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My Wife's MacBook Pro not booting

Hi All,

I hope someone can help, My wife's macbook pro (bought early 2011) was suffering from split screen then freezing. I read online that it could be due to logicboard issues so I did the Apple Hardware Test (AHT) and it said everything was fine. So while opening final cut pro, the Mac froze and nothing was happening, so we had to do a hard shutdown (held down power button).

The next thing we know is, chimes, loading with Apple logo then grey screen. So recovery mode => loading screen with Apple logo and bar at bottom => Frozen blue screen.

I read some more online, did reset of PRAMand SMC. Did the Internet recovery. held "option" and selected recovery (now instead of showing Macintosh HD it shows "EFI boot")

There was no CD that came with the Mac so i cant even do a repair.

I am getting pretty desperate on what options are left, any other suggestions would be helpful.

MacBook Pro with Retina display

Posted on Apr 11, 2014 1:33 PM

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Csound1

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May 27, 2014 7:04 AM in response to benedictros

That refers to a different model.

sonoales

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May 27, 2014 9:29 AM in response to KimoMansour

Same problem here with MacBook Pro 15 inch Late 2011 2.4 GHz Intel Core i7. I am now forcing the use of Intel HD Graphics 3000 with gfxCardStatus but shortly after the discrete AMD Radeon is required I have randomly a split screen, black, grey or blue screen, lines or the computer freezes..

PVRAM/NVRAM and SMC reset was done without results. Apple Hardware Test in advanced mode fails to detect any problem.

Had Apple on chat and was told to bring it to service.😟

KimoMansour Author

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May 27, 2014 9:49 AM in response to sonoales

I think we all need to pressure apple into taking action and fixing this mistake. I mean it's not because it's a problems that occurs after a few years that they are not accountable for the mistake.