Macbook pro acting as if it was on but only grey screen appears.
Hi All,
I am having some rather strange issue with my MBP which is driving me mad.
A couple of days ago I was watching a video and all the sudden the screen started sort of vibrating and then the whole system just froze, had to shut it down by holding the power button.
I then switched it back on, it started booting up but it got stuck at the grey screen with the apple logo and that little wheel spinning, which then stopped spinning and it just stayed like that. Initially I thought it was just the grey screen issue people sometimes get, but I actually noticed that the system is on, or at least is behaving as if it was on (I can change the volume, the buttons are also active, but screen is still the same grey with the logo and wheel).
What I have tried so far:
Safe mode- did not help
Verbose mode with command fsck -fy - found no issue
Booting up from installation disc - it asks me to shut down the computer
Resetting the NVRAM - did not help
Single user mode - did not help
Has anyone got any idea what the problem might be?
Thanks,
Rob
Hi there,
Thanks for your reply.
It says "You need to restart your computer. Hold down the power button until it turns off..."
Below this is the same message in other languages such as French, German etc...a black box in the middle of the screen with I/O sign in the background.
Thanks,
R
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