freezing on startup....

[sarerah86]

I was gifted a broken macbook pro. I found out that if I hold I. The power button and plug in the power cord it will turn on...However. ..it freezes during the grey screen startup process.

This is frustrating, does anybod know what I should do?

 

[DeltaMac]

Can you try booting to the hardware test?
Hold the power button for 5 seconds, so it completely shuts off.
Then, press and release the power button, then immediately hold the D key.

It may do nothing different, but give it a minute to boot to the test.
If it does, run both the standard, and extended tests, which might take a long time (10 minutes or more) depending on how much memory is installed.

Do you know how old the MacBook Pro is?