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Black screen during OS update but computer is on

Hi there.

A friend gave me an old white Macbook I think from 2007, so I turned on and connect it to the WiFi.

I think it had OS X 10.5.1 (Leopard??). There was an OS update, so I went ahead for it. I left the laptop in the room while it was updating, and when I came back the screen was completely black but I kept hearing the laptop working, so I waited for a while but nothing happened, so I turned off the computer and turned on again, but now the screen is always black. The Apple logo in the back is also off.

When I turn it on, I can see a fast blink in the screen, but anything else.

I don't know what happened.

I've been doing some research over the internet and try all the possible solutions, like shortcuts (cmd+R, cmd+P, cmd+F5) and stuff... but nothing solve the problem.

I hope you guys can help me out with this.

I've bought a wire to connect the laptop to an external display, but I'm still waiting for the wire to arrive.

Thanks :)

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Look in the battery compartment and give us the last three figures of your serial number. Was it plugged in during the update?

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Thanks for your answer.

It was plugged during the update.

In the battery compartment, the last three figures in the "Serial No:" are "Z5W".

Thanks.

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Apple MacBook "Core 2 Duo" 2.16 13" (White) Specs

Identifiers: Mid-2007 - MB062LL/A - MacBook2,1 - A1181 - 2139

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Pre-Installed MacOS: X 10.4.9 (8P4112) Maximum MacOS: X 10.7.5*

You need to be able to boot from an external source and run Disk Utilities to see if you can repair the drive. I'd get a Snow Leopard retail DVD, Apple may still sells them for $19.95. Boot from it so you can repair the drive and have a installable system. Later versions can then be downloaded from the App store.

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Thank you so much for your help mayer.

Is it a known issue with this Macbook model or something?

As soon as I receive my Mini DVI wire I'll try your solution.

So I'm gonna need a Snow Leopard DVD? Even if I am be able to repair the drive with Disk Utilities?

Thanks.

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Disk Utilities needs to be run from another drive than the one you are trying to repair.

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So should I extract the hard drive from the Macbook and plug in to another computer and try to fix it??

Sorry if I didn't understand well.

Thanks.

Edit: Ok, I think now I understand. You say I should boot from a Snow Leopard DVD, and then try to fix the drive from it, right??? I'll try to do that :)

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