found no faults I've tried inserting an OS X disk someone loaned me and trying the key combination for booting to DVD/USB that but it didn't even seem to see the disk Oh and I've reset NVRAM, PRAM and everything else the internet generically pointed me at. Any help much appreciated Thanks [/QUOTE]
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