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Multiple problems after LCD replacement
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Hello. I've recently replaced the LCD on my unibody MBP 17'' 2009. It's the second time I had to do this and the last time there were no problems.
I followed the guide on iFixit.
What happens:
- OSX will not boot on any medium (disc, dvd (L, SL, Lion) and USB)
Windows
- Boots while connected to A/C
- After successful boot (while on AC), if I unplug the cord, either it freezes or the airport card stops working (connection becomes limited, then no networks are found - plugging back to AC doesn't solve anything)
- When booting without being plugged (on batt) it hangs past the windows boot logo. Sometimes it goes up until the point when the mouse pointer show up.
Linux
- Boots and Installs.
I have tried reseting the SMC, PRAM.
When I try to boot OSXin verbose or safe mode the boot process stops at either
- AppleIntelCPUPo
or
- Broadcom (etc) - wireless card line.
At one time I got the following error report:
https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0B9rBwc...
(pictures are a bit shaky, sorry I haven't been able to get to this screen again w a better camera)
I'm thinking it's either an EFI problem or something to do with power management. I don't believe I've gone near any of those components (except for unplugging the Display cable near the magsafe port...)
Any ideas?
Thanks,
_Luís
Sorry, I forgot to add that I have tested the machine with different compatible ram and that I ran AHT (apple hardware test) four times without any error reports. Is there any way to update/flash EFI withou OSX? _Luís
luisfcosta,
Have you been to and looked through the Boot Camp Support pages?... I think you may have a corrupt power management extension, or corrupted MBR - master boot record =8^( none of your OS X partitions work. Can you access a OS X system from a different valid HD disk to eliminate a true hardware problem?
machead3,
I took the disc out and tried to boot from DVD. Still no joy. Plus, would that impact the way computer behaves depending on wether it's connected to a power source or not?
luisfcosta,
I'm not getting the big picture. You say Linux - Boots and Installs. Which makes me suspect it's software not hardware. Are all these systems on different disks, partitions on one HD?
machead3,