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Display turning into pixels then turning off.

My MacBook never fell or anything, but since about a month my MacBook has just went black, made these pixel thingys. I turned it off and after it was fine. Now my MacBook doesn’t turn on again. Have a video of it.

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Sadly, I’l thinking the logic board graphics circuit had a failure. This series logic boards are very difficult to fix. Which only leaves replacement.

Hopefully you’ve been good on backing up!

Time to visit the Apple Store!

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Is it possible to still access the hard drive?

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If you can't get it to even respond I don't know of any way. If you can boot up under Target Disk Mode then you might be able to hook up a second Mac via USB-C between them to gain access to your files.

Use target disk mode to move files to another computer & Understanding the Applications for Target Disk Mode

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