Hey all!
My mac has been a rockstar since I’ve owned it! A couple days ago it was working fine, I left to go make dinner, came back and it was in a reboot loop. It would display the apple logo, start the progress bar, load 1/2-3/4 of the way, flash to a grey screen, and reboot. Once I saw it do this a couple times, I did a hard shut down, and I haven’t been able to get it to startup since.. Any help would be amazing! I dont want to retire this macbook. Here’s what i’ve done so far:
1) tried Safe boot (holding shift) - just does the same loop
2) tried recovery mode (holding command+R) NOTHING
3) tried internet recovery mode
4) tried booting from original install disc (and bought new snow leopard install disc because mine was scratched up)
- every time it just loads for awhile then boots to a blue screen
5) tried making a boot disc USB and booting from that
6) tried disk repair via USB dock connected to another mac
7) tried single-user disk repair command
8) tried resetting PRAM/SMC
I think that is all.. I’ve done the diagnostics and nothing is popping up. I already had apple replace hard drive, battery, and logic board back in 2016 when the GPU took a dump, and I’ve recently replaced the hard drive about a year ago. Worried it is the GPU again, but it isn’t behaving the same as it did when the GPU went out last time. If ANYONE has any suggestions/ideas, I’d be more than happy to listen and try them. Thank you!
My mac has been a rockstar since I’ve owned it! A couple days ago it was working fine, I left to go make dinner, came back and it was in a reboot loop. It would display the apple logo, start the progress bar, load 1/2-3/4 of the way, flash to a grey screen, and reboot. Once I saw it do this a couple times, I did a hard shut down, and I haven’t been able to get it to startup since.. Any help would be amazing! I dont want to retire this macbook. Here’s what i’ve done so far:
1) tried Safe boot (holding shift) - just does the same loop
2) tried recovery mode (holding command+R) NOTHING
3) tried internet recovery mode
4) tried booting from original install disc (and bought new snow leopard install disc because mine was scratched up)
- every time it just loads for awhile then boots to a blue screen
5) tried making a boot disc USB and booting from that
6) tried disk repair via USB dock connected to another mac
7) tried single-user disk repair command
8) tried resetting PRAM/SMC
I think that is all.. I’ve done the diagnostics and nothing is popping up. I already had apple replace hard drive, battery, and logic board back in 2016 when the GPU took a dump, and I’ve recently replaced the hard drive about a year ago. Worried it is the GPU again, but it isn’t behaving the same as it did when the GPU went out last time. If ANYONE has any suggestions/ideas, I’d be more than happy to listen and try them. Thank you!