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Sam91

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#215151 14-Jun-2017 15:34
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Hey guys,

I bought a mid 2012 MacBook Pro off TradeMe about a week ago. I bought it with full knowledge that the screen wasn't working, under the belief that it's just a screen issue.

• MacBook Pro arrived, worked fine (only used briefly) connected to my monitor.
• Booted up to OSX utilities, wiped the drive and then installed El Capitan successfully
• Next morning, everything works fine, download Sierra, begin installing Sierra, then after a while there's a white screen
• After a while I turn off the computer as its unresponsive
• Turn it on again and I'm greeted by 2 beeps (different tones)
• Did some googling and found it's an incompatible RAM problem
• Reseat the RAM - no luck
• Try various arrangements of RAM - no luck
• Call Applecare, go through all the trouble shooting steps with no luck
• It now has the two beeps followed by the apple startup noise, this will keep repeating every 10 seconds or so until I shutdown the computer
• Applecare suggests it is most likely something to do with the RAM, and suggest I take it to an authorised repairer.

Any suggestions? I think my next step is to buy some other RAM modules and see if that makes a difference. Could it be a greater problem? I don't actually know what caused the screen to stop working in the first place, there is a dent though.

Any help would be much appreciated.


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  #1800955 14-Jun-2017 15:52
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  #1801004 14-Jun-2017 17:20
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it has 2 dimms? try just 1, if not working try the other


Sam91

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  #1801006 14-Jun-2017 17:24
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bagheera:

 

it has 2 dimms? try just 1, if not working try the other

 



Yep I've done this already with no success. Thanks.




  #1802495 17-Jun-2017 09:53
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Have you tried the basic NVRAM reset? From off, press & hold Power then hold Command + Option + P + R until it reboots twice.

Next is SMC reset - press & hold Shift + Control + Option + Power until the light on the Magsafe connector blinks. Now release all keys at the same time.

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