Hello, im trying to load the EFI by cmd+alt+o+f and it simply never loads and shows me my desktop.
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro5,3
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.66 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 3 MB
Memory: 8 GB
Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version: MBP53.00AC.B03
SMC Version (system): 1.48f2
And im running Mac os X 10.6.8. please help and thanks in advance.
Does it have a standard English keyboard?
yes it does, it is an english keyboard. all are in same place cmd alt etc..
Then if all the information you've given is accurate, there has to be something wrong with the hardware. You can still get into safe mode by the alternative method in the support article.
something wrong with my hardware? like what? i had this notebook for 2 and half years now and everything works great. as far as hardware go, i upgraded my HD and RAM and all work great, didnt touch anything else. but have to say, for 2 and half years ive never seen any EFI/BIOS alike stuff. no matter what shortcut/button i press during a power up nothing happens and boots normally. i wish someone has an answer, but thanks anyways guys.
It could be faulty RAM. Can you put the original RAM back in, and only that? If so, try that first and see if the keyboard then responds to startup keys as expected.
Kurt Lang: i actually did this 2 days ago to test things up and same, no success.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3561073?answerId=17199724022#17199724022
Dang! Shot that one down. Now I'm really out of ideas. 😐
lol its really weirding me out! annoying too, cuz now i feel my macbook pro is not complete. thanks for the help though.
something wrong with my hardware? like what?
Like not being able to boot in safe mode with a key combination.
what should i do? i really dont knw, its sad. its the smallest things that annoy the most. thanks guys anyways..
great news guys!! wohoo!! so i decided wth why not try again, ive put back the 4 gig ram that orginally came with my mac and it worked!! cmd-s finally worked! i got a commad prompt alike screen, didnt know what to do and typed exit. but the question is how can i make it work with my 8 gig ram?
Ah, so it was the RAM. Where did you buy it? If it's from a better company like Crucial, Other World Computing, Kingston, etc., they usually have lifetime guarantees with free replacement of faulty RAM.
its from my other world computing, so should i send them an email about the issue? couldnt it be that the firmware needs an update to match/suit the new ram? just saying, thanks again.
According to you initial post, you have a mid 2009 MacBook Pro, which does support 8 GB of RAM under Snow Leopard.
What I don't know is how the RAM can be configured. With my recently purchased Mac Pro, it was not possible to mix the RAM Apple installed with anything else. If I wanted more RAM, I had to remove the Apple installed RAM and replace it with all matching sticks. By matching, that means same brand; not just same specs.
So if you had an Apple 4GB stick in the MacBook Pro and put in a 4GB stick from OWC, that may have been the issue. If it was all OWC RAM, then I would contact them about replacing it.
No, its i removed 2 two gig ram (apple) and put in 2 four gig ram (owc). so i guess i should contact them then.
Trying to boot in EFI
