Max ram late 2007 17" MBP

The book says 4GB max OWC 6GB. I have bought a lot of memory from them in the past with no problems and wonder if anyone has installed 6 in their MBP.

If OWC says 6 GB will work, 6 GB will work and you not have any problems. Mactracker concurs with them. If you want to add RAM to total 6 GB, by all means do so.
Ciao.

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8GB Ram Late 2007 early 2008 MBPs

Hi,
Has anyone else tried upgrading the RAM to 4GB or 8GB in late 2007/early 2008 models ?
Discussed here some time ago :
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1586222&start=15&tstart=0
John

OWC (in the US) have tested this pretty thoroughly. 6 Gigs definitely works fine in the late 2007 and 2008 C2D models - from the 2.2 and 2.4Ghz "Santa Rosa" models onwards, and they sell warranted 6 gig "kits" accordingly - see http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/MacBook/Pro/Core2/.
8 Gig doesn't work reliably without Kernel Panics , however, despite some earlier reports on the net suggesting that it did.
The earliest C2D models (2.16 and 2.33 GHz) , of course, can only use up to 3Gig.
Cheers
Rod

Late 2007 15" MBP Very slow after upgrading to Mavericks

Hi guys,
this is my first post here. I look forward to learn and help others.
The reason of this post is, as outlined in the title, slow paerformance of my computer after upgrading to Mavericks. It was kinda slow from before but this time it's almost unbearable to use it. I used to be able to run VMWare with 2 XP and 1 windows server machines WITH JUST 2 GB OF RAM! Now I have 4 GB and can barely run a single virtual machine with XP and the cooling fans come on just by watching a video on youtube, which also makes performance take a dump.
These are the specs extracted from EtreCheck:
Hardware Information:
          MacBook Pro (15-inch 2.4/2.2GHz)
          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro3,1
          1 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
          4 GB RAM
Video Information:
          GeForce 8600M GT     - VRAM: 256 MB
Audio Plug-ins:
          BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0
          AirPlay: Version: 1.9
          AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0
          iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3
Startup Items:
          DynDNSUpdater - Path: /Library/StartupItems/DynDNSUpdater
System Software:
          OS X 10.9 (13A603) - Uptime: 6 days 2:7:17
Disk Information:
          WDC WD5000BEVT-00ZAT0 disk0 : (500.11 GB)
                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 149.92 GB (76.8 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
                    Storage (disk0s4) /Volumes/Storage: 349.19 GB (54.74 GB free)
USB Information:
          Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
          Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
          Apple Computer Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Kernel Extensions:
          com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverInt          (0.0.74)
          com.globaldelight.driver.BoomDevice          (1.1)
          com.eltima.SyncMate.kext          (0.2.5b15)
          com.vmware.kext.vmci          (90.4.18)
          com.vmware.kext.vsockets          (90.4.23)
          com.vmware.kext.vmnet          (0104.03.86)
          com.vmware.kext.vmx86          (0104.03.86)
          com.vmware.kext.vmioplug.10.1.24          (10.1.24)
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
          [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
          [loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist
          [invalid] com.bjango.istatmenusdaemon.plist
          [loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
          [loaded] com.rim.BBDaemon.plist
          [loaded] com.synium.cleanappdaemon.plist
          [failed] rapiback.plist
Launch Agents:
          [not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
          [loaded] com.bjango.istatmenusagent.plist
          [loaded] com.epson.epw.agent.plist
          [loaded] com.rim.BBAlbumArtCacher.plist
          [loaded] com.rim.BBLaunchAgent.plist
          [loaded] net.culater.SIMBL.Agent.plist
          [loaded] org.gpgtools.macgpg2.gpg-agent.plist
          [invalid] org.gpgtools.macgpg2.gpg-agent.plist.plist
          [failed] syncmateStarter.plist
User Launch Agents:
          [loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
          [loaded] com.spotify.webhelper.plist
          [loaded] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist
User Login Items:
          Boom
          Flux
          iTunesHelper
          Dropbox
          Cinch
3rd Party Preference Panes:
          Application Enhancer
          Box Sync
          Flash Player
          Flip4Mac WMV
          FUSE for OS X (OSXFUSE)
          GPGPreferences
          Perian
Internet Plug-ins:
          Default Browser.plugin
          DirectorShockwave.plugin
          Flash Player.plugin
          FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin
          Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.plugin
          Google Earth Web Plug-in.plugin
          JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
          MeetingJoinPlugin.plugin
          QuickTime Plugin.plugin
          SharePointBrowserPlugin.plugin
          Silverlight.plugin
          Unity Web Player.plugin
User Internet Plug-ins:
Bad Fonts:
          None
Time Machine:
          Skip System Files: NO
          Auto backup: NO
          Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU:
              22%          vmware-vmx
               6%          Google Chrome
               4%          WindowServer
               3%          coreaudiod
               2%          Boom
               1%          EtreCheck
               0%          BBLaunchAgent
               0%          mds_stores
               0%          CleanApp Daemon
               0%          mds
Top Processes by Memory:
          586 MB             vmware-vmx
          135 MB             Finder
          98 MB              Google Chrome
          90 MB              softwareupdated
          74 MB              Dropbox
          66 MB              VMware Fusion
          59 MB              mds_stores
          58 MB              Google Chrome Helper
          53 MB              WindowServer
          45 MB              systemstats
Virtual Memory Statistics:
          40 MB              Free RAM
          1.18 GB            Active RAM
          1.13 GB            Inactive RAM
          1.07 GB            Wired RAM
          24.09 GB           Page-ins
          645 MB             Page-outs
I understand it says my RAM is way too low, but hve no idea what's killing it. So far I've disabled and uninstalled all DynDNS items. I just read about Chrome's slow performance for MBP's and plan to switch back to Safari (Firefox made my computer even slower).
Thanks in advance for any light shed on this.
Oscar.

Thank you Kappy, while I was reviewing the log from EtreCheck I noticed the 3rd party preference panes, launchers and daemos. I deleted a few of them and it really helped with system performance. Reading your reply confirms that what I did was the right thing; here is an updated log from EtreCheck:
Hardware Information:
          MacBook Pro (15-inch 2.4/2.2GHz)
          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro3,1
          1 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
          4 GB RAM
Video Information:
          GeForce 8600M GT     - VRAM: 256 MB
Audio Plug-ins:
          BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0
          AirPlay: Version: 1.9
          AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0
          iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3
System Software:
          OS X 10.9 (13A603) - Uptime: 0 days 0:22:52
Disk Information:
          WDC WD5000BEVT-00ZAT0 disk0 : (500.11 GB)
                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 149.92 GB (77.67 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
                    Storage (disk0s4) /Volumes/Storage: 349.19 GB (54.09 GB free)
USB Information:
          Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
          Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
          Apple Computer Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Kernel Extensions:
          com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverInt          (0.0.74)
          com.globaldelight.driver.BoomDevice          (1.1)
          com.eltima.SyncMate.kext          (0.2.5b15)
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
          [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
          [loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist
          [invalid] com.bjango.istatmenusdaemon.plist
          [loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
          [loaded] com.rim.BBDaemon.plist
          [loaded] com.synium.cleanappdaemon.plist
Launch Agents:
          [not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
          [loaded] com.bjango.istatmenusagent.plist
          [loaded] com.epson.epw.agent.plist
          [loaded] com.rim.BBAlbumArtCacher.plist
          [loaded] com.rim.BBLaunchAgent.plist
          [loaded] net.culater.SIMBL.Agent.plist
User Launch Agents:
          [loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
          [loaded] com.spotify.webhelper.plist
          [loaded] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist
User Login Items:
          Boom
          Flux
          iTunesHelper
          Dropbox
          Cinch
3rd Party Preference Panes:
          Box Sync
          Flash Player
          Flip4Mac WMV
          FUSE for OS X (OSXFUSE)
          Perian
Internet Plug-ins:
          Default Browser.plugin
          DirectorShockwave.plugin
          Flash Player.plugin
          FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin
          Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.plugin
          Google Earth Web Plug-in.plugin
          JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
          MeetingJoinPlugin.plugin
          QuickTime Plugin.plugin
          SharePointBrowserPlugin.plugin
          Silverlight.plugin
          Unity Web Player.plugin
User Internet Plug-ins:
Bad Fonts:
          None
Time Machine:
          Skip System Files: NO
          Auto backup: NO
          Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU:
               5%          WindowServer
               4%          coreaudiod
               3%          com.apple.qtkitserver
               2%          com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
               1%          EtreCheck
               1%          Boom
               0%          SystemUIServer
               0%          BBLaunchAgent
               0%          CleanApp Daemon
               0%          Safari
Top Processes by Memory:
          180 MB             com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
          152 MB             com.apple.IconServicesAgent
          119 MB             Safari
          90 MB              mds_stores
          82 MB              com.apple.quicklook.satellite
          78 MB              com.apple.iTunesLibraryService
          66 MB              Dropbox
          57 MB              Finder
          49 MB              Preview
          41 MB              CleanApp Daemon
Virtual Memory Statistics:
          846 MB             Free RAM
          2.02 GB            Active RAM
          620 MB             Inactive RAM
          561 MB             Wired RAM
          1.22 GB            Page-ins
          0 B                Page-outs
I was reading about GeekBench in the discusions and decided to give it a go, although I was able to only perform the 32-bit tests, I got 1268 on the single-core score and 2187 for the multi-core score; I don't know how good or bad those numbers are. Wish I had a before and after reading but I read about it too late, when I had already erased several items.
I will appreciate any further input BEFORE I decide to reinstall the OS from scratch.
Oscar.

8g vs. 16g RAM Late 2011 13" MBP

Hi,
I am running 10.7.5 and 4g is not enough for my purposes.
I basically use Photoshop CS5 et al. (Creative Desing Suite) And MS Office.
Largest files are 1g on rare occations (panoramas in PS)
While 16g is "only" $80 right now if I won't notice much of a difference or PS or the OSX does not use it all I'd just as soon have 8g and a $40 dinner if ya get my drift.
Thanks,
Warren

I would get 8 GB and have dinner.

Late 2007 MBP and upgrading to 8 Gb ram?

Hello all,
I have a late 2007 MacBook Pro, Intel Core2 Duo, that I want to increase the memory.
There seems to be a bit of disagreement as to max amount, but it seems that 6Gb is the limit. I want to populate both slots with 4Gb sticks, for a total of 8Gb.
I am doing this in advance of an upgrade to Mountain Lion.
I realize that my MBP will still only address 6Gb, according to what I’ve researched, but I want to possibly maintain dual channel memory operation, using the two matching sticks.
Has anyone actually done/tried this before?
Will it even work? Is the cost of the more expensive sticks worth it.
Will it actually retain dual channel operation if I do this?
Has anyone just used a 2Gb and a 4Gb stick, with no realistic and noticeable slowdown?
Thank you in advance for your help!
Dave

If so, should I place the 4Gb stick in any specific slot, or will it not matter...

Random crashes (Late 2007 MBP)

Hi there,
I have a late 2007 MBP and recently have been experiencing random crashes which I am unsure of the cause. Looking through the console logs following the crashes I haven't been able to notice any common themes, but then again I'm not quite sure what I should be looking for. This computer has gone through numerous repairs (3 logic boards, 1 superdrive, 2 batteries that failed, my right fan went out...). The issue is random and occurs when normally using the computer, as well as during start up. I feel like it may be heat related, although I have never seen the temps of the CPU get above 180 during this, and the computer has never been very hot to the touch. Using it in a room with an ambient temp above ~70 F seems to amplify the problem, although sitting outside in 60F weather in the shade has resulted in no problems for the last hr.
To date I've tried PRAM and SMC resets, reinstalled 10.6, and was going to try and run the hardware test, but my superdrive won't boot the cd (is there any other way to run the hardware test save for borrowing an external disk-drive?) Also, should I accept that this computer is at the end of its tumultuous run? The only other thought I had was opening it up and checking the thermal paste.
Thanks for any help.
-John

Since AppleJack came back clean, and your temps are reasonable, it doesn't sound like your drive is going out. It is possible that you have some corrupted files on your drive, but I would have expected AppleJack to have found something too if there were. The only other thing I can think of that might cause what you are seeing is bad hardware (RAM, GPU, etc). In general my temps are simiar to yours except my CPU is about 95 cooler, but it is also running much closer to 15% utilization right now. Out of curiosity, what is your HD temp? Most notebook drives have a max operating temp of 55C (about 130F). If your drive is close to that it may be throwing intermittent errors.
I would tend to lean towards drive or RAM as the most probably hardware components to cause what you are seeing. I'm sure there are other possible causes, but from my personal experiene, those two tend to be the most common. If you can get an appointment at a Genius Bar, they might be abe to run some hardware diagnostics to see if they can detect any problems for you.

Late 2007 MBP?

Before I plunk down the very reasonable $300, has anyone successfully installed and run FCPX on a Late 2007 MacBook Pro with 128 MB VRAM? Identifier MacBookPro3,1?
Thanks

This will certainly not be any help, but I'm experiencing the same thing. I have an original MBP, 2.0GHz Core Duo, maxed out to 2GB of RAM. It's almost excruciating how slow it is. When I got it, it would boot in about 29 seconds. Right now I'm up to over 2 minutes to boot. My apps are running slower than ever, and multitasking is almost out of the question.
My next step is to downgrade back to Tiger. That's on my list of things to do this week, so I'll try to post back at how things go.
I'm having eerie flashbacks to my Windows days. Yikes.

I am having an issue waking my late 2007 MBP from hibernation after update to 10.8

I am having an issue waking my late 2007 MBP from hibernation after I updated to OSX 10.8 Mountain lion. Anything I can do to fix this? I cannot keep doing a hard reset.

for people with this problem in the future. I ended up solving this by taking out and reinserting the RAM. I had previously bought RAM from crucial.com and I thought it may have been a compatibility issue with that. After taking out the RAM and reinserting I have not had the problem. Be sure to insert the RAM with force, almost to the point it hurts. I think the problem for the MAC not waking from sleep was due to the RAM not properly inserted or being jarred out over time and not related to the instal of 10.8. also, if you are no longer under applecare and you call apple with an issue you get retards.
cool. thanks. <3

Black screen after upgrading ram (macbook pro late 2007)

Dear Community,
I am willing to donate 100 USD to anyone who is willing/able to provide concrete resolution to this problem.
I am a professional freelance videoeditor and my job is currently stucked due to inability to boot my macbook pro again.
After upgrading the RAM of my MBP (late 2007 model, 17'' display, Intel 2.4GHz Dual Core processor), the screen went black and the system did not boot any more.
I tried to replace the orginal 2 x 1GB DDR2 533 CL=5 SODIMM (single rank) with 2 X 2GB DDR2 800 CL=6 SODIMM (dual ranks).
After the memory upgrade, the system was restarted, I heard a short beep, but the macbook showed a black screen instead of booting properly. The mainboard was powered, the fan was moving. I saw a green led turned on on the center of one side of the macbook.
I tried to mount the previuos 2 x 1GB DRAM SODIMMs, but nothing happened. The system keeps not booting even with the original memory.
I tried already several procedures suggested by the user manual, related to SMC Intel controller reset (with battery and without battery and charger), but those were not effective in restoring the normal operation of the macbook. The system keeps not booting with exactly similar issues (black screen, fan on, short beep after power-on, green LED on).
I also tried to swap the memory DIMMs into the memory sockets. I tried to use a different combination with 1 NEW 2GB and 1 OLD 1GB DIMM. But the problem is still there with similar sympthoms.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY CLUE OF HOW TO SOLVE THIS?

My best guess is that you have fried the RAM with static electricity charged up in your body. According to OGELTHORPE a beep on startup is because of no RAM, if when installing you did not do it correctly, you could have fried the RAM, which then your mac will not recognize it. The same with the old RAM, if you tried to re-install it and didn't pull up your sleeve and rest your arm on the inside of the chassis, then it is fried, or if you didn't wear an ESD band and connect it to the the chassis, then it is fried.
Seen as though you can't startup your mac, I can't say to do an AHT, buy some new ram, and start with the lowest one you can, so its cheap for ya use a different company incase is that;) Crucial.com is really good, I got an 8gb upgrade from 2gb. Let me tell you, it's great!
Reply back;)
Chris

OWC RAM in Late 2007 MacBook

I have been noticing quite a few people on these forums have stated that they bought the 4GB upgrade kit from OWC for the late 2007 MacBook. I was just wondering how that upgrade is working for everyone that has it at this point? I am really thinking about getting it, considering it is only $99.

How much RAM do you have now? I think you would definitely see some improvement if you were upgrading from 1GB. If you already have 2GB, then it depends on what you are running if you will notice much.
Use /Applications/Utilities/Activity Monitor
click on the System Memory tab at the bottom to see how much your RAM usage is, when you run low on free RAM the hard disc is used for virtual memory, VM size. If you are constantly low on free RAM and using lots of virtual memory then things will definitely feel faster if you max out the memory to 4GB.

What is the correct replacement optical drive for MBP late 2007?

Hello all,
I am finally getting around to replacing my failed SuperDrive, a Panasonic UJ-857E.
Reputable online resellers say the Panasonic UJ-867A will work. I bought one. It will not work, because the ribbon cable connector is a different shape than the connector on the original drive.
Local Apple store tried to order a ribbon cable that would work, but determined there is no such cable: there is just no way to connect the UJ-867A to this MBP.
They kindly offered to get me a drive that will work from Apple, but $180 seems a little steep to me. I asked them for the model / part number of this new drive, but they have so far declined.
Does anyone know with certainty what drive I should be looking for? The MBP is late 2007, model # A1226.
Thanks.

http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/superdrive/MacBook_Pro_15

Can't insert a CD/DVD into the disc drive. Recently installed a new harddrive, and the CD/DVD drive hardware is no longer recognized. Also, with new harddrive, OS was updated from Snow Leopard to Mt. Lion 10.8.5 on late 2007 MBP.

Can't insert a CD/DVD into the disc drive. Recently installed a new 1 tb hard drive, and the CD/DVD drive hardware is no longer recognized. Also, with new hard drive, OS was updated from Snow Leopard to Mt. Lion 10.8.5 on late 2007 MBP (2.2 GHZ Intel Core 2 Duo. 4 GB 667 MHZ DDR2 SDRAM)

Also, when I check out the hardware list, under Disc Burning - the following is reported: No disc burning device was found. If the device is external, make sure it’s connected and turned on.
The disc drive worked fine prior to the HD upgrade and OS update to Mt. Lion.

Win7 x64 Installation on late 2007 MBP+Mountain Lion

Dear All,
As a long time mac and bootcamp user, I've never expected to face this problem but I've been trying to do this for 3 days.
I'm having trouble installing bootcamp (win7 x64 ultimate) into my late 2007 MBP (2.4GHZ core 2 duo)
Pretty much use the bootcamp assistant from start to finish, tried using install dvd and create boot-able USB stick (by changing the plist.info on the bootcamp assistant package, as my MBP isn't supported.)
With USB stick created by bootcamp assistant, my mbp just simply won't read it even during startup and rEFit startup.
Sometimes it goes into the blank state and says no bootable device.
With win7 install DVD, whenever I use built in superdrive, it got ejected after 2-3 mins,
When I tried using Samsung external dvd burner/player, in place of who-knows dead superdrive, it went into blank screen with only a dash blinking (just like when the first time you start a PC) then disc stop spinning after awhile.
Burned few copy DVDs from extracted ISO (from the orginial install disc) and came up with same results
Recent changes, current condition,etc:
- Changed the stock 160gb harddrive into WD500GB blue scorpio.
- Installed fresh OSX Mountain Lion downloaded from App Store (was Lion) and updated everything.
- Had the very same win7 on bootcamp 3 installed on snow leopard few years ago and keeping it even with Lion (the exact same dvd!)
- Superdrive cannot be used to write but can read normally (install DVD shows up normally in OSX environment.)
- With USB created by bootcamp assistant, rEFit shows "legacy booting" and can't find files inside the USB
- Installation is working flawlessly on my 2011 iMac.
- Can still boot into bootcamp on old internal stock hdd (using external case)
- DVDs burned are Verbatim DVD-R and Sony DVD-R, both are top brands.
- Burner I tried to burn them are 2011 iMac's, 2012 MBP's, Samsung external dvd burner (all fail to boot on my 2007 MBP)
- Tried the method to create usb stick on windows 7, still can't boot.
- Burned DVD using Nero and alcohol 120% on windows 7, still fail.
I wonder if you guys can help me, I'm a designer and I really need to install Corel Draw on bootcamp so I can work on some CDR files on my MBP. And other stuff such as office's finance control program that can only work under windows.
Thanks in advance!

Found a workaround, to sum it up, it's pretty much my dead internal superdrive (as for unbootable USB, that's still a mistery). What I did was moving the HDD to my 2012 MBP and install from there. The problem is now that since I installed it on another machine (with ofc all different hardwares) I got blue screen whenever I tried to start Windows7 (in 2007 MBP after moving the HDD back there).
Next step will be replacing the superdrive on 2007 MBP with 2012's. Or if someone got a suggestion like installing the drivers via target disk mode etc, please advice

Photoshop within Photoshop Elements 11 won't run- MacBook Pro late 2007, OS 10.6.8, 2Gb RAM, 2.2 GHz

I've installed Photoshop Elements 11 on a MacBook Pro- late 2007, OS 10.6.8, 2Gb RAM, 2.2GHz. The Organizer component launches fine and seems to be working, but Photoshop does not. It starts loading for a few seconds and then quits.

<moved from Downloading, Installing, Setting Up to Photoshop Elements>

MBP late 2007 what just happened?

I have a 2.66 late 2007 early 2008 model. I was burning a bunch of home videos on to dvd and it just shut off. Not two weeks ago I did an erase and install of 10.6.2 and all was great. Now When I turn it on after this incident I get the chime and then the apple logo. Then I get the circle with the line through it. I am guessing it is the hard drive. How do you know if it is the hard drive or the logic board that has failed? Is there a test to run? Can I use a usb drive with a bootable 10.6 image on it to tell one way or the other? I really appreciate the help!

looks like darwin cannot access the root files on the hard drive, whose directories may have been corrupted in the burning process (personally I won't install 10.6.x until at least release 4 or 5, after reading the reports on Ric's Ford Macintouch at http://www.macintouch.com).
IMHO, if the motherboard went kaput, you'll have no chime and no flashing Apple icon before it shows you the "no passage" sign.... but then I've been proved wrong before (grin).
A quick unix alternative to the Mac way iVmichael suggested would be to test mounting the drive in *single user* mode by holding down the S key while powering on. If you get a black screen with white blurb running down by itself, you're almost home run.
The white blurb would stop at something like:
localhost:/ root#
Type right just after it (you may have a blinking dot or not at this stage)
/sbin/fsck -fy [note there is a space before -fy]
and hit Return key.
You should see the low level fsck utility going about its business and checking file extents, directories, links, etc, which is extremely good news (these are the unix workings behind Apple's logo and spinning wheel at start up).
If the list is short you'll get a "The disk yourdrivename appears to be OK".
If fsck finds trouble, and it will surely find orphaned or invalid links and directory counts, etc., it will attempt to repair the problems and it will report a FILE SYSTEM MODIFIED ofter a successful repair (just follow the writing on the screen, it's kinda fun . At this point press the "up" arrow key on your keyboard, which tells the unix shell to repeat the operation, just to be on the safe side. Wait through it and if you get a short list ending as described above, type reboot or exit in SL.
If all went well, you should get your drive back after normal GUI boot up. You should run Disk Utility's Repair Permissions after a normal boot.
If not, then invest in DiskWarrior (http://www.alsoft.com) and / or TechTool Pro (http://www.micromat.com), as both come with MacOS X booting disks and try the revival from outside you mbp. TT Pro can run actual hardware & file system diagnostics on your mbp, even down to components.
Good luck
I'm no UNIX head, but I find myself doing this routine almost every time I have to restart or do a cold boot.

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