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MacBook won't start
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<blockquote data-quote="cctster" data-source="post: 1521917" data-attributes="member: 299857"><p><strong>Hmmm. still won't work</strong></p><p></p><p>Hi,</p><p></p><p>I have replaced the SATA cable and also sorted out why the original optical drive was scratching CDs and DVDs (The long slit had got deformed so that the CD or DVD was scratched by the brown plastic insert on lower lip!). I have tried to install the OS from original CDs in both OSX vers 10.4.10 and vers 10.4.8 from both external and the internal drive. It is obvious in all cases that the media is detected as a disk image appears and I click on the icon below. The drive obviously starts doing something but the screen remains plain grey until the MacBook restarts and the whole thing repeats. It's possible but unlikely that I have two duff coopies of OS. What else could be causing this?</p><p></p><p>Regards,</p><p></p><p>cctster</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cctster, post: 1521917, member: 299857"] [b]Hmmm. still won't work[/b] Hi, I have replaced the SATA cable and also sorted out why the original optical drive was scratching CDs and DVDs (The long slit had got deformed so that the CD or DVD was scratched by the brown plastic insert on lower lip!). I have tried to install the OS from original CDs in both OSX vers 10.4.10 and vers 10.4.8 from both external and the internal drive. It is obvious in all cases that the media is detected as a disk image appears and I click on the icon below. The drive obviously starts doing something but the screen remains plain grey until the MacBook restarts and the whole thing repeats. It's possible but unlikely that I have two duff coopies of OS. What else could be causing this? Regards, cctster [/QUOTE]
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