MacBook Pro :: Black Screen With Curser That Can Be Controlled With No Startup Screen

Jun 3, 2014

After an update(I think) I can no longer get into my computer.  When turned on I get the apple logo then a grey screen that turns to black but the curser is active .  Then there is no more progress to the startup screen

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MacBook Pro, iOS 7.1.1

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I tried to push the power button for like 10 seconds straight when I turned on to see if that would fix the problem but no. I can hear the hard drive starting up when I push the power button but black screen.

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The main issues now is with the display, black screen on startup. I can still control the volume and disk eject/close, just no display. Force shut down with power button numerous time but futile. Finally solved it with SMC reset.

it becomes an on and off issues... and continuously I solved it with SMC reset.... sometimes needed 2 or 3 resets to get it to work,and finally for the past few days... SMC reset can't solve it either... no display on startup, and same thing I can control the volume and disk eject/close. Have tried my monitor on other mac and it worked fine.

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Mar 19, 2012

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The problem is that it is located in a small pretty isolated town in NE Brazil, I will be going back out there later in the summer so if anyone has any helpful ideas it would be most welcome. Fortunately we have a full CCC clone of the hard drive and a working MBP so we haven't lost anything, but it would be very good to have it working again.

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The nearest Mac store is probably in Rio or Sao Paulo which are a good day travelling by  car and plane so there is no chance of getting it there.

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Sep 10, 2014

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The problem doesn't occur for other player (VLC, XBMC etc.). 

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