Path: csiph.com!news.swapon.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.portable,comp.sys.mac.portables,comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.systems Subject: Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/LEOPARD... Date: 18 Feb 2017 18:50:59 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 27 Message-ID: References: <180220171111393467%nospam@nospam.invalid> X-Trace: individual.net LUFIYnhpWLEuSbxS+BaKLgt5D2OC3EzwVLzsrBSeTCZsQ7lj87 Cancel-Lock: sha1:Y2dBG5V6Y4Tf79QK7u7MU7VTW4k= Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.portables:1096 comp.sys.mac.system:100590 On 2017-02-18, Ant wrote: > On 2/18/2017 8:11 AM, nospam wrote: > >> in any event, boot from an external hard drive that has a known good >> system. if *that* fails, it's probably hardware. if it works, then all >> you need to do is clean install. > > OK. I am going to have to see if I can install 10.5.x into an external > USB HDD with MBP's original DVDs. No need for that. Just boot on the DVD that came with the computer. If it boots fine, the problem is not the hardware. >> if it is hardware and you have the dvd that came with the computer, try >> booting while holding the d key down to run the hardware diagnostics >> for additional information. > > Isn't that the same (memory tests?) as the one in MBP that I ran > overnight? If so, then they passed. Yes, but: See above. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR