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MacBook won't boot !! Please help!!

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  • 18-09-2013 10:23am
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    Jamesyboid88
    Registered Users Posts: 108 ✭✭


    I have a MacBook 2007 model and last night It fell off its stand and now anytime I turn it on it just has a white screen and won't boot up. Does anyone know what the problem is?:confused


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    yoyo
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    Jamesyboid88 wrote: »
    I have a MacBook 2007 model and last night It fell off its stand and now anytime I turn it on it just has a white screen and won't boot up. Does anyone know what the problem is?:confused

    Could well be hard disk failure, Does the screen have the Mac logo on it or is it just totally white? Any clicking sounds coming from it?

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    Fatal Except1on
    Registered Users Posts: 167 ✭✭Fatal Except1on


    When you turn it on can you hear the startup chime? Does the apple logo appear on bootup?


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    Jamesyboid88
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    Fatal Except1on wrote: »
    When you turn it on can you hear the startup chime? Does the apple logo appear on bootup?

    I hear the startup chime but nothing comes up just white. I'm hoping it can be fixed easy as I'm heading to Canada Friday :(


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    advertsfox
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    Sounds like a faulty or loose HDD - Fortunately it's easy to take apart the 2007 Air and have a look (I only installed an SSD for a customer).

    Checkout iFixit's guide on doing so - http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/MacBook+Air+Models+A1237+and+A1304+Hard+Drive+Replacement/860/1


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    Fatal Except1on
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    Try holding down cmd+R when you turn on the machine and see if you can get into recovery. Go to disk utility, verify the disk, if its got errors, repair and reboot.


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