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    MacBook Air grey screen of death

    Hi all, my niece's 2012 MacBook Air has gone as dead a dodo. When powering on, after 2 seconds the startup-chime sounds, followed immediately by a grey screen, then nothing. It just stays on the grey screen indefinitely. I've tried resetting NVRAM, resetting the SMC, going in to recovery mode...
    • leeuk321
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    • grey screen macbook macbook air macbook air mid-2012 startup error
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: MacBook Air
  2. lawlietkm

    After sent to repair at the Apple store, iMac comes back unfixed

    I have an iMac 27" 2020 since the release and for weeks now the device kept crashing randomly. After resetting and everything, I went to the Apple store to try and fix it. I got it back today, they said that they removed the 2 rams I've installed on top of the base ones, back in 2020, and it's...
    • lawlietkm
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    • crash grey screen imac reboot
    • Replies: 29
    • Forum: iMac
  3. T

    MP 1,1-5,1 4,1 to 5,1 Mac pro stuck on full loading bar [Resolved]

    I've been trying desperately to get my 4,1 (firmware updated to 5,1) to boot back into High Sierra. Before making upgrades, my Mac Pro ran fine. I'm running a single Xeon X5675, and I upgraded from 16gb of 1033mhz RAM to 32gb of 1333mhz, as well as swapping out the default Nvidia GT 120 for an...
    • TurboChungus
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    • full loading bar grey screen mac pro (early 2009) rx 570
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Mac Pro
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    iMac 2009 doesn't register key combinations and always ends up on windows 'No boot device found'

    Hi there, I have acquired some iMacs from 2009 which have had windows 7 put on them for whatever reason. I'm trying to get macOS back on them but whenever I boot them up (current OS is corrupted btw) I get a blank grey screen followed by the PC style 'No boot device available press enter to...
    • camerong123
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    • boot camp grey screen imac 2009 mac not booting no boot device
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: iMac
  5. T

    Grey login screen

    Hi guys! I got an old MacBook Air late 2011 and I installed High Sierra 10.13.6 on it, works fine though but every time I power on or restart the machine I get a Grey login screen like in the photos i stead of a normal login screen, what can it be? The machine works fine overall but it kinda...
  6. whippedcream101

    macbook pro 2011 grey screen plz help

    Hi, recently my MacBook fails to boot into the OS. I have replaced my HDD with an SSD and tried it with other macs and it has worked so when I put the SSD into my mac. The apple loading bar gets to 75% of completion on the bar then everything disappears and there is just a grey screen and after...
    • whippedcream101
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    • 2011 macbook pro apple hardware test failed failed gpu failed hard drive gpu grey screen hard drive advice os 10.10.5 vram
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
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    Help fix with my 2011 MBP not working after reinstalling MacOS X.

    2011 MBP AMD GPU died. Found this page and tried the steps but couldn’t fix it. Followed the codings on there but don’t know what I’m doing really. But I figured out along the many tries that if I go to single-user mode and enter the code below it would put my MBP into Integrated Graphics...
    • MacbookPro2011_GPUfailed
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    • 2011 macbook pro auto restart broken failed gpu gray screen grey screen macbook pro not booting not loading not working
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  8. E

    Grey screen with external DVD drive

    Hello Everyone, I want to sell my Mac Book Pro 7,1 (Intel Core Duo 2.4 GHz). To this end, I want to wipe it up and perform a clean OS X 10.6.8 install. I have the original Snow Leppy DVD, which I know is fine because I've tested it on another rig. Now this Mac Book Pro has been souped up with...
    • Eamoex
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    • external cd/dvd drive grey screen install snow leopard
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
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    MacBook Pro will not start up

    hi My MacBook Pro will not start up. It is stuck on the progress bar screen. I havde done the following: -reset PRAM -Reset SMC -tried to start in safe mode (stil stuck) -booted in recovery mode and run disk util on startup disk - all checks good. What can I do and what is the problem? Hope...
    • Spe727
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    • grey screen recovery mode safe mode stuck on start up
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  10. RadicalxEdward

    Everything AND Nothing works, any gurus out there?

    SYSTEM: Late 2011 MacBook Pro 15" Mac OS X High Sierra beta Dual hard drives (1x SSD in main bay, 1x HDD in CD bay) PROBLEM: Can't boot past grey screen. Gets halfway through apple/progress bar screen (as above), then goes ALL grey and stays there. Might be connected to beta as...
  11. M

    Grey Screen on bootup

    Hi all, Hope you can help. I've got an iMac (27" Mid 2011) running Sierra. A week ago, i turned it on and was welcomed by the apple logo then half way through i got a grey screen which darkened slightly and just stayed like that. I tried everything to the best of my knowledge.. PRAM Reset...
  12. lightningsalesuk

    Grey screen when trying to boot Lepoard from CD

    I purchased a New HDD for my G5 and went to install OS X Lepoard from a disk onto the system. I hold C to boot from CD but all I get is a grey screen and the fans gradually get very fast and loud. If I do not hold C it comes up with a folder with a ? in it. Can someone help me with this?
  13. E

    Revival Mac Mini 2011 - Grey Screen On Recovery

    A few days ago I obtained a Mac Mini 2011 (A1347) working with latest MacOS Sierra. I decided to swap out the drive with a Samsung Evo to get performance gains over slower 2.5" standard HDD. I decided against cloning the drive and went with a new install, instead I used a USB drive flashed with...
    • ElijahGlo
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    • booting grey screen mac mini mac mini mid 2011
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Mac mini
  14. albylizhard

    Macbook pro 2011 15" grey screen during start up

    Hi everybody , my macbook pro 2011 stoped working today , I was opening a page with my browser and suddenly I got a white screen . I turn off the computer then boot it again but I always got a grey screen . Then I try with the recovery screen ( comd-r ) , I also try reboot from an external back...
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    2011 MacBook Pro with El Capitan showing very slow boot up

    Hello, I have an early 13" 2011 MacBook Pro. It had OS X Lion when purchasing. Two years later I upgraded it to OSX Mavericks. I recently did a CLEAN install of El Capitan. Wiped my HD and installed El Capitan. I did it with a bootable USB flash drive. The installation went fine. All through...
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    ONLY Disk Utility Works on 2011 Macbook Pro

    Hello all, **Lots of detail below. At the end is a TL;DR if you'd like to skip to that. TIA.** A week ago I noticed my 2011 MBP (Mountain Lion) was acting sluggish, slow to respond with static on one of the windows (when I opened it up and logged in, the first program on the screen would...
    • newbie81
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    • disk utility grey screen macbook 13" recovery mode
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: macOS
  17. K

    Need major help!!

    hi I was trying to help my aunt with late 2009 MacBook. She got from ubid website listed as a refurb. Anyway she couldn't make any changes because last admin never cleared password. I did some research and took me into single mode with black and white screen. Had me do some sbin fsck -fy stuff...
    • Kerizuk
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    • admin gray screen grey screen mac book wheel of death
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: MacBook
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