MacBook Pro doesn’t turn on. What should I do?
Yesterday, I was using my laptop (normal usage) and then suddenly I heard a noise (“pop”) and the screen looked like from an old tv, only white noise. I turned it off by clicking on the power button for a few seconds and it didn’t turn on. I tried a bunch of stuff. Clicking the power button for seconds, reset the SMC, pretty much all combination of keys but nothing. The trackpad still clicks after clicking the power button and then it blocks after a few seconds. I can’t hear the fan or anything working inside. The battery appears to be charging since the light on the MagSafe is still on. Today I tried again and the laptop started. The logo appeared and then after a few seconds, the same things. The ‘pop’ noise, the white noise screen and this time it shut down instantly. And, again, it doesn’t turn on anymore.
What can I do? Anybody had a similar issue? I didn’t opened it yet.
Update:
I asked a technician and he told me the following: “Mate unfortunately the GPU (graphics card) is done and dusted. By the sounds of it the MacBook would've been over heating as the cooling system has never been serviced and the GPU has come to a point where it couldn't handle it. It's a very common issue. When it cools down it can work again till again it over heats and stops working. You can only get this fixed by Apple them self as you would have to replace the whole logic board as the GPU is soldered to the board.”
Although, he didn’t test anything. Do you think he is right?
Please help!
Diogo
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