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Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/LEOPARD...

From ANTant@zimage.com (Ant)
Subject Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/LEOPARD...
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.portable, comp.sys.mac.portables, comp.sys.mac.hardware, comp.sys.mac.system, comp.sys.mac.systems
References <vN-dnSbtmeFXuDXFnZ2dnUU7-cfNnZ2d@earthlink.com> <180220171111393467%nospam@nospam.invalid> <T86dndyRq_THDjXFnZ2dnUU7-a2dnZ2d@earthlink.com> <180220171337449400%nospam@nospam.invalid>
Message-ID <P7-dnXfQma7SMTXFnZ2dnUU7-audnZ2d@earthlink.com> (permalink)
Date 2017-02-18 14:19 -0600

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In comp.sys.mac.system nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> In article <T86dndyRq_THDjXFnZ2dnUU7-a2dnZ2d@earthlink.com>, Ant
> <ant@zimage.comANT> 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.

> it doesn't need to be 10.5. as long as it boots and operates normally,
> you can be pretty sure that the hardware is not the problem. 

> > > 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.

> i don't know what you ran, but the hardware diagnostics is more than
> just a memory test.

It said memory tests. Both short and long tests passed.
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  Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/Mt. Lion... "David B." <DavidB@nomail.afraid.invalid> - 2017-02-18 14:33 +0000
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      Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/LEOPARD... nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-02-18 13:37 -0500
        Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/LEOPARD... ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2017-02-18 14:19 -0600
          Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/LEOPARD... Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-02-18 20:59 +0000
            Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/LEOPARD... ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2017-02-18 17:10 -0600
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        Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/LEOPARD... ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2017-02-18 14:23 -0600
          Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/LEOPARD... nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-02-18 15:28 -0500
            Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/LEOPARD... ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2017-02-18 17:13 -0600
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                Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/LEOPARD... ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2017-02-18 17:31 -0600
                Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/LEOPARD... nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-02-18 18:36 -0500
                Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/LEOPARD... ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2017-02-18 17:49 -0600
                Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/LEOPARD... nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-02-18 18:50 -0500
                Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/LEOPARD... Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2017-02-18 16:44 -0800
                Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/LEOPARD... nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-02-18 19:48 -0500
                Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/LEOPARD... Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2017-02-18 18:27 -0800
                Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/LEOPARD... nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-02-18 21:30 -0500
                Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/LEOPARD... Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2017-02-18 18:58 -0800
      Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/LEOPARD... Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2017-02-19 10:15 -0800
        Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/LEOPARD... Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2017-02-19 10:24 -0800
          Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/LEOPARD... Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2017-02-19 10:49 -0800
            Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/LEOPARD... Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2017-02-19 11:06 -0800
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                Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/LEOPARD... Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2017-02-19 13:24 -0800
                Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/LEOPARD... nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-02-19 16:31 -0500
                Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/LEOPARD... Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2017-02-19 15:34 -0800
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