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MacBook Pro starts but then freezes before opening.

On start-up my MacBook Pro will not go past the start-up chime plus a gray screen with the Apple logo and a bar below it which fills with a black line to about 75 per cent. Then it freezes and nothing else happens. I have to crash it to shut down.

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Feb 11, 2016 7:05 PM

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Feb 11, 2016 7:19 PM in response to MacKrug

Were you able to get any further by trying Safe mode?

• Try safe mode if your Mac doesn't finish starting up - Apple Support


Do you have system install-restore DVD for the OS X and have you

tried starting from the install disk #1 & use Disk Utility to check HDD

and also use the hardware test (though inconclusive) from disk #2?


• Using Apple Hardware Test - Apple Support


The computer may need some hand-holding at an authorized Apple

service provider with further in-depth testing & diagnostics.


Good luck! 😐

MacBook Pro starts but then freezes before opening.

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