MacBook Pro GPU AMD failure - Revision history

Garyf at 21:34, 3 November 2023

2023-11-03T21:34:38Z

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	\|Operating system=MacOS		\|Operating system=MacOS
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	\|Guidance=Well first of all I had a USB stick with a non-GUI version of Linux, I used ArchLinux. I won’t go into the details here, but I did have issues copying the ISO of ArchLinux onto a USB stick using my own Mac. You can see how I did this [[Copying ArchLinux ISO to USB using Mac\|here]].		\|Guidance=Well first of all I had a USB stick with a non-GUI version of Linux, I used ArchLinux. I won’t go into the details here, but I did have issues copying the ISO of ArchLinux onto a USB stick using my own Mac. You can see how I did this [[Copying the ArchLinux ISO to USB using Mac\|here]].

	Stick the USB disk in with ArchLinux on into the MacBook pro.		Stick the USB disk in with ArchLinux on into the MacBook pro.

Garyf at 21:59, 2 November 2023

2023-11-02T21:59:05Z

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	I just hope this is a better solution than what was shown in method 1 which kept failing without the SMC or NVRAM being reset.		I just hope this is a better solution than what was shown in method 1 which kept failing without the SMC or NVRAM being reset.

	There is a permanent solution I have found on YouTube, but due to knowing how bad I am at soldering, I think I will pass on that one. But if you want to look at the permanent solution check out.		There is a permanent solution I have found on YouTube, but due to knowing how bad I am at soldering, I think I will pass on that one. But if you want to look at the permanent solution check out this video over on [https://youtu.be/vbXb0gfRxEY?si=klqY0vfbvaugVqsF YouTube].

	But if you do that, you are on your own.		But if you do that, you are on your own.
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Garyf at 21:53, 2 November 2023

2023-11-02T21:53:40Z

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 Now, we all need to do the following, run the command:
   cd /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD
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Garyf at 21:44, 2 November 2023

2023-11-02T21:44:41Z

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	Once in recovery mode I opened the terminal:		Once in recovery mode I opened the terminal:
			[[File:GPU failure Macbook Pro Terminal menu.jpg\|alt=GPU failure Macbook Pro Terminal menu in recovery mode.\|none\|thumb\|800x800px\|GPU failure Macbook Pro Terminal menu in recovery mode.]]
			If you have more than one partition run the following lines, if you only have one partition you can skip this bit:
			diskutil cs list (find UUID for drive)
			diskutil coreStorage unlockVolume UUID
			Now, we all need to do the following, run the command:
			cd /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD
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Garyf at 21:34, 9 September 2023

2023-09-09T21:34:41Z

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   ls
 That is an L not an I. Hit enter and you will something like:
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Garyf: Created page with "{{Header |Status=Resolved |PubDate=2018-05-20 |The problem=A friend has an issue with an issue where his MacBook Pro late 2011 was not booting. Looking at the issue and finding information online, it turns out the AMD card seems to fail on MacBook Pros. }} {{Faults |Device=MacBook Pro |Operating system=MacOS |Software=Single user mode |Guidance=Boot up in single user mode by holding down Cmd S when you turn on your Mac, enter the following: nvram fa4ce28d-b62f-4c99-9cc..."

2023-09-08T21:41:14Z

Created page with "{{Header |Status=Resolved |PubDate=2018-05-20 |The problem=A friend has an issue with an issue where his MacBook Pro late 2011 was not booting. Looking at the issue and finding information online, it turns out the AMD card seems to fail on MacBook Pros. }} {{Faults |Device=MacBook Pro |Operating system=MacOS |Software=Single user mode |Guidance=Boot up in single user mode by holding down Cmd S when you turn on your Mac, enter the following: nvram fa4ce28d-b62f-4c99-9cc..."

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{{Header
|Status=Resolved
|PubDate=2018-05-20
|The problem=A friend has an issue with an issue where his MacBook Pro late 2011 was not booting. Looking at the issue and finding information online, it turns out the AMD card seems to fail on MacBook Pros.
}}
{{Faults
|Device=MacBook Pro
|Operating system=MacOS
|Software=Single user mode
|Guidance=Boot up in single user mode by holding down Cmd S when you turn on your Mac, enter the following:
nvram fa4ce28d-b62f-4c99-9cc3-6815686e30f9:gpu-power-prefs=%01%00%00%00
Turn on Verbose mode as default:
nvram boot-args=”-v”
and type in:
reboot
The machine should now boot normally.
}}
{{Faults
|Device=MacBook Pro
|Operating system=MacOS
|Software=ArchLinux
|Guidance=Well first of all I had a USB stick with a non-GUI version of Linux, I used ArchLinux. I won’t go into the details here, but I did have issues copying the ISO of ArchLinux onto a USB stick using my own Mac. You can see how I did this [[Copying ArchLinux ISO to USB using Mac|here]].

Stick the USB disk in with ArchLinux on into the MacBook pro.

Power on the machine, ideally it needs to have the power cable attached to the machine. As soon as you hit power, press down the ''alt'' key at the same time.

You will get an option to either boot from the Macs hard drive, or UEFI. Select UEFI, you will see something like this:
[[File:ArchLinux options.png|alt=Select the option that you require to start ArchLinux|none|frame|Select the option that you require to start ArchLinux]]
Ensure you have the top item selected for ArchLinux and press ''e''. As you can see at the bottom of this image you will see a line, at the end of that line add ''nomodeset'' and hit enter.

You will be booted into ArchLinux:
[[File:ArchLinux boot.png|alt=ArchLinux boot showing the terminal commands|none|frame|ArchLinux boot showing the terminal commands]]
Change the directory by running the command:
cd /sys/firmware/efi/efivars
You will see something like this:

Run the command
ls
That is an L not an I. Hit enter and you will something like:
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