MacBook Pro early 2011 will not boot!

[iJny9956]

I have an early 2011 MacBook Pro 15" 2.2ghz i7 quad, 8GB, 240gb SSD. OS X 10.10

> I get chime when powers on

> OS gets stuck on the loading screen 1/4 of the way. Then restarts (then repeat) or the screen goes back and then turns on to go to a white screen without the apple logo.

* reset PRAM
* reset smc
* tried to boot from recovery + multiple external drives including dvd OS installs, does the same thing!
* ran extended diagnostics from DVDs and no hardware issues.
* all the drives boot fine on an identical machine.

This happened few days ago but it randomly worked out of the blue so I ran disk check just to verify and no issues.

What the heck is going on? I'm pulling my hair out over this. Would love some wisdom. Please help.

 

[MacInTO]

GPU failure.

It may come back to life if you keep trying, but it will happen again.

 

[iJny9956]

GPU failure.

It may come back to life if you keep trying, but it will happen again.

does apple cover this at all? I visited their website they mention 2012 + 2013.

 

[DeltaMac]

Apple dropped the 2011 out of the program a few months ago.
But, it doesn't hurt to ask AppleCare about that.
However, if you go back to that support page, then scroll near the bottom, you will see this:

The following models are no longer eligible for this program: MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2011), MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2011), MacBook Pro (17-inch, Early 2011) and MacBook Pro (17-inch, Late 2011).

 

[MacInTO]

does apple cover this at all? I visited their website they mention 2012 + 2013.

The extended repair program ended at the end of last year. But if you ask nicely, maybe.

Good luck!

 

[cube]

Apple refused to repair my 2011 MBP in January citing lack of parts.

 

[iJny9956]

Apple refused to repair my 2011 MBP in January citing lack of parts.

Aw crap!!