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Time before Grey Screen at startup

Macsavvytech

Macsavvytech

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Macbook Pro Startup is fast overall... however im extremely picking and im wondering if its normal to take 4-6 seconds to load the inital grey screen.
If this is normal what is the computer doing cause i know my friends 3 yo white macbook doesn't have the same delay
 
mulo said:
hit cmd+v during boot and it'll show you whats going on
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ok 2 question is it cmd-v before or after the initial grey/white screen....
cause if it i tried before and after grey screen + im actually asking what its doing before it loads the initial grey/white screen.
 
sorry for double post but it seems odd im followed instructions on how to boot in verbose, rebuild desktop and zapp PRAM none of these shortcuts worked its like my internal keyboard is turned off at startup....
however if i want to boot to bootcamp i can hold alt????
 
Macsavvytech said:
ok 2 question is it cmd-v before or after the initial grey/white screen....
cause if it i tried before and after grey screen + im actually asking what its doing before it loads the initial grey/white screen.
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I just hold it until it starts displaying a bunch of text :)
until it starts displaying all that text its loading the EFI I take it
 
Mine too, about 4-6 seconds, It's a bummer when I'm trying to convince my friends to get a SSD on their laptop as well. but ehhhhhh,
 
mulo said:
I just hold it until it starts displaying a bunch of text :)
until it starts displaying all that text its loading the EFI I take it
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Mine doesn't display text it just goes to the login window
 
i Dont't think anyones getting my point for starters why doesn't cmd-v work???
and why should an i7,SSD MacbookPro 2010 take 23 seconds to turn on???
 
turn on -> right away press cmd+V -> verbose mode shows what is happening before loginwindow starts.

also try choosing your hard drive again in Startup Disk preferences.
 
markfc said:
Have you changed the original memory?

A friend had this and it was the 3rd party memory causing it.
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no my ram is apple ram...
and above poster ill try this again but my machine doesn't seem to boot into verbose or clearing PRAM

Clearing PRAM and booting into Verbose is definitely disabled on my machine????
was it abolished in OSX 10.6.4... was it disabled on the 2010 MBP???
 
ok i decided to reinstall OSX...
my reason being that i think i might have unintentionally stuffed up OSX, a while ago i edited the default startup making my mac always boot into 64bit anyhows i recently wanted to boot into 32 bit kernel so i held the 3 and 2 keys it still booted into 64bit kernel. Now thinking about it this is probably the only difference apart from hardware between me and other macs i know, and they can all boot into verbose, etc..
anyway ill tell you result after clean install
 
Your startup isnt' related to the OS. It's the EFI that your Macbook Pro is accessing between the press of the power button and the appearance of the grey screen.

Try resetting your PRAM and NVRAM and see if that helps. Note that some of your preferences (they're listed in the linked document) will be reset to factory vales.

Clearing PRAM and booting into Verbose is definitely disabled on my machine????
was it abolished in OSX 10.6.4... was it disabled on the 2010 MBP???
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No it hasn't been. I can do it just fine on my 2010 MBP running 10.6.4. Are you sure you're holding the keys down long enough?
 
scaredpoet said:
Your startup isnt' related to the OS. It's the EFI that your Macbook Pro is accessing between the press of the power button and the appearance of the grey screen.

Try resetting your PRAM and NVRAM and see if that helps. Note that some of your preferences (they're listed in the linked document) will be reset to factory vales.



No it hasn't been. I can do it just fine on my 2010 MBP running 10.6.4. Are you sure you're holding the keys down long enough?
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I understand what EFI is and I understand snow leopard is not involved in the time before the grey screen I reinstalled as a troubleshooting means.
Also you obviously haven't read my previous posts I cannot reset PRAM I've tried pressing the keys when the grey screen appears, I've tried pressing it the moment I press the power button either way it doesn't work this is the same for all combinations that have to be pressed before the grey screen they don't work
 
happy found verbose PRAM problem, however i think you'll find verbose is mac osx and the time before the grey screen is EFI meaning it doesn't show in verbose
 
To reset your PRAM (which may help the EFI), remove the firmware password (run the utility again). Then, follow the normal PRAM reset instructions again.
 
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