I just got this Mac from my grandma because she said it wasn’t working. It boots and lets me go into recovery mode but crashes in a similar way whenever a loading bar starts. I’ve tried booting every different way and cleared nvram. I didn’t see any clearly visible damage on the logic board, and I’m willing to try any ideas as long as I can keep the price of fixing this under $100.

  • fartsparkles
    6·
    7 months ago

    Old Intel model?

    Try flushing the NVRAM, PRAM, and SMC.

    I’ve seen weird issues when settings in there get corrupted. Worth a shot.

    • invertedspear@lemm.ee
      2·
      7 months ago

      It’s really the only hope for a sub $100 repair. If it’s not that, it’s hardware, and we all know Apple makes it so that hardware repair is priced to make a new device a better choice.