Anjrue27
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Q: MacBook Pro black screen, no chime, no start up.

I was on my MacBook Pro and all of a sudden the screen went black, I shut it off by holding on the power button, but when I tried turning it back on, the screen remained black. There was no chime as it usually does when you start up your mbp. As I was searching about this problem, I concluded that the logic board may need need to be replaced. If that is the case how much will I pay to get it fixed and also will I lose all my files? I have many projects and school work saved on this laptop but never had a chance to back up any files. I have a 15", 500g, 2.2 ghz . Again, will I lose any of my files and how much does a logicboard repair cost. Thank you very much.

MacBook Pro

Posted on Oct 20, 2013 11:08 AM

by sanjampet,Solvedanswer
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A:

What year is the machine,(if it is a mid 2010 there is a known issue with the LB, you may ask if yours will fall into this program) if in fact the logic board is dead and your drive is OK, your files are stored on the HD. Having a back up is always must regardless, and having a redundant back is also a good idea.

 

You can try a couple of things..Reset SMC

 

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964

 

Reset pram/NVRAM

 

Power on holding the following keys:

OPTION COMMAND P R

Hold till you hear the start chime 2 times and release

 

If it does start do a back up if possible,

If you are not under warranty/ AppleCare, you should ask abut Apples flat rate repair $310.00 I think but that is close, they fix what ever they find wrong as long it is not accidental/liquid damage. The normal logic board price is about $437.00 plus labor,

 

Good luck

Posted on Oct 20, 2013 11:26 AM

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  • by MacBook guy 1234,

    MacBook guy 1234 MacBook guy 1234 Apr 19, 2015 11:43 AM in response to sanjampet
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    Apr 19, 2015 11:43 AM in response to sanjampet

    Thank you so much you made my day, I thought I would have to pay over $300 to get it fixed.

  • by Vulpixian,

    Vulpixian Vulpixian Apr 30, 2015 12:18 AM in response to Anjrue27
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    Apr 30, 2015 12:18 AM in response to Anjrue27

    Well its just the update the new update has a few bugs and problems so just go and get apple to send itback to the old update

  • by richard.linter,

    richard.linter richard.linter Dec 12, 2015 1:41 PM in response to ID beth
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    Dec 12, 2015 1:41 PM in response to ID beth

    Had same issues and was about ready to buy new MBP

    My laptop was apparently dead - no response at all to pressing start button, no sound nothing on screen no disc noise - nothing!

    After reading this post disconnected battery and started up on mains - it started (though very slowly).

    I shut down and did option command p and r restart and then all was OK

    To confirm a duff battery I reconnected battery and tried a normal startup again and inexplicably everything works OK now!!

    This saved me cost of new MBP.

    Thanks

  • by gmardre,

    gmardre gmardre Jun 7, 2016 10:06 AM in response to richard.linter
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    Jun 7, 2016 10:06 AM in response to richard.linter

    I have a 2007ish MBP that had been working fine. One day, came into work and screen was black. I tried all the

    resets. Nothing.

     

    I replaced the logic board. Nothing.

     

    Replaced the LCD. Nothing.

     

    It makes noise when I cut it on, but black screen. No chime.

     

    Any...ANY help would be greatly appreciated!

     

    gm

  • by macxux101,

    macxux101 macxux101 Jun 7, 2016 12:25 PM in response to blaxican53
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    Jun 7, 2016 12:25 PM in response to blaxican53

    i have the same black screen,,but i tried what you said and the screen came on,,i was so happy,,but then the screen went to sleep and now it wont turn on,,,so this is not the screen thats blown out,,it turned on,,so this is something else,,,this ***,,,this is why i cant stand with a passion mac computers,,i have a cs6 whole suite that cost 800 dollars and other software,,,and this crap happens,,this s soooo sickening,,i have never had this crap happen a windows machine,,i dont know what the **** is wrong nor what i can do to fix this,,i dont want to send this for repairs and get screwed with hundreds of dollars in repare fees,,dammit to **** mac machines suk,,,now im letting the battery power out again in hopes i can turn the screen on again and the screen with boot up,,,im ready to throw this crap machine off the god dam cliff into the ocean,,,i have checked all blogs on this and not one answer accept yours,,,but there is no info on how to fix this or its cause,,mac doesnt even hel[ people when there machines crap out like this,,,and there is many,many machines in 17 inch machines that have the blackout screen,,,what is causing this??it turns on when the battery is drained and ac adapter is plugged on,,,why????if it turns on again i cannot let it sleep ever again,,,screwed,,,,thanx for your info,,,your the only one with info that WORKS.

  • by Sharma.Sweden,

    Sharma.Sweden Sharma.Sweden Jun 14, 2016 1:57 PM in response to blaxican53
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    Jun 14, 2016 1:57 PM in response to blaxican53

    Thanks a million. This worked wonders for my MBP early 2011, which had been misbehaving ever since I upgraded to 'El Capitan'. It was all but written off after phone call with AppleCare (who eventually suggested that it could be down to some hardware failure). Given that I had tried all the tricks in the book, this guidance saved the day for me. I did manage to backup all my data and the machine seems to be working fine as of now (although, it is still early days). Thanks once again!!

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