I get the gray screen, and then the spinning wheel, but then it just turns off (about 10 seconds after the spinning wheel appears). I tried safe mode and resetting the DV/PRAM but each time, it just turns off. In the case of the DV/PRAM, this did reset as now I hear the startup sound (previously it had been muted) so something is working.
Any suggestions would be much appreciated!
MacBook (13-inch Early 2008), Mac OS X (10.5)
Hi Tim, what shows as boot choives if you hold alt at bootup?
Can you boot from your 10.5 Install Disc using the c key?
I just see the Macintosh HD. If I select this it just goes to the same gray screen with the apple logo, spinning wheel and then turns off.
Also I tried target disk mode on the broken computer. The firewire symbol appears, but I can't see it on my new computer (MBP with OS X Mountain lion). If I then reboot the new computer and look for boot choices (Alt at bootup) I can see the broken laptop as an external hard drive, but when I select it, evething hangs.
I don't think I have the 10.5 install disk (moved house and country several times).
With the broken one in target mode, pull & reconnect the Firewire cable to see if the MBP then sees it after a bit.
Gray screen, then shut down.
