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Macbook won't start

  • 21-12-2014 8:24am
    #1
    Stench Blossoms
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,390 ✭✭✭


    Hi all,

    Was hoping someone could help me here before I ask Apple for help.

    I've a MacBook (13-inch Aluminum Late 2008) that won't start up. Not even in safemode. It gets to the apple logo, spins for awhile and then shuts down.

    I've tried clearing the PRAM but that didn't help either.

    Any ideas?


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  • #2
    fuerte1976
    Closed Accounts Posts: 692 ✭✭✭fuerte1976


    Sounds very like the issue I had with my 2009 model. It turned out to be a ribbon cable from internal HDD to guts of mac had given up. Common issue... approx $70 online for cable. easy to change, if you that way inclined.


  • #3
    Stench Blossoms
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,390 ✭✭✭Stench Blossoms


    Interesting.

    I booted it into Single User Mode and got a 'disk0s2 i/o error invalid node structure'.

    Same issue?


  • #4
    fuerte1976
    Closed Accounts Posts: 692 ✭✭✭fuerte1976


    I was getting kernel errors I think on start up. what you've posted I don't recognise ..


  • #5
    Stench Blossoms
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,390 ✭✭✭Stench Blossoms


    I ran /sbin/fsck -fy and got

    disk0s2: I/O error .
    Invalid Node Structure
    (4, 45048)
    ** Volume check failed

    Doesn't look good. :(


  • #6
    evlgmaojr27ypu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 499 ✭✭evlgmaojr27ypu


    Looks like it might be an issue with a storage file directory being corrupt, do you have a latest backup of your machine ? And what OS are you running ?
    You could try some of suggestions here http://www.megaleecher.net/Fix_Invalid_Node_Structure#axzz3MWN2FmTw


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  • #7
    Stench Blossoms
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,390 ✭✭✭Stench Blossoms


    Gordon Fresh Extinguisher wrote: »
    Looks like it might be an issue with a storage file directory being corrupt, do you have a latest backup of your machine ? And what OS are you running ?
    You could try some of suggestions here http://www.megaleecher.net/Fix_Invalid_Node_Structure#axzz3MWN2FmTw

    No latest backup and no idea what OS - I gave the Macbook to my sister a few years ago and not sure what OS was on it when I gave it to her :(


  • #8
    Stench Blossoms
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,390 ✭✭✭Stench Blossoms


    Tried that and i got a bit further. Got far enough that I could get my pictures off it but its sporadic on how I can get it up and running.

    I think its time to sell for parts.


  • #9
    evlgmaojr27ypu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 499 ✭✭evlgmaojr27ypu


    Stench Blossoms wrote: »
    Tried that and i got a bit further. Got far enough that I could get my pictures off it but its sporadic on how I can get it up and running.

    I think its time to sell for parts.

    Or just and get a new HDD for it :cool:
    Have you tried putting the old HDD in one of those external HDD enclosure and then plug it into another mac to see if the disks would spin ?


  • #10
    Stench Blossoms
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,390 ✭✭✭Stench Blossoms


    Tbh, I already have had 3 new macbooks since getting this one (This was my first - aw memories) so fixing it really isn't a huge priority for me.

    I spent too many years in a job taking macbooks apart and its soul destroying.


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