[Bashar]

So last night I was surfing the internet, and I fell asleep. Then I suddenly woke up at like 4 a.m., I closed the Macbook's lid, put it in its bag (that wasn't a smart idea!), and went to bed.
The next day, I woke up, took the Macbook out, opened the lid, but the screen stayed black! Not thinking about it, I pressed the power button until the Mac turned off completely, then turned it on again, and it worked!

I then used it for a couple of hours. After that, I got a phone call, closed the lid again, came back after ~5 mins, and the screen was also black! Except that this time it would stay black and won't turn-on properly!
It also didn't play a chime. I'm pretty sure I had the volume up high before I closed the lid, as I was watching a video on YouTube when I closed the lid.

I have tried unplugging it, removing the battery while it's unplugged, resetting SMC and PRAM, have tried booting from the Mac OSX disk. I also tried to leave it alone for a couple of hours, unplugged and without the battery. Nothing works! The screen stays in darkness and no chime can be heard!

My Macbook Pro is a 15 inch, early-2008 one, running Mac OSX Lion.


Heeeelp pleeeasseeee!!

[Bashar]

Also, my Macbook won't start with only the battery... I have to plug it in.
Only then can I unplug it. This never happened before!

[Bashar]

Forgot to add that my lid light is on solid white, but it's dim.

[tom90]

so your macbook is booting up?
if that is the case your graphic card is broken. it is a known issue with this generation. i had the same problem with my late 2007 macbook pro