Blue screen when boot from cd and cannot open diskutil

HEllo
i have problem my macbook pro 2011 i7 when i boot up after apple logo display white screen , when i boot from cd display blue screen , i'm format my ssd but same problem
when i'm try open diskutil with CMD +R open Recovery network
Any body can help me ?

when i'm try open diskutil with CMD +R open Recovery network
I don't understand what you are talking about.
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