White Screen of Death.....Help!

[dpsk]

Currently my MBP (15" Retina bought in June 2012) getting this 'WHITE SCREEN' after idling for about 10mins or when re-open the lid. There is nothing on the screen except just 'WHITE' and NOT even the mouse pointer or cursor.

NO respond on the keyboard so have to press & hold the switch-ON button to restart. Then only back to normal.......but after idling again then same WHITE-SCREEN.

Does anyone experience this problem ? Appreciate your feedback....thanks

 

[PinoyAko]

Currently my MBP (15" Retina bought in June 2012) getting this 'WHITE SCREEN' after idling for about 10mins or when re-open the lid. There is nothing on the screen except just 'WHITE' and NOT even the mouse pointer or cursor.

NO respond on the keyboard so have to press & hold the switch-ON button to restart. Then only back to normal.......but after idling again then same WHITE-SCREEN.

Does anyone experience this problem ? Appreciate your feedback....thanks

What I would do is I will boot from my recovery Partition and will start backing up my files. I will then reformat my computer and see if it will fix the problem.

 

[dpsk]

What I would do is I will boot from my recovery Partition and will start backing up my files. I will then reformat my computer and see if it will fix the problem.

Thanks PinoyAko.

What would be the worst scenario should after re-formatting ?
Trying to look ahead....

 

[PinoyAko]

Thanks PinoyAko.

What would be the worst scenario should after re-formatting ?
Trying to look ahead....

Your data will be erased and gone and you will start from scratch (i.e you need to reinstall apps, restore your back up).

I have a feeling that it is going to be fixed by a reformat.

By the way, prior doing that. Did you upgrade your memory or hard drive recently?

 

[dpsk]

Your data will be erased and gone and you will start from scratch (i.e you need to reinstall apps, restore your back up).

I have a feeling that it is going to be fixed by a reformat.

By the way, prior doing that. Did you upgrade your memory or hard drive recently?

Thanks for the info. Much appreciated.
No upgrade yet, just stock standard.

 

[hatersgonnahate]

were you able to fix by reformatting?

just got the white screen of death last night.

 

[sachin234000]

Got the same issue after installing yosemite. SOLVED!

After installing yosemite on my macbook pro retina, i got the same problem. The machine was having a problem with choosing boot-up disk.
I removed yosemite but the problem was still there. So i reformatted my whole machine and now the problem is gone.
Hope this helps.

 

[hatersgonnahate]

any idea how to determine if it's harddrive problem or if it's the logic board?

can't believe it broke after only three years of use.