Tried to boot my MacBook Pro (2011) and just had blank white screen. Tried to boot from Mountain Lion bootable flash drive and just get a blue screen.
Installed new hard drive. Same thing. Suggestions?
MacBook Pro (15-inch Early 2011), iOS 7.0.6
Do you have the original Snow Leopard OS installation disks? If so, boot from the No. 1 disk and install Snow Leopard on the new HDD. Update it to 10.6.8 and then you can install Lion, Mt. Lion or Mavericks if you so desire.
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I have the original install discs. It will not install. Ran the hardware check disc 3 times and there were zero hardware errors all 3 times. Just will not load the software at all. Any other ideas?
I assume that you are following the instructions on the installation disc that says 'hold down the C key as the computer starts up'. If that is the case, then it suggests that the disc is faulty. A trip to an Apple store genius bar would then be the best option.
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Yes I did follow the directions on the disc. I am going to take it to an authorized Apple repair place today as we live over 2 hours from an Apple store.
After the dealer looked it over, he determined it has a bad logic board. However, searching online, I see the cause of all these 2011 MBP failures is due to the Raedon graphics card in them. Apple was replacing free for iMacs with the same part, but so far isn't doing the same for MacBook Pro's. I have emailed Apple, intend to call them, and posted on their support forum as well as other ones. FRUSTRATING.
White screen, new hard drive, blue screen. Help!
