My MacBook Retina will not turn on its display. The fan is running as if it was frozen. Basically if I listen to the fan it turns on and off in a repeated pattern. If I hold down the power button then nothing happens. Is there anything I should try that might reset the MacBook. I have held down the power button for a minute and nothing happens. Need any ideas. Thank you
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MacBook Retina will not power on - fan is repeating cycles
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DavidBlack
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SMC Reset?
You should try reseting the Macbook Pro's SMC.
Follow these steps:
Shutdown your MacBook Air / MacBook Pro
Connect the power adapter to your Mac
On the MacBook/Pros keyboard, hold down the Shift+Control+Option keys and the Power button at the same time
Release all keys and the power button at the same time
Boot your Mac as usual
You should try reseting the Macbook Pro's SMC.
Follow these steps:
Shutdown your MacBook Air / MacBook Pro
Connect the power adapter to your Mac
On the MacBook/Pros keyboard, hold down the Shift+Control+Option keys and the Power button at the same time
Release all keys and the power button at the same time
Boot your Mac as usual
Didn't work. I can not turn my MacBook off as its wont turn on. When the power is plugged in I can hear some fan that is really quite blow air out every second repeatedly
DavidBlack
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I'm sorry to hear that mate. I think you should carry it to an Apple Store and let them have a look at it.