2011 Macbook Pro not well

Dangerous_Dave

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I have a 2011 Macbook pro here, that I bought second hand with a fault that seemed as though it might be a faulty hard drive. However, having bought a hard drive for it, it's still not cooperating. I start the internet recovery process, and get past the stage of logging onto my wireless network and doing the initial file download. Then I get the apple icon with a little circle thing under it, but then the screen goes black for a moment, comes back on plain grey with nothing else on it, and the fans start to spin up. Nothing more happens after that.

Any ideas what could be going on here?

Thanks in advance.
 
How long have you left it at the grey screen?

Could perhaps be memory. Does it more than one module you could take out and/or swap them round?
 
Not sure, just going through the sort of thing I would check.
If it was a PC, maybe look at loose components, but I guess everything is integrated or soldered?

I assume there are no external drives, mice etc plugged in?
 
That's been brewing for a while benji. BTW hows the watercooled beast holding up? FMUK is a wasteland nowadays! ;)

Anyway back to the MBP ... there's an massive thread on the Apple discussion boards, and a Facebook group where the lawyers picked up the scent in the first place.

Class action doesn't help much as it's US only, and only in certain states. Apple have stuck their head in the sand and are unlikely to change tack. That said in the in the UK we've got some protection under the Sale of Goods Act. That got me a free repair when mine failed in April, and when the repairs didn't hold up Apple replaced the Mac.

Probably doesn't help OP much with a secondhand purchase however, as the retailer is liable under SOGA, rather than Apple Inc. I wouldn't touch a secondhand 2011 15" or 17" MacBook Pro with someone else's bargepole.
 
Hey Magic, I've not been over to FMUK in years. I fell out of love with Forza after spending most of uni on FM2 hahaha.

I need to change the coolant when I get an afternoon free but otherwise PC is going strong. Looking at MBPs or MBAs atm as spending a lot more time away from home so not getting the use I'd like.

That article and this thread has confirmed I don't want a 2011 model though.


Best of luck to the OP getting this sorted.
 
Yeah, steer clear.

All 13" are fine, they don't have a discrete GPU.

2010 15"/17" can be a bit iffy - there was a bad batch of boards related graphics switching hardware. There was a recall of sorts, Apple seem happy to swap out the logic board in affected machines.

The mid-2012 with Ivy Bridge and a GT650M doesn't appear to have any issues at this time...
 
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