MacBook Pro :: Won't Turn On - Flashing Sleep Light
Oct 5, 2010
I bought a new mpb , i7. a few weeks ago it turned off and it wouldnt turn back on when i connected it to the power source , the sleep light however kept flashing, and it madethis sound like if it was trying to boot. anyway,i left it charging for a bit and it started working on its own.
however, lately its been shutting down when it runs out of battery instead of hibernating (which is really frustrating). and just now its doing the flashing thing again, cept for a much longer time.. any idea how to resolve this/what might be wrong with it?
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Jun 4, 2012
My wife's MacBook Pro has failed to start. Strangely the button to open the lid on front flashes.The computer recently had a new mother board put in. Feburary. Bit of a waste of money on and old mac. But there you go.Now we can't get it to turn on.Disk drive macs a sound but screen doesn't even turn grey.Can't seem to reset PRAM. Get no chimes at all.
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Aug 23, 2010
New mac user. Got a macbook pro model a1278. When it is plugged in the charger flashes orange faintly. Tried resetting the smc but nothing. Any ideas? Hard drive might be bad but other than that im not sure.a bad hard drive would cause this.
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Jun 22, 2009
l tried to turn on my macbook pro this morning, but it doesn't turn on. When l press power, the fan and sleep light come on. but after about one second, it shuts down. The chime and screen dont come on.
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May 13, 2010
I own a MacBook Pro 2.4Ghz and my problem happend like this:Last night I stopped playing SC2 and closed my MBP, then this morning I noticed that while it was closed, it had not gone to sleep mode, or at least that's what I thought, because it was too hot and the fans spinning hard. I openned it and showed no video, but remained on. After a 5-sec power button restart, it flashed the sleep indicator once and did nothing else, except for the HD spinned for a sec.I took the battery off and gave the computer time to cool off, because I sensed it way too hot.After I reinstalled the battery, I was able to turn it on the normal way, it worked just fine, but later I closed it again and when I openned it, it showed no video again.I repeated the process of letting it cool down, but with no effect this time.The sleep indicator turns on once and it does nothing.I tried swapping the memories, resetting the SMC, tried booting pressing control + command + r + p, tried booting without the battery, tried booting without the magsafe, nothing has worked.Now what happens when I press the power button is I hear the HD try to spin for half a second and the sleep indicator turn on once.
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Aug 6, 2010
my Macbook (I believe a 2008 model wouldn't wake up from it's sleep like it does every time I open it (I usually set it to sleep rather than shut it down). I turned it off manually, but when I attempted reboot it does either one of two things:
a) When I simply press the power on button, the screen stays black and the sleep light fades on once, but then fades off and all mechanical sounds abruptly stop.
b) When I press and hold the power button, the sleep light fades on, but then flashes about 10 times rapidly before fading in and once again abruptly turning off.
I have tried this with the charger plugged in several different outlets, not plugged into the Macbook, waiting, removing and putting back the battery. A Google search said it might have something to do with the RAM and pushing it back in, but I have no idea how to do that.
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Jul 18, 2010
This morning, I synced my iPod with my MacBook and upon completion and permission to disconnect the device, I pulled out the USB cord. At that point the computer instantly turned itself off, and when I hit the power button, I could hear the system trying to start up, but the screen remained black and the sleep light glowed continuously. I unplugged the charger, took out the battery and put it back in, and tried all the troubleshooting tips under the Apple Support guide with no success. I also discovered that when I closed the laptop while it was "on," it would seem to boot up a little more before returning to the black screen. I left it alone for a few hours, and when I tried again to turn it on, it booted up normally and as I was searching for updates, it shut down again as it had earlier.
Does anyone have anything for me to try? I don't want to have to take it into a shop because I can just barely afford to, but I need this computer! Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated :-)
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Oct 10, 2009
I set the MBP to sleep in 10 min through the Energy Saver pref with the option to sleep the hdds. When it's about to sleep the screen dims, then turns black, then the sleep light comes on but does not blink no matter how long I leave it. The blinking only happens when I close the lid or when I select the Sleep option under the Apple logo. Is that normal behavior?
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Aug 18, 2008
When shutting down, we get a familiar light blue screen before the computer turns off. I'm getting this flashing at me while operating my MBP. It seems to happen twice, every so often. The screen will turn blue and become empty simultaneously for about a half second - then the screen I'm expecting to see comes back for about half a second - and then the light blue screen comes back again for about a half a second, and then everything goes back to normal.What the heck is this?
I must say, I'm having a little bit of a difficult time with my switch to Apple from Microsoft last November. I've already had to replace the logic board, it appears as if my network card is no longer working (I can only connect via WiFi) - and now I'm having this odd light-blue screen flashing... My video card?
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Jun 21, 2012
I have not used my MacBook for a couple of days n today realised it needed charging when I come to use it so I plugged it in. I get a green flashing light but it won't charge? I have only had it since April so can't see it being the mac is it the charger itself?
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MacBook Pro
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Jul 2, 2012
I have an old macbookpro which doesn't have a good battery. last night it shut off because I didn't have the power chord attached. now I can't power it up. the light on the power chord flashes (slowly) between red and green.Â
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.4.7)
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Mar 28, 2012
Macbook Pro won't start, does the first part and then settle down to three beebs and flashing light.
Info:MacBookPro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
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Jun 22, 2012
Shutdown my MacBook pro last night turned it on this morning and I am not getting apple chime only a blank screen and a flashing sleep light?
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7)
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Sep 10, 2014
the light on my charger that plugs into my macbook pro is flashing orange/yellow. why is it doing this? It wont turn on either.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.1), iPhone 4
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Jun 4, 2014
My MacBook Air's (2008) screen went blank. Now the power light flashes and it beeps continuously. I have tried rebooting, but no change.
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apple, Mac OS X (10.6.5), iPhone macbook air iPad AppleTV (both)
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Jun 4, 2014
what I should do, my mac book won't switch on and there's a faint green and amber light flashing on the charger.
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MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
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Mar 15, 2008
I turned my Mac onto and all I got was a white flashing light on the front.
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May 9, 2012
I can't turn on my computer. The screen has a flashing question mark.
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MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2010), iOS 5.0.1
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Dec 2, 2014
I Bought this online, used (i know, bad choice) it was low battery soon as I opened it, but I started setting up my account. I plugged in the charger cord and wanted to keep working, but it just shut off suddenly. The light on the charger is a dim green and it flashed orange, I tried to push the button on the far left side lf the laptop, no green light appeared. It won't turn on.
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MacBook Pro
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Apr 20, 2012
My PPC G5 Mac Power Pro has been working fine, on one startup recently the screen didn't come on, the keyboard and mouse did not pass the startup test and the white light flashes three times. After a while the fans go into hovercraft mode! I've reseated the RAm and checked all other cards.
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PowerMac, Mac OS X (10.5.8), To be supplied
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Apr 13, 2012
The on light at the front of the base (right edge) went out. I have a late 2011 MacBook Pro 13 inch. The apple on the cover side of the monitor still comes on. Oddly enough, this happened right after I installed a trial of Photoshop version 13.0.0 Beta. Should I just have the light replaced or could this be a signal of other problems? I don't have a lot of new stuff installed since I'm coming from a pre intel mac desktop.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3), 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5 4GB 1333 MHz
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May 5, 2010
What is going on with my new MacBook Pro 13". I opened it to wake it up from its sleep and seconds after, it started flashing all these colors. Please look at my vid to see what I mean [URL]. I then tried to reboot, but the same colors kept showing. Then I connected the power adaptor and booted up again - this time as normal?
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Apr 16, 2008
This morning my girlfriend booted up the MP and it froze when she tried to log on. A short time after freezing she was able to bring up the Dashboard but then the computer display went wild flashing like a strobe light. Ever heard of this?
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Jul 2, 2010
Iit doesn't seem to affect performance but it's still puzzling me. Since I bought my Time Capsule several months ago the light on the front often switches from green to flashing orange after a few days of operation. Doing a hard reboot of the Time Capsule fixes the problem but then again after a few days it will be flashing orange again. A flashing orange light is supposed to indicate some kind of problem but I'm not noticing any change in network performance or functionality at all.
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Jan 11, 2011
How do you turn off the apple light on the lid of the macbook pro?
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Mar 30, 2012
My mac decided not to turn on. The light is green but it won't turn on.
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Jun 10, 2012
I've recently noticed that my MPB Keyboard's light won't turn off automatically. I've checked System Performances > Keyboard, it should turn off after 5 seconds. but it doesn't do that.
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Dec 6, 2014
My mac book pro wont turn on nothing except i hear sound inside it thats only when i bring it close to my year thats it and the light for the charger is very dim i have changed the charger and its the same thing.
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MacBook Pro, iOS 8.1.1
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Jun 6, 2014
I have a macbook pro mid 2012 mode, when ever my laptop wakes up from sleep after a longer duration then the screen flicker and vertical color lines appear. Â
The problem goes away once I reboot, also the problem doesnt appear in case I dont let the mac sleep. I have tried PRAM reset and changing my display resolutions, but both have not worked. The mac is just under two years old and I have already replaced the SATA cable, hardrive and now this issue?Â
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MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012), OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)
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Feb 1, 2010
I just received a 2 TB TC (part no. MC344LL/A) which I am trying to connect to an existing network. I have an iMac (24", 2.93 GHz, 4 GB ram) and a Belking54g router. I tried connecting the TC directly to the modem (Time Warner Cable) and the airport utility recognized the TC, but when it updates it, the connection gets lost and it can no longer find the TC. TC goes into flashing orange mode and nothing happens until I hard reset the router (by pressing the button in the rear using a pen).
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