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richie8

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Jan 7, 2022
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Hi all,

I have a MacBook Pro mid 2010 13", with C2D 2,4 GHz, 1+4GB RAM (1333MHz and 1600MHz), nVidia 320M integrated VGA.
I would like to install OSX to my blank internal SSD. I tried Internet Recovery, Boot pendrie, both wont work.
The loading bar stops in halfway, and the notebook freezes. Apple hardware diagnostic said there is no errors (booted from usb also).

When I bought the notebook, had 10.6.3 on it. Tried update it, and when it restarted, it didnt load anymore. At that time swapped the original HDD to an SSD.
I tried El Capitan installer, High Sierra installer, opencore big sur installer (that is loaded once, but in the language selection screen, it freezes instantly), and the Internet Recovery with Alt+CMD+R and Shift+Alt+CMD+R also.

What can I do next?

Thanks for the comments, and sorry for my bad english.
 

Fishrrman

macrumors Penryn
Feb 20, 2009
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"(booted from usb also)."

Are you saying that you CAN boot from USB?

If so, is that from a USB "installer" flash drive?
Or... do you an external USB drive that can boot to the finder?

Do you have access to another working Mac?

10.13 High Sierra is the last version of the OS that Apple supports on a 2010 MBP.

If it was me, I'd try OS 10.12 (low) Sierra. That was a good one.
BEFORE you install Sierra, use disk utility to erase the internal SSD.
Choose "Mac OS extended, journaling enabled, GUID partition format".

I wouldn't mess with that open core stuff on this one.

I'm wondering if the mis-matched RAM could be causing a problem.
You might try removing the 1gb DIMM and use just the 4gb.
 
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