You are correct, the white screen indicates a bad hard drive or hard drive cable. We prefer to go with the 2012 hard drive cable when replacing.
Pull your drive and hook it up using a USB to SATA adapter externally and see if the drive is working correctly.
What OS-X are you trying to run?
This model also had a recall on the GPU (program now expired) but we can look at that later.
UPDATE
Try starting in Target Mode to see if the GPU has failed. Target Mode is holding down the '''T''' key on start up. Let us know your results, please
UPDATE
with the Target mode working and your Safe Boot not, it is telling us your GPU has failed. See the bottom of this post where your machine was included in the extension program
You are correct, the white screen indicates a bad hard drive or hard drive cable. We prefer to go with the 2012 hard drive cable when replacing.
Pull your drive and hook it up using a USB to SATA adapter externally and see if the drive is working correctly.
What OS-X are you trying to run?
This model also had a recall on the GPU (program now expired) but we can look at that later.
UPDATE
Try starting in Target Mode to see if the GPU has failed. Target Mode is holding down the '''T''' key on start up. Let us know your results, please
UPDATE
with the Target mode working and your Safe Boot not, it is telling us your GPU has failed. See the bottom of this post where your machine was included in the extension program
You are correct, the white screen indicates a bad hard drive or hard drive cable. We prefer to go with the 2012 hard drive cable when replacing.
Pull your drive and hook it up using a USB to SATA adapter externally and see if the drive is working correctly.
What OS-X are you trying to run?
This model also had a recall on the GPU (program now expired) but we can look at that later.
UPDATE
Try starting in Target Mode to see if the GPU has failed. Target Mode is holding down the '''T''' key on start up. Let us know your results, please
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with the Target mode working and your Safe Boot not, it is telling us your GPU has failed. See the bottom of this post where your machine was included in the extension program
Ovens are for baking cookies, not logic boards!
You are correct, the white screen indicates a bad hard drive or hard drive cable. We standardly go with the 2012 hard drive cable when replacing.
Pull your drive and hook it up using a USB to SATA adapter externally and see if the drive is working correctly.
What OS X are you trying to run?