I was hoping you could help with my MacBook Pro issues. First, my left fan was grinding so of course i blew out the fan (they were dusty). The laptop was also getting hot. After login I would also be presented with a white screen and no login screen would show.
I did every troubleshooting technique possible from:
1. repairing permissions - all fixed
2. resetting PRAM - was advised to release after 7 chimes
3. ran Techtool Pro 6 - no problems, not even video (card, memory... nothing)
4. ran Onyx (kinda like CCleaner). I cleaned EVERYTHING
5. took to Apple Store and they ran diagnostics and everything checked out. The fans even checked out
6. I was advised that my Hard drive was failing, but the SMART passed
7. As a last resort, I backed up, erased and reinstalled Snow Leopard thinking it may just be a something I installed (driver or something) causing conflicts. I'm still getting the white screen.
This is the funny thing, I safe boot the laptop and I get the login screen and everything is hunky dory. This happens every time I safe boot (no white screen)
I have done extensive research and tried everything presented to me to no avail.
