Mac book pro ran out of battery during install....powercut
Hi,
I currently have my old, MacBook Pro "Core Duo" 1.67 15" Model : a1150. 2006.
It's sitting dead under my bed at the moment, as last year while doing a fresh install of OS X my power went down and it ran out of battery half way through the installation..! School boy error.
When i power on the laptop, it starts up,but nothing displays on the screen. Its not backlit either or gray screen.
I've tried holding shift straight at start up, nothing
and also tried Shift-Command-V, nothing
I've tried putting in the OS X cd, 1 and 2 but it does nothing. It doesn't 'suck in' the cd. So it can't be read.
Does anyone have any ideas what they would do? It would be nice to get her up and running again..as she was working fine, just wanted to clean her up with a new install.
Any help greatly appreciated,
Nick
Go through these support articles:http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1367
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1367
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1587
http://upport.apple.com/kb/TS1365
If no luck, take it to an Apple store genius bar for a diagnosis, That will be free. If repairs are needed, those will not be free.
Ciao.
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