Need to boost the visibility of your question for solutions? Use the Experts Exchange Help Bell to confirm priority levels and contact subject-matter experts for question attention. Check out this how-to article for more information.
Solved
MacBook Pro screen goes grey when attempting reinstall.
Posted on 2011-03-06
I have an i7 MacBook Pro. When trying to reinstall osx 10.6 from scratch, whether I attempt to start from within osx or by booting straight to dvd - the screen turns grey with the dark grey logo.
What could cause this ? What does it mean ? How do I work passed it ?
What could cause this ? What does it mean ? How do I work passed it ?
[X]
Welcome to Experts Exchange
Add your voice to the tech community where 5M+ people just like you are talking about what matters.
- Help others & share knowledge
- Earn cash & points
- Learn & ask questions
3 Comments
Try disconnecting all external devices, usb flash memories etc. Turn off airport or disconnect ethernet cable. Then try again.
Are you trying to re-install using the original disk that came with the system? You cannot use a disk that came with a different model Mac.
Featured Post
Question has a verified solution.
If you are experiencing a similar issue, please ask a related question
The /etc/authorization file in Mac OS X 10.x can be used to control access to the various panes of the System Preferences amongst other things. It’s used by some of us Mac Sys Admin’s to give Standard Users access to System Prefs panes that only adm…
We could spend the next millennium discussing the differences of the Mac and Windows platforms. The next century will continue to have fanatics on both side of the equation and neither side will win the war. However, that’s not why we are here.
W…
This Micro Tutorial hows how you can integrate Mac OSX to a Windows Active Directory Domain. Apple has made it easy to allow users to bind their macs to a windows domain with relative ease.
The following video show how to bind OSX Mavericks to …
Monitoring a network: how to monitor network services and why? Michael Kulchisky, MCSE, MCSA, MCP, VTSP, VSP, CCSP outlines the philosophy behind service monitoring and why a handshake validation is critical in network monitoring. Software utilized …
Suggested Courses
Course of the Month7 days, 8 hours left to enroll
715 members asked questions and received personalized solutions in the past 7 days.
Join the community of 500,000 technology professionals and ask your questions.