MacBook Pro (15-inch 2.4/2.2GHz) 2007 wont start up
Hi all.
I have just got in to work and powered on my mac book pro to nothing. I have nothing on the dispay or any sounds except the dvd drive doing its annoying eject load thing it always does.
I have checked to see if a DVI monitor plugged in displays anything, it doesnt. I have taken the HD out and tried that, its fine. All i get from the MacBook pro is the dvd drive noise and the little light by the release button.
Does anyone have any ideas? Could this be the main board?
keesh911
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I have taken the HD out and tried that, its fine.
What do you mean? Do you mean that you tried the HDD in an enclosure and it works? Or do you mean that the computer starts up without the HDD installed?
Have you tried booting from the install disk or the Apple Hardware Test disk? If you have what results have you had?
cornelius
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I see that you have concerns about your operating temperature of your computer while using resource-heavy applications such as gaming applications. I have an article that will address some of the concerns you have mentioned:
Mac notebooks: Operating temperature - Apple Support
http://support.apple.com/en-is/HT201640
While there are third-party utilities that measure the temperature of a notebook computer, it is important to understand that these utilities are not measuring the external case temperature. The actual case temperature is much lower. Never use third-party applications to diagnose possible hardware issues—instead, contact Apple or go to an Apple Retail Store or Apple Authorized Service Provider.
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http://support.apple.com/en-is/HT202179
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