White screen at boot, Wiped Drive and reinstalled os, Zapped PRAM several times
Reset Power Management.
Will boot from Techtool on an external ssd.
Which does see minor flaws with the Drive.
Another suggestions?
Thanks
Reset Power Management.
Will boot from Techtool on an external ssd.
Which does see minor flaws with the Drive.
Another suggestions?
Thanks
Then your laptop has a bad GPU so you will only be able to use the laptop with the Intel GPU. Keep in mind the GPU failure could get worse to the point where the laptop may not even boot or power on.
As far as other apps to use besides TechTool Pro (TTP), what features of TTP do you use? I have not used TTP in many many years and only tried the app again a few years ago and found it severely lacking (even back in the day I was never really impressed by TTP).
Have you tried running the Apple Diagnostics to see if any hardware issues are detected?
You don't provide the exact model of your Mac or the OS used on it. You can get the exact model by entering your serial number here:
https://checkcoverage.apple.com/
I don't know what OS or drivers the TechTool uses to boot which greatly affects the diagnosis as you may have more than one problem with this laptop. It does not surprise me that a hard drive is worn out or failing, but a hard drive doesn't usually just cause a white screen during boot. If you have a 15" or 17" model (you posted in the MBPro forum), then most likely the white screen issue is being caused by a bad GPU. You can try forcing a 15" or 17" laptop to use the Intel GPU instead by booting into Safe Mode in order to install gfxCardStatus:
https://github.com/steveschow/gfxCardStatus/releases/tag/v2.4.4i
https://codyschrank.github.io/gSwitch/
Or if Safe Mode does not work you may need to resort to these instructions to force the laptop to use the Intel GPU:
http://dosdude1.com/gpudisable/
It would have helped to know the exact errors reported by TechTool. By the way TechTool is not a great app and really is not needed on a Mac. Certain features provided by TechTool are better done by other individual third party apps, but most of the features of TechTool really are not needed at all.
Thank you already tried everything n the list, have now replaced the drive with another used drive I had.
Same Problem.
Tried the Command line to disable the second VidChip. which did boot to the desk top.
Reinstalled the os from scratch on the replacement rive and went back to white screen. About to
try the Command line again
Can you please tell me which apps you prefer other than tech tool?
I did Dosdude and it did get me to the desktop.
But didn’t keep the setting after I reinstalled the os.
Late 2011 A1286 15"
White screen at boot, Wiped Drive and reinstalled os, Zapped PRAM several times