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Slaweykow

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Jan 25, 2018
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After updating to 10.13.3 I started facing a lot of issues with my macbook pro. It’s the early 2011 15” model with 6gb of ram. During the update my screen was glitching/flickering very hard. After the update I was able to use it twice but now I cannot even get to the login screen.
When I start it the following happens:
1. I hear the starting sound.
2. White color appears.
3. Glitches/flickering appears and constantly moves.
4. The laptop restarts and does the same process.
Sometimes it gets in a loop where the starting sound would repeat and nothing else would happen.
Here is a video I recorded that shows my problem:

I am not sure if it’s a heating problem but when I was able to use it after the update the temperature would go up to 90 just by watching a 720p video on YouTube.

I want to mention that I am unable to send it to Apple since there are no official repair centres in my country so any help that you can give me will be highly appreciated.
 
RadeonGate (look it up).

As Mr. Flynn suggests above, time to start shopping for a replacement.
 
Thank you for the answers. I ended up upgrading to the 2017 MBP. The thread can be closed/locked.
 
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