Macbook Boot Freeze after update 10.6.8

I have a macbook pro A1226 Late 2007 running OSX 10.6.4 it runs this just fine however when i update to 10.6.8 or install lion it will not boot up. Just a grey screen spinwheel then freeze with different colors. It works fine when i plug in external monitor. I just dont understand how it works perfectly fine on 10.6.4 but will not update. Any thoughts?

Try this:
Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions
Boot from your Snow Leopard Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior and/or Tech Tool Pro to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.
Download and install Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo v1.1. Now use Software Update to get all other updates for Snow Leopard.

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