Macbook Pro crashes on boot - help, please

[Timbo61]

I have a late 2011 Macbook Pro 15. When it boots it crashes to a partially black screen with white text,. I guess its a kernal panic. Below is a screen shot of what it looks like when it crashes. . I have tried new memory. No change. Resetting NVRAM, and SMC do not help. I need to know if I need to pursue a new logic board?

Thanks

 

[chscag]

Welcome to our forums.

If possible, copy the complete kernel panic log entry to your clipboard and then paste it here for us to look over. What you posted is not enough to try to determine what's wrong.

 

[Timbo61]

I can not get to the panic log entry. I can not boot the computer.

 

[ferrarr]

See if any of the suggestions here, If your Mac restarted because of a problem - Apple Support, help your situation.

 

[jasongoldworthy]

I know the MacBook Pro of 2011 15" models can have a defective GPU

and this may be the reason you getting a kernel panic on boot,

and was quite a common problem on them from memory,

so if you cant get past this then your likely looking at another logic board and then again it will only happen again in time.

if you have a USB of OSX high Sierra try booting it and see if you can check the hard drive ?

another option here is to boot up and run the AHT im not saying it will throw up anything as I had a MacBook Pro run apple AHT and detect no issue.