I have a MacBook Pro, it recently started freezing upon startup. It would get to a blue screen and just sit there. I've tried booting in safemode to run disk repair and still doesnt help. If I do manage to get past the blue screen, it still freezes

My mac keeps freezing upon startup. It will get to the blue screen and promptly freeze. If I manage to get past the blue screen, and open up youtube on google chrome, it will freeze before it loads youtube. I've tried safeboot and disk repair, nothing seems to work. I even tried to factory reset it but it wont connect to my internet when I reboot with power + option.. any ideas?

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bhadotia wrote:Anyway's the file downloaded from dell to update the partition for Studio 1555 is corrupted (checksums don't match). My partition still doesn't boot. I'm working to fix this and will update my post when I'm done.
The file seems to create the CD/DVD/Image and USB just fine. So I used this only to create a CD image which I then wrote on a blank CD which seems to work fine. Also, I played around a bit and had some partial success in booting the partition. I've updated my original opening post with the new findings.
Whew!! what a waste of time! Never want to do all of this again .
Last edited by bhadotia (2012-03-03 00:05:22)

My Macbook Pro has recently started to mute/unmute itself randomly. VERY FRUSTRATING! It doesn't matter whether I have speakers connected or using the onboard speakers. Any suggestions?

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How is it corrected?

Hello DChrystal
Try paying attention to the Keyboard Viewer to see if any keys are being pressed that could be causing the sound to be muted. If it is, try it in another user to see if it is software that is causing the issue or if it is the actual keyboard that is having the issue.
One or more keys on the keyboard do not respond
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1381
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My MacBook Pro has recently started to crash. It sometimes crashes when watching streamed video (youtube/netflix), and will always crash when using high processor programs (e.g. final cut X, Logic Pro) and cannot run any games without crashing. Usually starts running hot before cutting to a blank screen (and any audio starts to loop), and requires a hard reboot.
Any help would be apreciated.
below are the latest error report, and hardware copied from settings.
- Andrew
Hardware Overview:
Version 10.6.8
Model Name:    MacBook Pro
Model Identifier:    MacBookPro6,2
Processor Name:    Intel Core i5
Processor Speed:    2.4 GHz
Number Of Processors:    1
Total Number Of Cores:    2
L2 Cache (per core):    256 KB
L3 Cache:    3 MB
Memory:    4 GB
Processor Interconnect Speed:    4.8 GT/s
Boot ROM Version:    MBP61.0057.B0C
SMC Version (system):    1.58f16
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State:    Enabled
Error report:
Interval Since Last Panic Report: 39772837 sec
Panics Since Last Report:          118
Anonymous UUID:                    85CD0A42-38C0-4DC0-8A74-F2CA85EE41FB
Fri Mar 14 09:18:27 2014
panic(cpu 1 caller 0x5d8b4c9b): NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x00000100: CFG 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xffffffff, BAR0 0xc0000000 0x80a47000 0x0a5480a2, D0, P2/4
Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x545f9728 : 0x21b837 (0x5dd7fc 0x545f975c 0x223ce1 0x0)
0x545f9778 : 0x5d8b4c9b (0x5daca28c 0x5db3a800 0x5dad8e60 0x0)
0x545f9818 : 0x5d9cf608 (0xa179804 0xa365004 0x100 0x0)
0x545f9868 : 0x5d9c6601 (0xa365004 0x100 0x545f9898 0x5d8a4778)
0x545f9898 : 0x5e0e99a6 (0xa365004 0x100 0x438004ee 0x2024)
0x545f99d8 : 0x5d9ee2b5 (0xa365004 0xa34b004 0x0 0x0)
0x545f9a18 : 0x5d8bde7c (0xa365004 0xa34b004 0x0 0x0)
0x545f9ab8 : 0x5d8ba55b (0x0 0x9 0x0 0x0)
0x545f9c68 : 0x5d8bbaf9 (0x0 0x600d600d 0x704a 0x545f9c98)
0x545f9d38 : 0x5ceb58ff (0x545f9d58 0x0 0x98 0x2a45c9)
0x545f9df8 : 0x5cebb30f (0xa2f2004 0x0 0x98 0x7df3160)
0x545f9f18 : 0x5cebb7a6 (0xa2f2004 0x15d44204 0x464a5ef0 0x8)
0x545f9f78 : 0x5cebba91 (0xa2f2004 0x15d44204 0x464a5ef0 0x545fa1e0)
0x545fa028 : 0x5cecfd83 (0xa2f2004 0x15cb00e8 0x545fa39c 0x545fa1e0)
0x545fa298 : 0x5ceb13f1 (0x4620b000 0x15cb00e8 0x545fa39c 0x1488e400)
0x545fa3f8 : 0x5ceb162f (0x461c7000 0x15cb0000 0x1 0x0)
0x545fa428 : 0x5ceb40ec (0x461c7000 0x15cb0000 0xd0001 0x7e958080)
0x545fa468 : 0x5ced644a (0x461c7000 0x15cb0000 0x4617c280 0x140)
0x545fa4f8 : 0x5cec7c9b (0xdc9d200 0x15cb0000 0x0 0x1)
0x545fa558 : 0x5cec7f02 (0x4617c000 0x4617c788 0x15cb0000 0x0)
0x545fa5a8 : 0x5cec83d6 (0x4617c000 0x4617c788 0x545fa8cc 0x545fa86c)
0x545fa8e8 : 0x5cec51a1 (0x4617c000 0x4617c788 0x1 0x2209aa)
0x545fa908 : 0x5ce8c88f (0x4617c000 0x4617c788 0x15d69e80 0x507617)
0x545fa938 : 0x5cec6c64 (0x4617c000 0x545faa7c 0x545fa968 0x506ad1)
0x545fa978 : 0x5ce90c93 (0x4617c000 0x545faa7c 0x545faa7c 0x545fa9e0)
0x545faab8 : 0x5ceca5d8 (0x4617c000 0x1 0x545fabcc 0x545fabc8)
0x545fab68 : 0x5ce8cfe1 (0x4617c000 0x1 0x545fabcc 0x545fabc8)
0x545fabe8 : 0x56da06 (0x4617c000 0x0 0x545fae3c 0x545fac74)
0x545fac38 : 0x56e2a5 (0x5cf1b720 0x4617c000 0x9082688 0x1)
0x545fac88 : 0x56eb59 (0x4617c000 0x10 0x545facd0 0x0)
0x545fada8 : 0x286638 (0x4617c000 0x10 0x9082688 0x1)
0x545fbe58 : 0x21dbe5 (0x9082660 0x149085a0 0x1f81e8 0x5003)
0x545fbe98 : 0x210a86 (0x9082600 0x0 0x91453b0 0x12abb150)
0x545fbef8 : 0x216f84 (0x9082600 0x0 0x0 0x0)
0x545fbf78 : 0x295c57 (0x14d23f08 0x0 0x0 0x0)
0x545fbfc8 : 0x2a256d (0x14d23f04 0x1 0x10 0x14d23f04)
      Kernel Extensions in backtrace (with dependencies):
         com.apple.GeForce(6.4.0)@0x5ce81000->0x5cf37fff
            dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(6.4.0)@0x5d84e000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.2.1)@0x5cad5000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6.5)@0x54998000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.2.1)@0x5cb31000
         com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal(6.4.0)@0x5dfb3000->0x5e3c7fff
            dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(6.4.0)@0x5d84e000
         com.apple.NVDAResman(6.4.0)@0x5d84e000->0x5db3bfff
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6.5)@0x54998000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.2.1)@0x5cad5000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.2.1)@0x5cb31000
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: mcedit
Mac OS version:
10K549
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 10.8.0: Tue Jun 7 16:33:36 PDT 2011; root:xnu-1504.15.3~1/RELEASE_I386
System model name: MacBookPro6,2 (Mac-F22586C8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 35255929235626
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Model: MacBookPro6,2, BootROM MBP61.0057.B0C, 2 processors, Intel Core i5, 2.4 GHz, 4 GB, SMC 1.58f16
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, PCIe, 256 MB
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics, Intel HD Graphics, Built-In, 288 MB
Memory Module: global_name
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x93), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.10.131.42.4)
Bluetooth: Version 2.4.5f3, 2 service, 12 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en1
Serial ATA Device: ST9320325ASG, 298.09 GB
Serial ATA Device: MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898
USB Device: Hub, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2514, 0xfa100000 / 2
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x0237, 0xfa120000 / 5
USB Device: Internal Memory Card Reader, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8403, 0xfa130000 / 4
USB Device: BRCM2070 Hub, 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0xfa110000 / 3
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8218, 0xfa113000 / 7
USB Device: Hub, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2514, 0xfd100000 / 2
USB Device: IR Receiver, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8242, 0xfd120000 / 4
USB Device: Built-in iSight, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8507, 0xfd110000 / 3

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