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2011 MacBook Pro - boots to white screen, always

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skiltrip

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My 2011 MBP appear to have just bit the dust.

It was plugged in and in standby for a few days.
Opened the lid, I had an audio program running (Studio One 3), and had a message about it losing connection with the audio device, no biggie, it was sleeping so of course it did. Opened Google Chrome to go into Google Drive and BAM, I got a white screen.

Tried booting into Recovery (Cmd+R) to just verify the disk. I got into recovery, tried to Verify, as soon as I selected it from the menu... white screen again.

Now, nothing works. Tried resetting SMC, PRAM, tried booting into Safe Mode, tried to boot from a Sierra USB installer. Tried to boot from a different El Cap USB installer. All dish up a white screen, and then the fans kick up full speed, and it just stays there.

Again, can't get into safe mode, just white screens. Can't get into recovery now at all, just white screens. Can't boot from a macOS USB installer, just white screens.

Tried booting in Verbose mode, and the text flies by but eventually just white screens. It's really hard to tell what step it was on when it white screened.

Any ideas? Has anyone seen this before?
 
I had a similar failure on my 2011 15" MBP in Dec 2015. It was a failed dBPU which prevented passing the hardware checks during boot up so boot could not complete. Apple had to replace the logic board under their "MacBook Pro Repair Extension Program for Video Issues" program. Unfortunately that program ended December 2016 for the 2011 MBPs.
 
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RadeonGate -- which Apple will no longer fix.
Time for something new.
 
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