Hello all, I recently found this macbook piled up in my Dads garage and thought id take a look at it, there was no HDD, RAM or power supply.
I have installed them my self, with a new SSD and 8GB of ram, upon booting it i noticed there was a graphical issue, so I've disabled the external GPU in the NVRAM through single user mode. This fixed the issue apart from some graphical lag. I was able to install OS 10.6.7 with a lot of work, this was from the original discs.
Now found it won't load after the apple logo, just goes to white screen. Internet recovery mode also does the same.
Safe boot mode did work, so I've tried installing OSX El Capitan, this has some what worked although it said failed to install and then upon reboot kept trying to install it, I can now load the utilities using cmd + r, it also loads up in safe boot mode showing El Capitan working. However when loading normally or in internet recovery it fails (goes to white screen).
Also reinstall using cmd + r does not work as it says "a required download is missing".
Have tried resetting NVRAM and others, also tried changing date back to earlier time to no help.
I downloaded the combo pack too for El Capitan this just stopped the automatic install on normal boot up
I am in fact posting this from safe boot mode on the Macbook haha
I can attach photos if people would like,
Just wondered if anyone had any idea, any help is greatly appreciated
Thanks Ollie
I can wipe this SSD on my PC rig, however I'm not sure what format it needs to be in for reinstall
I have installed them my self, with a new SSD and 8GB of ram, upon booting it i noticed there was a graphical issue, so I've disabled the external GPU in the NVRAM through single user mode. This fixed the issue apart from some graphical lag. I was able to install OS 10.6.7 with a lot of work, this was from the original discs.
Now found it won't load after the apple logo, just goes to white screen. Internet recovery mode also does the same.
Safe boot mode did work, so I've tried installing OSX El Capitan, this has some what worked although it said failed to install and then upon reboot kept trying to install it, I can now load the utilities using cmd + r, it also loads up in safe boot mode showing El Capitan working. However when loading normally or in internet recovery it fails (goes to white screen).
Also reinstall using cmd + r does not work as it says "a required download is missing".
Have tried resetting NVRAM and others, also tried changing date back to earlier time to no help.
I downloaded the combo pack too for El Capitan this just stopped the automatic install on normal boot up
I am in fact posting this from safe boot mode on the Macbook haha
I can attach photos if people would like,
Just wondered if anyone had any idea, any help is greatly appreciated
Thanks Ollie
I can wipe this SSD on my PC rig, however I'm not sure what format it needs to be in for reinstall