Hello all
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I've been using Mac Rumors for ages to diagnose and repair various mac tech for friends and family, this is an Awesome resource. Normally I just lurk and search and this will solve the problem but I'm totally stumped after days of trying to repair my nieces MBP
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So to the point! I've got a MBP 4,1 that will not boot (it just freezes on apple logo with progress wheel also freezing). It also freezes if I try and boot into a new instal off USB. Theres no AHT to work off the 'D' or 'cmd & opt & D'. I cant find the right AHT to either restore to the .diagnostics folder or run off DVD / USB etc. It also freezes why trying to boot in safe mode, pretty much as it does on normal boot... I've tried booting into Single User Mode and running fsck -yf repeatedly until it read OK without HDD altered...
My last idea was to boot to verbose mode and check how far it gets but heres the question I'm not tech enough with macs to interpret what verbose mode prints out! I've tried googling all of the last few lines but cant find anything on them
Could one of you guys check the attached pictures and see if you know why it's hanging?
(Same screen one zoomed in more...)
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Very many thanks in advance!
VonEddy
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<Bit of Chat no tech>
I've been using Mac Rumors for ages to diagnose and repair various mac tech for friends and family, this is an Awesome resource. Normally I just lurk and search and this will solve the problem but I'm totally stumped after days of trying to repair my nieces MBP
</ Bit of Chat no tech>
<the important bit>
So to the point! I've got a MBP 4,1 that will not boot (it just freezes on apple logo with progress wheel also freezing). It also freezes if I try and boot into a new instal off USB. Theres no AHT to work off the 'D' or 'cmd & opt & D'. I cant find the right AHT to either restore to the .diagnostics folder or run off DVD / USB etc. It also freezes why trying to boot in safe mode, pretty much as it does on normal boot... I've tried booting into Single User Mode and running fsck -yf repeatedly until it read OK without HDD altered...
My last idea was to boot to verbose mode and check how far it gets but heres the question I'm not tech enough with macs to interpret what verbose mode prints out! I've tried googling all of the last few lines but cant find anything on them
Could one of you guys check the attached pictures and see if you know why it's hanging?
(Same screen one zoomed in more...)
View attachment 471485
View attachment 471486
Very many thanks in advance!
VonEddy
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