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MacBook Pro 8,2 early 2011

I tried to start up my mac but it crashed and does not matter what recovery mode I start it goes on white screen. I put a new HD in it and it still does the same, I can not even start disc utility on it.

In safe mode gives the following error message, can someone advice?



Posted on May 20, 2020 3:07 PM

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Posted on May 20, 2020 4:45 PM

It is hard to say. The 15" model is known to have GPU failures and sometimes will stop booting when the progress bar gets halfway.


https://github.com/steveschow/gfxCardStatus


http://dosdude1.com/gpudisable/


https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/166876/macbook-pro-how-to-disable-discrete-gpu-permanently-from-efi


https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/267581/gpu-problem-boot-hangs-on-grey-screen/295805#295805



There is also a possibility you may have a memory issue. Many times the memory slot nearest the bottom case can fail due to bad solder joints.

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May 20, 2020 4:45 PM in response to barnag

It is hard to say. The 15" model is known to have GPU failures and sometimes will stop booting when the progress bar gets halfway.


https://github.com/steveschow/gfxCardStatus


http://dosdude1.com/gpudisable/


https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/166876/macbook-pro-how-to-disable-discrete-gpu-permanently-from-efi


https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/267581/gpu-problem-boot-hangs-on-grey-screen/295805#295805



There is also a possibility you may have a memory issue. Many times the memory slot nearest the bottom case can fail due to bad solder joints.

MacBook Pro 8,2 early 2011

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