MacBook Pro :: Unibody Mid 2012 - Won't Turn On?
Aug 20, 2014
My macbook pro unibody mid 2012 macbook pro won't turn on. I hear the DVD drive and see the indicator light. The screen is not on. I want to see if there is a fix. I can't afford a repair because I have no money.
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MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)
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Mar 6, 2010
I have an aluminum macbook with a 2.4Ghz core 2 duo processor. I am the second owner, but I have owned it for about a year and taken good care of it. The other day I was browsing the internet internet and my macbook just turned off. It didnt give any warning or go through a shutdown sequence, it cut the power and turned off all of a sudden. I should tell you that it has done this once before, about a week ago. However, in that case I was able to turn it right back on without any issues. Now, on the other hand, I cannot get it to do anything. No chime, no gray screen. All that happens is the little white light on the lower right side flashes for a brief second. There is no screen activity, and as far as I can tell by holding my ear up to the hard drive it does not start to spin at all. I have attempted to reset the pram and smc, but I have no idea if it is resetting. It was not hot at all when it shut down, it had been sleeping and I had only just started using it. It was still cool to the touch on the case. Does anybody have any idea what could be causing this? I do not have the money to replace the logic board, so I am hoping it is something else.
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May 12, 2012
I've tried turning it ff and on via the power button several times, but it always goes back to the white screen.
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MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2010)
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Apr 14, 2009
I have a problem with my 17'' MBP unibody:
1) Bluetooth is ON:
I can't turn it off. The checkbox is inactive.
But I can turn it off, if I choose "Share my internet connection for other units". (I don't know, if this is the right text in english, because my OSX is in german)
2) Now Bluetooth is OFF:
But I can't turn it on, because the checkbox "ON" is inactive.
It turns only on, if I choose "New Unit"(?). Then there is a new window, that says, that this is only possible if Bluetooth turns on. If I say OK, bluetooth turns ON.
Back to 1)
What's the problem. Why is this f* checkbox for turning bluetooth on and off inactive?
This is not a hardware problem, because I can have stable bluetooth connections.
I did a smc and am pram reset. But it doesn't help.
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MacBook Air (11-inch, Mid 2012), Mac OS X (10.7.4)
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MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2012), Mac OS X (10.7.4)
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MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2012), i5, 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD, LION
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Mac OS X (10.7.4)
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MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2012), Mac OS X (10.7.4)
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Jun 29, 2012
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.7.4), Mid-2012 2.5Ghz 500GB
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
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