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Hi, a friend gave me his old macbook. It was stuck in a boot loop. I replaced the HD with an SSD. I can see the apple menu when I boot up.
I can even use the alt menu to try to install.
But it all ends in a white screen, even internet recovery. The taskbar on internet recovery finishes and boom, white screen. The fans ramp up and produce a significant amount of heat. It’s a 2010 15 inch model. Any ideas?
MacBook Pro
Not all SSDs work with Macs. Get it working with a conventional hard disk drive first, and then research compatible SSDs.
The only aftermarket SSDs I have used and can recommend are sold by OWC / MacSales.
a_wall_adapter wrote:
I opened the macbook pro and resoldered the gpu chip with a heat gun. Thanks for helping me troubleshoot. OS X 10.10.5 is runs well on this machine.
That is probably just a temporary fix at best. I've seen a YouTube video where a professional repair shop reflows the GPU. The thermal stress of the GPU getting hot, then cooling during use and sleeping & waking can be enough to break the solder connections again as the components expand & contract, plus with a laptop you may have the board flexing a bit as well if not on a solid surface.
It is possible to force the laptop to use the Intel GPU instead of the discrete GPU, but you will lose some functionality (may not matter for some people), however, the GPU failure may even get to the point where it will prevent the laptop from booting or even powering on.
https://github.com/steveschow/gfxCardStatus
http://dosdude1.com/gpudisable/
Ok, I’ll try a known mac working ssd.
The original hard drive and ssd get to about two thirds of the way and then freeze. Then the fans ramp up. And a weird smell is coming out of the mac.
All drives result in the white screen.
safe mode / recovery mode also result in the white screen.
I opened the macbook pro and resoldered the gpu chip with a heat gun. Thanks for helping me troubleshoot. OS X 10.10.5 is runs well on this machine.
Old MacBook Pro White screen
