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Minitel46 Author

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No Bootable device ? Alt - option not work

Hello

I have a Pro retina late 2012 and turned under windows with bootcamp.

After a reboot I got the message more or less classic

No bootable device - insert boot disk and press any key

So I tried to press option nothing happens, starting with cmd + R, cmd + alt + R, Shift nothing works

I tried resetting NVRAM that does not work

I have at startup chime sound mac and then 30/40 seconds after the message

Only the SMC reset seems to work, but so far it does not change

I tried with an external keyboard does not change ca

It was controlled it not took water, the screen works even externally

I reinstalled mac osx from another without problem in usb but I ssd presents the same mistake in the retina.

Or that the intrigues me and that if I start the mac without ssd he does his mac and then the screen goes blank with the backlight turned on but it does not display the message

I do not know what to do anymore

I appeal to you to offer me solutions to test

thank you in advance

Posted on Oct 10, 2015 7:31 AM

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Minitel46 Author

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Oct 10, 2015 12:11 PM in response to Loner T

Ok i reinstall osx with my other mac on the ssd and i put it again in the sata's defective mac and i come back

Minitel46 Author

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Oct 10, 2015 1:00 PM in response to Loner T

So i tryed and this not work again 😟

Loner T

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Oct 10, 2015 1:05 PM in response to Minitel46

With your SSD from the other Mac, if this did not work, what year/model is the second Mac?

Please also check if you can manually update the bad Mac's firmware - About EFI and SMC firmware updates for Intel-based Mac computers - Apple Support .

Minitel46 Author

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Oct 10, 2015 1:12 PM in response to Loner T

The defective is the retina Late 2012 and the fonctionnal is a 13 normal mid 2012

It's interresent your link but there are .dmg files and how to run these without booting on osx ?

Loner T

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Oct 10, 2015 1:21 PM in response to Minitel46

Use the functional Mac. 😉

Minitel46 Author

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Oct 10, 2015 1:22 PM in response to Loner T

Yes but i want to update the firmware of the bad not the functional

Loner T

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Oct 10, 2015 1:32 PM in response to Minitel46

Use the good one to download the firmware.

Minitel46 Author

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Oct 10, 2015 1:37 PM in response to Loner T

Yes i done, i get the .dmg file and inside a pkg file, i can't launch it on the defective without osx

Loner T

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Oct 10, 2015 1:46 PM in response to Minitel46

Both your Macs have Cd drives. Use the good to create a DVD installer and test.

Minitel46 Author

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Oct 10, 2015 2:26 PM in response to Loner T

i'm confused the Retina mac not have cd drive, and how you want to put pkg on usb or cd to run on the défective mac ?

Loner T

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Oct 10, 2015 2:38 PM in response to Minitel46

On the bad Mac, does USB work? If it does not, has this Mac ever worked after you bought it?

Minitel46 Author

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Oct 11, 2015 12:26 AM in response to Loner T

Yes they work, when i put an usb bootable the error is showed in 10 secondes an without an usb it take 40/50sec

Minitel46 Author

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Oct 11, 2015 2:16 AM in response to Minitel46

I reinstalled bootcamp windows with the other mac and good news it worked for the restart he passed the error and now starts successfully under windows. I will install the drivers bootcamps. But there is still the problem that I can not have the starting manager to choose another partition or a startup via internet

I also managed to open the pseudo bios bootcamps start with fn + F8, even if it does not help specially

Loner T

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Oct 11, 2015 5:02 AM in response to Minitel46

Do you have OS X installed on this bad machine? Is there a Boot Camp option in Control Panel?

Minitel46 Author

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Oct 12, 2015 3:48 AM in response to Loner T

So I was able to install osx he started above all very well except two remaining problems

The first is that the mac is super slow and laggy to the point of being unitilisable, even moving the mouse it is a horror I see or that I thought coming aps can make smc reset and nvram

But the second problem Am I still can not start the manager starting with alt keys at startup and does nothing react CMD + R and everything ..

An idea ?

No Bootable device ? Alt - option not work