Macbook Pro 13" Early 2011: out of use! ITALIAN&ENGLISH help Me!!

Salve a tutti, volevo esporvi il mio problema in attesa di portare il mio MBP in assistenza, ieri per la prima volta da quando l'ho comprato (1 anno e 8 mesi fà) ho aperto la parte posteriore per dare una leggera soffiata al tutto, la mia prima intenzione era quella di sostituire la pasta siliconica ma una volta aperto PER NON FARE DANNI VISTA LA COMPATTEZZA DEL TUTTO mi sono limitato a dare una soffiata alla ventola, ho staccato i connettori flat dalla logica di HDD, Lettore, ventola e un piccolo flat accanto a quello della ventola, poichè era, come detto in precedenza mia intenzione cambiare la pasta termica ma non l'ho fatto.
riposizionato correttamente il tutto dopo una soffiata leggera, serrate le viti, ho cercato di accenderlo ma da quel momento non ha dato più segni di vita, ne un rumore ne una schermata nulla, come se il pulsante di avvio fosse disattivato, la batteria carica e il rilevatore led posto sul lato funziona, ma tutto il resto, no! ora la dinamica dell'intervento mi pare abbastanza semplice e minimamente invasiva, vorrei capire cosa sia successo. che voi sappiate c'è una protezione un blocco? ho notato che sulla logica ci sono dei rilevatori di pressione (come dei piccoli pistoncini che credo vengano premuti dalla piastra in alluminio quando viene riposizionata. 
come detto non so che fare, nel web e nei forum non ho trovato nulla riguardo una dinamica del genere.
Hi all,
I expose my problem waiting to take my MBP in for service yesterday for the first time since I bought it (1 year and 8 months ago) I opened the back to give a slight blown at all, my first intention was to replace the silicone paste but once opened tO DO aNY VIEW oF aLL tHE cOMPACT I limited myself to give a tip to the fan, I unplugged the connectors from the logic of flat HDD player, fan and a small flat next to the fan, as it was, as previously stated my intention to change the thermal paste, but I did not.
all original location after a tip-light, tighten the screws, I tried to turn it on but then never gave any sign of life, and a noise or a screen nothing, as if the start button was turned off, the battery charge and the detector LED on the side works, but everything else, no!
dynamic intervention now seems quite simple and minimally invasive, I would like to understand what happened.
you know there is a protection block?
I noticed that the logic there are pressure sensors (like little pistons that I think are pressed from aluminum plate when it is repositioned.
as I said I do not know what to do, the web and forums I have not found anything about a dynamic like that.

Oh I actually have the problem in Mac OS, not even using the Bootcamp or Windows 7
Csound1 wrote:
lokiman wrote:
I am having the exact same problem with my 13" early 2011 Macbook Pro. I have 10.6.8. I used the disk that came with the laptop to restore the OS to 10.6.7 but the problem existed there too. I have now updated it back to 10.6.8. The problem still exists. This doesn't seem to be limited to an OS version and seems like an issue with device driver or with hardware. I will try to take it to the Apple store and see if this gets resolved.
You too have a black screen in Windows 7. ?

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    I did upgrade the RAM recently, about a month and a half ago, from 4GB to 16GB, I went to the apple store four days after that upgrade to have them do a hardware test, and clean the inside of my laptop, which helped with previous heat issues. When they did the hardware test, the hardware was all registered as fine from their system.
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    Does anyone know what I can do to alleviate this issue?
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    Problem description:
    The Hard Disk is failing.
    EtreCheck version: 2.0.11 (98)
    Report generated November 4, 2014 at 7:59:28 AM EST
    Hardware Information: ℹ️
      MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2011) (Verified)
      MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,2
      1 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-core
      16 GB RAM Upgradeable
      BANK 0/DIMM0
      8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
      BANK 1/DIMM0
      8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
      Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
      Wireless:  en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
    Video Information: ℹ️
      Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 512 MB
      Color LCD 1440 x 900
      AMD Radeon HD 6750M - VRAM: 1024 MB
    System Software: ℹ️
      OS X 10.9.5 (13F34) - Uptime: 0:3:43
    Disk Information: ℹ️
      TOSHIBA MK7559GSXF disk0 : (750.16 GB)
      S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
      EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
      HDV4 (disk0s2) /  [Startup]: 749.30 GB (712.10 GB free)
      Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>  [Recovery]: 650 MB
      MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898 
    USB Information: ℹ️
      Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
      Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
      Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
      Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
      Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
    Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
      Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
    Gatekeeper: ℹ️
      Mac App Store and identified developers
    Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
      /Library/Application Support/Avast/components/fileshield/unsigned
      [loaded] com.avast.AvastFileShield (2.1.0 - SDK 10.9) Support
      /Library/Application Support/Avast/components/proxy/unsigned
      [loaded] com.avast.PacketForwarder (1.4 - SDK 10.9) Support
    Launch Agents: ℹ️
      [not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
      [loaded] com.avast.userinit.plist Support
    Launch Daemons: ℹ️
      [invalid?] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist Support
      [loaded] com.avast.init.plist Support
      [loaded] com.avast.uninstall.plist Support
      [loaded] com.avast.update.plist Support
      [invalid?] com.perion.searchprotectd.plist Support
    User Launch Agents: ℹ️
      [invalid?] com.avast.home.userinit.plist Support
      [loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
      [invalid?] com.jdibackup.ZipCloud.autostart.plist Support
    User Login Items: ℹ️
      None
    Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
      AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.1 Support
      QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
      JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Check version
      Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
    User Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
      TroviNPAPIPlugin: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9 Support
      Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: Unknown
    Safari Extensions: ℹ️
      Avast Online Security
      Trovi Search for Safari
    3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
      None
    Time Machine: ℹ️
      Time Machine not configured!
    Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
          16% mds
          7% WindowServer
          1% loginwindow
          1% fontd
          1% com.avast.daemon
    Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
      120 MB com.avast.daemon
      86 MB Google Chrome
      52 MB Finder
      52 MB WindowServer
      41 MB Google Chrome Helper
    Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
      13.45 GB Free RAM
      1.34 GB Active RAM
      944 MB Inactive RAM
      1.43 GB Wired RAM
      1.11 GB Page-ins
      0 B Page-outs

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