![]() Many times the optical drive slot opening in the case can become pressed together making it impossible for the DVD to push through. To eject a DVD you can hold down the Trackpad button as you power on the laptop or you can Option Boot the laptop and press the eject button. Post the complete report here so I can verify the drive's health. Within the GSmartControl app double-click the drive icon for the laptop to access the drive's health report. You can also use Knoppix to check the health of the hard drive by clicking on the "Start" menu icon on the lower left corner of the Taskbar and navigating the menus to "System Tools -> GSmartControl". While Knoppix is booting the Mac may appear frozen on the Apple boot picker menu so give Knoppix lots of time to finish booting. Option Boot the Knoppix USB drive and select the orange icon labeled "EFI". I haven't tried booting Knoppix on this model laptop in a long while. I think the DVD image for v8.6.1 will work, but if not, then get the CD image for v7.x if it is still available. Make sure to get the file with "EN" in the name for ENglish. iso file as a source for Etcher (Mac/Windows/Linux) which will "burn" a bootable Knoppix USB drive. If you have trouble booting this laptop with the hard drive, external hard drive/USB stick, or OSX 10.6 Snow Leopard DVD, then I suggest you create a bootable Knoppix Linux USB stick to see if the laptop will boot when you disconnect the internal hard drive (and possibly disconnect the optical drive). Also this model had the original memory ship with a white powder on the memory contacts which I like to clean off using a pencil eraser and Isopropyl alcohol since I think this substance ends up interfering with the memory. It is possible you did not fully seat the memory as the memory is a bit difficult to fully seat as it can be very tight & awkward. Try a PRAM Reset (hold it for at least three chimes). My guess is you have a bad hard drive unless the Lion DVD is interfering with the boot process. You don't need a battery to test the laptop as long as the charger is working to power the laptop which it sounds like it is doing. ![]() Even then you need to use the tools on their respective websites to get the exact part numbers that are compatible with your Mac. ![]() What was the upgraded memory you installed? Macs are very picky about the memory they use so it is best to only use memory from Crucial or OWC. ![]()
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