Macbook pro wont boot regularly, or in safe mode, or recovery mode.

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Macbook pro wont boot regularly, or in safe mode, or recovery mode.

My early 2011 macbook pro wont start up in safe boot. I'm trying to using safe boot because it gets stuck at a white screen in a regular boot. In safe boot, it gets past the apple logo with the progress bar, but then gets stuck a blue screen. I've included pics here:

http://www.imgur.com/a/WvgRG

It doesnt look like any screen I've seen on any other place online. The macbook even gets stuck on a white screen in recovery mode. I've tried as many fixes that I know. Is there any chance of fixing this? Thanks.

MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)

Posted on Feb 22, 2014 11:01 PM

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clintonfrombirmingham

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Feb 23, 2014 1:57 AM in response to Michalaki

Do you have a 2011 15" or 17" model? Early or Late? You may be having a problem with your GPU. There's a long discussion about it - here -> https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4766577?tstart=0.

If you've another model, call back.

Clinton

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Michalaki Author

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Feb 23, 2014 2:15 AM in response to clintonfrombirmingham

Thanks for the response. I'll be checking in with some local experts and listen to their take on it. All I really care about is the data, as I'm not sure that I've backed up as properly as I could have. Hopefully this issue has nothing to do with the HDD. I'll have to wait and see.

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