Boot stuck on grey screen

vmachiel · Jan 1, 2013, 10:27 AM

Hi Forum,

Since this morning my MBP (specs in sig) will only display a grey screen when I try to boot it, and nothing else: no Apple logo, no spinning beach ball. I can't do anything. I've tried resetting PRAM and SMC, hold cmd+r, hold command+c, boot safe mode, hold option, and tried booting of a recovery USB I made.
I've even tried swapping the RAM I've upgraded back the the apple branded 4GB. Nothing works.

Is it time to take it to my local Apple store, or is there something I can do?

Thank you.

satcomer · Jan 3, 2013, 01:50 PM

Sounds like something either really messed up the settings (rouge program or stupid users mistake) or a hardware failure. Maybe the hard drive went south without you.

Drew017 · Jan 3, 2013, 01:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vmachiel

Hi Forum,

Since this morning my MBP (specs in sig) will only display a grey screen when I try to boot it, and nothing else: no Apple logo, no spinning beach ball. I can't do anything. I've tried resetting PRAM and SMC, hold cmd+r, hold command+c, boot safe mode, hold option, and tried booting of a recovery USB I made.
I've even tried swapping the RAM I've upgraded back the the apple branded 4GB. Nothing works.

Have you done anything weird on your computer lately that may have caused any trouble?

Quote:

Originally Posted by vmachiel

Hi Forum,

Is it time to take it to my local Apple store ?

That would be wise if you can't get this resolved soon

vmachiel · Jan 4, 2013, 08:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Drew017

Have you done anything weird on your computer lately that may have caused any trouble?

That would be wise if you can't get this resolved soon

Nope, it was business as usual. I'll get it repaired then thanks.

Jan 1, 2013, 10:27 AM	#1
vmachiel macrumors 6502a Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Holland	Boot stuck on grey screen Hi Forum, Since this morning my MBP (specs in sig) will only display a grey screen when I try to boot it, and nothing else: no Apple logo, no spinning beach ball. I can't do anything. I've tried resetting PRAM and SMC, hold cmd+r, hold command+c, boot safe mode, hold option, and tried booting of a recovery USB I made. I've even tried swapping the RAM I've upgraded back the the apple branded 4GB. Nothing works. Is it time to take it to my local Apple store, or is there something I can do? Thank you. __________________ 2010 MBP, 2.4 GHz i5, 8 GB RAM, 240 GB SSD; 32GB iPhone 4S; 16 GB iPhone 3GS; 32 GB Wifi iPad (3rd gen)
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Jan 3, 2013, 01:50 PM	#2
satcomer macrumors 68020 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Virginia	Sounds like something either really messed up the settings (rouge program or stupid users mistake) or a hardware failure. Maybe the hard drive went south without you. __________________ Mac Book Pro Core 2 Duo 2.16Ghz, SuperDrive, 2G RAM, OS X 10.7.4 Mac Pro Dual 2.8 Quad(Rev B.), 14 G RAM, OS X 10.8.2, 23'' LCD iPad 3G, 32 black
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