Macbook Air A1466 EMC2925 won't boot up

My Mac A1466 EMC2925 won't boot up (hangs on Apple logo loading bar about half way for hours). It will boot up every time ONLY when I do a reset NVRAM/PRAM (Command+Option+P+R) followed by Power button. Otherwise, if I just press Power button will never boot up, it will just hangs on Apple logo loading bar about half way, for hours. When it boots up, Mac runs OK without any issues.

Does anybody experienced this type of issue and how I could solve it?

If you have any ideas please let me know.

Thanks.

MacBook Air 13", OS X 10.10

Posted on Feb 27, 2019 2:39 PM

3 replies

Mar 1, 2019 6:26 AM in response to Community User

It is starting to sound like a hardware issue. But first try an SMC reset combined with a PRAM reset. Power on the laptop and immediately press & hold the Option key until you see the Apple Boot Picker menu. Now do the SMC reset which should power off the laptop. If the laptop doesn't power on by itself, then press the power button. Immediately after the laptop powers on, perform the PRAM reset making sure to hold the keys for a full minute so it performs this reset several times. When you release the PRAM reset, immediately press & hold the Option key again. Perform a second SMC reset. Now see if it changes anything.


I know this is an unusual procedure, but years ago after installing an OWC SSD in the first generation MBAir, I had to perform an SMC & PRAM reset back to back in order for the 3rd party SSD to work. I forget which order they had to be performed, so the procedure I outline gives us both options. I ask you to hold the PRAM reset for a full minute as I've seen some systems needing at least two PRAM resets before it has an affect on the NVRAM.


Also try booting into Internet Recovery Mode by using Cmd + Option + R so we bypass the software on your SSD. Not sure if this will work on your system.


If this doesn't work and you cannot boot successfully from another drive or OS, then it would appear you have a hardware issue.

Feb 28, 2019 3:33 PM in response to HWTech

HWTech,

I've tried booting up in Safe Boot but it will not boot up. I've waited about 15min. without any luck. Then, I tried Verbose Mode and it looks that it will get stuck at line:

busy timeout(0), (60):'IGPU'

busy timeout(1), (60s):'IGPU'

and so on....

Do you have any idea what does it mean? I have a feeling that is a hardware issue.

Please let me know.

Thanks.

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