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MacBook can't boot - Gray screen
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<blockquote data-quote="sriethmiller" data-source="post: 1612301" data-attributes="member: 335382"><p>I have an early 2011 MacBook Pro that is no longer under AppleCare coverage. I was downloading Yosemite last night when apps and the system itself became mostly unresponsive. I was able to force a shutdown, but now the system can't boot. I hear the startup chime and get a plain gray screen, but thats as far as it gets. </p><p></p><p>http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2570?viewlocale=en_US</p><p></p><p>I have tried everything in the above support article. The only thing is I don't know where the original RAM is, but I tried removing one stick of RAM at a time and neither one made a difference.</p><p></p><p>As I said I can't get the system to boot to a USB drive or the install disk, although the SuperDrive does spin up when I attempt to boot to it. </p><p></p><p>Without being able to boot to anything the only option I can think of is to try to replace the hard drive as I suspect the OS is corrupted. </p><p></p><p>If anyone has some thoughts or advice I would greatly welcome it, thanks!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sriethmiller, post: 1612301, member: 335382"] I have an early 2011 MacBook Pro that is no longer under AppleCare coverage. I was downloading Yosemite last night when apps and the system itself became mostly unresponsive. I was able to force a shutdown, but now the system can't boot. I hear the startup chime and get a plain gray screen, but thats as far as it gets. http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2570?viewlocale=en_US I have tried everything in the above support article. The only thing is I don't know where the original RAM is, but I tried removing one stick of RAM at a time and neither one made a difference. As I said I can't get the system to boot to a USB drive or the install disk, although the SuperDrive does spin up when I attempt to boot to it. Without being able to boot to anything the only option I can think of is to try to replace the hard drive as I suspect the OS is corrupted. If anyone has some thoughts or advice I would greatly welcome it, thanks! [/QUOTE]
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