Wierd startup issue

Question

Heyy all,
Whenever I go to start up my first generation macbook (the first ones that came out not the newer ones) I hit the power button and the sleep light comes on for about a minute and then the computer makes the chime noise an finally boots but is this a problem and is there any way to fix it?

Answer 1

Hi,
are you sure it took a minute before it finally turn on?
check this article and maybe it can fixed your problem:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303234
But if your macbook work just fine, I don't think there is any problem with it, for my macbook also sometimes took almost a minute to boot up and the other time it like a zap and it is ready.
check your system preference and set the start up disk to your internal HD if you ever set it to other external or start up disk to make macbook look for the internal HD during boot process.
And repair all permision (even if it might not related) to prevent more software problem to come.
Good Luck.