Frequently asked questions on the 2011 Mac Book Pro GPU fix.
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
- On this episode of Crazy Will Tech Show, I go though some frequently asked questions on the 2011 Mac Book Pro GPU fix. So I did a video a year ago telling people How to fix 2011 15'' Macbook pro GPU problem. To my surprise it helped a lot of people. I had no idea how many people were in the same boat I was in with the 2011 Mac Book Pro GPU problem. But, not everyone found there salvation with my video and I was answering the same questions over and over again. So, I thought I would put this video together to answer some questions. That way, if I miss your comment you can still get your 2011 Mac book pro up and nobody will fall through the cracks.
Carlos cdleon
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SMC fan control
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Won't go into Recovery Mode
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nvram fa4ce28d-b62f-4c99-9cc3-6815686e30f9:gpu-power-prefs=%01%00%00%00
Reboot
Disable verbose boot mode
sudo nvram boot-args=“"
Jerome Naidu
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Special thanks to Jerome Naidu for make a Guide form my video.
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I paid $2500 for my 15’ back in 2011, $700 in useless repairs, battery change, hard drive changes, over the years....Now today, May 11, 2020...Brother, your one simple video brought my Macbook to Life...this method still works.. I cannot thank you enough..
Hi man ! The fix that you did last year was letting me to teach online here in the Philippines during pandemic !!! You're the best! Keep making helpful videos !
Glad I could help it should last longer than that as long as you don’t upgrade.
Thank you! Thank you! My 2011 MBP had it's first GPU problem last week (booted to grey screen :| )and I'm so glad to find your video. Followed the instructions and at first the fans always ran, backlight on keyboard stopped, battery indicator button stopped, no light on charge cable, couldn't get battery (3rd party battery) level on Menu Bar in addition to no video out via Mini Display Port. Took a chance to reset SMC and was prepared to do all instructions again, but it all came back to normal except the video out. Back to lovin this old mac.
By the way this video saved my Macbook! All you involved in helping others especially to
Crazy Will Tech Show for gathering everyone with the same issue, THANK YOUUU SO MUCH!
Thank you so much for your original video which has got my 2011 17inch MacBook Pro up and running again - very much appreciated. Not sure if mentioned below, but if you want to use a separate Monitor, connecting a second screen using a USB display adaptor still works - its ok for Office Apps & internet (but accept not suitable & too laggy for games). Quick question - if I now replace my ageing hard-drive with a new SSD (with the latter having a clean install of High Sierra), will I need to reapply this GPU fix again from scratch - or will the current fix on my machine & the switch to Intel Graphics stick, despite a change of hard-drive?. Thanks again Andy
Thank you for letting me know. I’m really glad it helped. Yes you can just clone the hard drive. All the work was done on the hard drive.
Hi Will
I had problems with my Macbook Pro 2011 and followed your fantastic tutorial.
Really a great job you did and it really helpt!
I got the machine running again and it works fine.
But now I run into the following problem.
Every time I shut down the Macbook and power it off, I run into the same problems as before and have to run the procedure from your tutorial all over again!
Can you help me with this problem, are there any other procedures to solve this problem?
I would appreciate your support very much and hope you can advice me how to continue.
I am a loyal visitor of your “Will Tech Show” and living in the Netherlands.
Hope to hear from you.
Hey ben just shot you over a email. Wish I could be more help.
This was my concern if follow the tutorial, getting it to work then find out have to go through the process again. 😂 the answer to my question as I am typing this lol😅 starts at 4:10
Hey thanks a lot. I have a problem with the brightness function.
High Sierra 10.13.6. They used to work but I upgraded and will here I am.
Do you upgrade high sierra 10.13.6? i have issues with the updates on chrome and brave, unsuported macos so in some point i will have to upgrade to catalina or mojave but since i do the gpu disabled i dont know if i can update macos with no issues or may i have some after problems...
Thank you so much it took me two months working hard to buy this laptop and eventually i lose graphics i was very disappointed and after watching your video i fixed it i'm very happy now thank you so much again " BY THE WAY FOR ME I JUST DISABLED THE AMD GRAPHICS AND RESTART THE MAC AND IT WORK "
Thank you so much for this video. I got a question, can I use it for basic Photoshop editing?
It shouldn’t have a problem I was still able to use blender 3d software on there. It was a lot slower.
Many thanks! For those redoing this because of mistakenly updating, you may already have the old AMDRadeonX3000.kext in an already created directory "Extensions-off"; you must delete that old kext file to move the current kext file into that directory (you can't overwrite the old one using the given command). Alternatively, make a new directory (I used "Extensions-off1") and move the current kext file into that directory.
glad I could help. Glad you put that a lot of people asking that.
Bro. Bro! BRO!!!!!! Thank you!! After going through your earlier video, I felt good that it would work. But it didn’t. I told myself, to try it again when i get 2 free hours. I saw your new video and I was able to check the status of the CSRUTIL and instantly saw it was still enabled. I disabled and restarted and it worked! It took maybe 10 minutes!
Thank you!! Much respect!!
That’s awesome! So the second video really helped? That was my goal if anyone was getting lose that this would get them back on track.
Yes. The second video did help!! Both were great!!
Changing to SSD after Restore or CCC, will I have to redo the entire process? I also need to add more DDR3Ram
Lifesaver! One question, is there ANY way to get my external display working, I work as a projection artist so I'm in a bit of trouble. Ive got the early 2011 15''
I have not but some people claim s USB display will work.
once my GPU failed it wouldnt do any external display anymore. Also it was a USB display that fried my GPU in the first place as I was running dual monitors and my mac would overheat, crash and reboot. My mac now will no longer boot even after taking the steps provided by the video. Idk what to do now
This is the best fix I did it like 6 months ago and worked perfectly. I updated the mac and messed up the fix. I did it again, now the graphics are working perfectly but is not loading after the apple logo. If I boot into safe mode starts to flickers and its very slow, then freezes. I've already watched this and the previous video but i don't know what to do. (I replace the hard drive for a SSD) Thanks a lot for your response and these kind of videos, are great.
Thanks really appreciate it. do you have a working now?
I have same issue
WILLLLLLL dude you fixed my Mac!! Well you gave it the last bit of life I need to hold me over. Thanks so much man 👍👍
Thank you, I am back in it! 2011 17" MBP is up and running. Question: Will changing the HD to SSD require me to do this all over again if I use CC Cloner or Restore?
The fix lives on the hard drive so just clone it. Glad it worked happy new year.
Ive followed your tutorial and it fixed my macbook pro, thank you for that! But sometimes I have to shut down my computer, then when I reboot it most of the time the screen gets stuck as if the graphics cards was crapping out like previously. I'd try to reboot it every few days and somedays i get lucky and I'm able to pass the booting stage. I was just wondering if I have to follow your video tutorial everytime this happens or if theirs an easy way to bypass this maybe with a command? Please comment if any of you experience this or know a solution.
I am having the same problem. Did you find a solution?
I gave up lol, been using a chromebook and it has lasted longer. Such a shame apple designed the 2011 model so poorly with no proper cooling
Thank you so much for this. I’ve fixed 3 MacBook Pro 17 2011’s with the GPU fault. Excellent!
Glad I could help 😁
Hi Will, thanks for the fix video for the GPU, works great, really well done with a lot of dynamism ;) my MBP 2011 is alive again BUT on the final reboot, i loose the battery, no more detected. i did a shift + ctrl + alt + power....Battery is alive again and well detected BUT then i loose the GPU fix ! Any ideas ???? Thanks in advance if you have a clue !
Unfortunately, with us fix you do lose things. It’s a really old machine. It was probably time to replace the battery.
YOU ARE THEEEEE MAN! Your last video got my 2011 mb pro fixed and at least now i can back it up and keep the data in case i get another model. I legit searched for 5 hours before finding your video and its a blessing man! THANK YOU FOR BEING THOROUGH, CLEAR, and CONCISE. 😊 🙏🏽
one other note, i definitely felt you when you said you wanna get your $2k out of this laptop. i spent nearly $2500 on this when released and i couldnt just “upgrade” to a new laptop bc of this issue (even though i have an hp gaming laptop).
Glad I could help.
bin think of keeping my Desktop apple and making my laptop PC. that how I used to do it. How do the to compare? Other than the graphics card issue.
Hi Sir I am one of the beneficiaries of your video on GPU problem on MacBook pro 2011. I was still able to upgrade it to mac os Catalina. and still works just fine ! and yeah the only problem is you can't connect to secondary screen . hope somebody can help about this!. still thanks to you Sir!
Unfortunately you got rid of the graphics card when you did the fix. So there’s no external monitor support anymore. I have heard of people using USB monitors for a second monitor. I have not tried it so I don’t know.
@@CrazyWillTechShow Thank you Sir! continue making informational videos !
Hello! thanks so much for the other video and this FAQ one.
I started following the process, mine also didn't go into recovery mode, so did the Command+S and then typed the "nvram fa4ce28d-b62f-4c99-9cc3-6815686e30f9:gpu-power-prefs=%01%00%00%00
Reboot " commands and my computed turned on again, only showing up the Intel Graphics Card and apparently working ok.
Is it necessary to do the process all the way or can I leave it at that?
Hi! Do you need to have Sierra or High Sierra installed before you try this fix? What would happen if you have Leopard instead?
Hi @CrazyWillTechShow can I install Windows 10 before GPU fixed?
Thanks for the video! My MAC book is back to life! Can I update software like Firefox or something like that or no? And can I add Microsoft word or power point in it?
Yes you can!
Hi, i know i am a bit late but my macbook doesn't make any chime boot sound, even during the repair i don't hear the two boot chimes...can i do something about it or my laptop is just dead dead?
Hey great job by the way ! I did your fix a while ago and it worked perfectly but i messed up and updated my mbp and now the fix does not seem to work. I tried it a few times but i don't want to mess up more my mbp is there any fix for thix ? Thanks !
Do you have a time machine back up?
Hey, Thanks a lot, my macbook Pro late 2011 worked. It´s a little slow. If I pay to fix the GPU card Will it work faster ? I don´t know if it worth to pay for.
The best advice I can give you is get yourself a m1 MacBook Air there $800 now. About the price as the work and the board is gonna cost you, and it will run circles around that Mac.
Hi Will, I did the fix. It worked! Thx 4 the tutorial to do this myself ;-) I talked to 3 Mac repair companies and all 3 said she could not help me and advised me not to invest in my MacBook anymore. I am happy I did not listen and found your video. THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!
That sounds like another issue? Mine still work. Did you try rebooting it?
@@CrazyWillTechShow It is fixed! So maybe your message is for someone else. However, when I updated my OS High Sierra the problem occurred again. So I did the steps again today and I am up and running again.
@@NewDanceStudios lol I don’t know how that happened sorry.
Intel graphics gets distorted on windows 10 after I disable AMD card. And if I don't disable, AMD graphics, then all icons disappear on Windows 10. What should I do?
Sorry didn’t have boot Camp on mine. So really don’t know.
Just install W10 directly via USB onto a different drive. It worked for me - AND Windows 10 totally bypasses the "bad' GPU if it ain't working. Same thing with installing Ubuntu.
After W10 is installed, run Win Update to get the Intel GPU drivers. NOTE: Windows WILL not install a lot of MacBook Pro drivers unique to Apple crap. BUT .. if you need to run Windows 10 .. just get a W10 laptop. Unlike Apple, Used Win 10 laptops can be gotten on eBAY for $100 (not the newest, but they do run W10 with no problem), Instead of paying $5,000 for a MacBook Pro and installing W10 via Bootcamp.
This worked great for me. I have one minor issue I’m hoping you can address. Once done, my TB will not allow me to connect a second monitor. Is it possible to connect another monitor after this mod? Or a way to reenable that?
Thank you Will. Either way, I got my laptop back!
No, the old graphics card allowed you to connect the computer to another monitor. Now that it's disabled, you can no longer do so.
Can i use an external monitor screen after the dissable amd gpu? i have a tv screen with HDMI plug, i want to know if i can use a thunderbolt to hdmi adapter and use the tv screen
PLEASE someone know if I upgrade or replace my ram or hard drive if the fix still works.
Thank you very much for your video! it´s been like 5 months when we fixed our macbook.
Ram fine to do. Hard drive as Long as you clone your original HD with the fix you should be fine. I did it. The fix is on the HD.
Crazy Will Tech Show thanks!!!
Thanks for this, my laptop was running very slow so I got the smc fan control app and it is so much faster now.
You are the BEST !!!!
It works again - it’s MAGIC - I love your solution and it’s soooooo coool - when all hope was gone !
Thank you and greetings from Danmark to you and your wife !!!!
Amazing
James
Glad it helped!
@@CrazyWillTechShow It’s difficult to find all the symbols on the keypad
Hola! Gracias por la ayuda, me funciono! Solo que cuando inicio la Mac se queda en la manzana y no carga. Sabes cómo lo puedo arreglar??
So I followed this video several months back and worked like a charm and saved my MacBook. But ofcourse I decided it was a good idea to do an update (forgot to not do this) and so it screwed my graphics again. I tried to go back and follow these steps but now I’m now I’m getting a “operation not permitted” during the mkdir steps. Any thoughts on why now this action is not permitted after an update? Any way around it? I was able to do this before
The fix lives on the hard drive did you make a time machine back up? If you did you can reinstall it from that point and it will go back. Yeah looks like apple knows about the fix.
@@CrazyWillTechShow Yup my last time machine backup was in August of 2020.. I was able go back and retry this steps. thank you soo much! i will never update the mac again!
Thanks a lot it worked for me today and the Macbook Pro 2011 is now up and running.
I couldnt do the csrutil disable troguht INTERNET RECOVERY, that's Alt-Cmd-R, because from what I found INTERNET RECOVERY doesn't have that code...I did it on NORMAL RECOVERY, Cmd-R..it worked that way
if youre going to install a new OS onto your computer, do you have to redo the whole process from your original video over? trying to install final cut and it requires 10.14.6 or higher
Thank you so much for this fix! It saved my Mac a while back. Of course now I accidentally did an update, and it won't boot anymore. I reapplied the fix, but still it just gets stuck on the apple logo. Anyone have any idea how to fix it?
Mark Hessellund Beanland same here sux ☹️
i just did the update from a week or two and i'm typing to you from the early 2011 17" MBP running 10.13.6. cmd + s to single user mode. enter sudo nvram fa4ce28d-b62f-4c99-9cc3-6815686e30f9:gpu-power-prefs=%01%00%00%00
may need to pram/smc reset before doing this (shft + ctrl + option + power (your magsafe power light will flash)) & pram is Cmd + option + p + r at boot, hold and it'll reboot) Then cmd + s to single user. That above line disables amd graphics. so then you can command + r to recovery and disable SIP with $ csrutil disable ; reboot -> cmd + r back into recovery (this ensures it disables because it requires a boot to either recovery or the OS to go into effect) check with $ csrutil status. now you can $mv AMDx3000 and others (leave the two legacy ones and the 6000 one) out of the folder. (i installed the grub method for my bootloader btw) and made it permanent, you should be able to boot into OS X and do this. To fix the power display b.s. in high sierra, the AppleMux kext from an earlier version was used. found here: forums.macrumors.com/threads/disable-a-failed-amd-gpu-on-a-2011-macbook-pro-grub-solution.2087527/page-8#post-27525770 posts number 178 and 179 by nsgr. everything is back to normal now. i had to redo this and forgot how and it took me like 3 hours after this last update, but whatever. i bookmarked it this time and i could do it in like 15 mins now.
@@DJIronMIc i just did the update from a week or two and i'm typing to you from the early 2011 17" MBP running 10.13.6. cmd + s to single user mode. enter sudo nvram fa4ce28d-b62f-4c99-9cc3-6815686e30f9:gpu-power-prefs=%01%00%00%00
may need to pram/smc reset before doing this (shft + ctrl + option + power (your magsafe power light will flash)) & pram is Cmd + option + p + r at boot, hold and it'll reboot) Then cmd + s to single user. That above line disables amd graphics. so then you can command + r to recovery and disable SIP with $ csrutil disable ; reboot -> cmd + r back into recovery (this ensures it disables because it requires a boot to either recovery or the OS to go into effect) check with $ csrutil status. now you can $mv AMDx3000 and others (leave the two legacy ones and the 6000 one) out of the folder. (i installed the grub method for my bootloader btw) and made it permanent, you should be able to boot into OS X and do this. To fix the power display b.s. in high sierra, the AppleMux kext from an earlier version was used. found here: forums.macrumors.com/threads/disable-a-failed-amd-gpu-on-a-2011-macbook-pro-grub-solution.2087527/page-8#post-27525770 posts number 178 and 179 by nsgr. everything is back to normal now. i had to redo this and forgot how and it took me like 3 hours after this last update, but whatever. i bookmarked it this time and i could do it in like 15 mins now.
Same problem :/
Anyone a solution?
I have same issue
Somebody, please help, I also have a 2011 15'' Macbook Pro GPU problem. I followed these steps and I was able to use my MacBook for about 3 more weeks. Yesterday while I was using it, it said 'Error has occurred' then it began rebooting but it hasn't booted up since. I don't know what's going on. This video saved my Macbook previously but it won't boot at all not. I've tried all these steps
-first aid on SSD several times
-reset pram
-restore from time machine
-removed SSD inserted brand new SSD to restore from time machine
It wont boot at all. It remains on the apple logo with a loading bar that stops and it remains on this screen unless I power down.
Will what are your thoughts on the oven trick, putting it in the oven at a low temp to melt the little steel balls attaching the AMDRadeon gpu to the motherboard, that have become "loose" and no longer touch the circuit? Have you or anyone you know, or anyone in the comments, tried this? Were you successful? Gonna have to look up the article again. If anyone can find it lmk. Need to know the temperature and time and how to place it in there.
I would not do it. but I did do it originally. First time it work good for a week. After that it was less and less and less, until I destroyed it. trust me don’t do it. It’s a lot of work and very high risk and Will not last. If you look it up all the articles tell you why. it’s the chip.
Is there anyway we could one on one just go through this I would be so grateful
Will a USB video connector work after the fix. I know that the mini-DP does not work, but wondered if using the USB slot will work for a second monitor???
no
I went through the steps you mentioned all the way up to the last where you wanted to move back into recovery mode to "enable" Crustill but looks like then it went back to the old graphics when I hit command + Option + R .... any suggestions?
Unfortunately it takes a couple times. And you have to make sure you do it right. Apples also making it harder on the newer OSs.
Can any one tell me how to type the = and the “ signs on the single user mode cause my screen is all mess up and I can no tell if I’m tipping the correct sign (nop the = do not show up with shift+0)
Hi Crazy Will. I would like to say a huge thank you for not listening to your wife and doing your GPU Fix video. It saved me, my mac and my purse. I hear you regarding Windows laptops. I've owned my (1st) macbook for only 1 year and love the interface and os. When my mac crashed, I bought a cheap HP Elite 2530p but I REALLY missed my mac. I'm soo glad to have it working again. THANK YOU!!! 🥳😻
Yeah she still laughs because it’s my highest viewed video. Yeah it would be really hard to go back to Windows. Apples just making it really hard. This is what I went through with 2018 air ruclips.net/video/UL1FT2EaFx4/видео.html
@@CrazyWillTechShow Ha. I bet she still laughing and eating crow. I'm still going to keep my elitebook because it's a good machine, portable, long battery and a backup. However, it went straight into my draw after this fix and I've been on my mac since. Windows 10 makes the experience slightly better but it's no match for Mac IOS. Gutted for you and your Macbook Air. I looked on this website www.macworld.co.uk/feature/mac/macbook-problems-recalls-3699153/ and it mentions your Air could be subject to logic board problems. I'll check out your Air vid soon.
Don't have too look it up, living it ruclips.net/video/UL1FT2EaFx4/видео.html So frustrating. It's like WTF apple again?
Thanks, Will for all the very helpful info just got an Apple i7 MacBook pro from eBay at a really good price It's great to see so many others still using the older Macbooks to love the build quality and the ability to fix and repair as I simply can't afford a new Apple laptop, all the best from West Wales UK and thanks for your fab channel here.
Glad I could help!
Thanks for this. the link to Jerome Naidu's script version is broken. It says it's in owners Trash Can. Can you restore it to be downloadable as i think it would be helpful to use on paper. Thanks
It’s fixed
Yo! First of all....Huuuuuge THANK YOU for taking the time to help me revive my 2011 MBP 15". Now that I have it alive again, I'm ONLY able to boot in "Safe Mode". I DID restart the computer to boot normally, but it won't boot past the Apple logo in standard mode. Can anyone assist? (Also: keyboard backlight didn't work in Safe Mode either 🤷🏾♂️. Not sure if that problem will remain.)
That’s great but it shouldn’t be booting into safe mode??? Should be booting normally. Try this medium.com/@mscustsupport/how-to-get-out-of-safe-boot-on-mac-b1cbee55127a
@@CrazyWillTechShow Thank you so much for saving my MBP. I've got the graphics fixed after following your steps, but I'm having the same issue as mentioned above. Trying to reboot normally, can't get past the logo and the loading bar is empty. (I'm not stuck in safe mode, but if i reboot in safe mode it goes past the logo). Help please?
Thanks a lot from Brazil, dude! I have a question, can I shutdown or put to sleep normally?
Yes should be fine. As long as you disable the crucible correctly.
@@CrazyWillTechShow Hey Will! I was using my MB normally but one day (it was on sleep mode/screen closed) I got a black screen. I did a SMC reset and got well again, but a few hours later (on sleep mode again/closed screen) I got the same problem before. Do you know what's going on?
@@CrazyWillTechShowI think I can't explain correctly, but I saw this and that's what's going on with me (pt.ifixit.com/Answers/View/6271/My+MacBook+won't+boot,+no+start+chime,+just+the+DVD+spinning+sound).
Hey it is me again! Where do I type in the "sudo nvram boot-args=“" "
Would it be on the terminal on the Recory "Command R or the Comman S?
I got it by the way. It should be type via "Command S"(system binary" and not through the "Recovery Terminal"
Had to check this out immediately. You've been a familiar face this past year because I dont care to go through the process every time so I can keep my machine updated. However I had the same feeling about apple making this fix harder to achieve so hopefully I can continue to update. Thanks again for the amazing video! I probably watched it 50 times last year hahaha.
It still works without problems, how long ago
Mohammed Ounzar This last update - within the past week. Starting the process I couldn’t even get the “root” in single user, said it was read only and not write able so I couldn’t even get to disable the crucible. I’m hoping it was just because it was in the middle of the update - restart phase. First time I ran into that problem but I got it up and running once again haha.
Thanks, so your all up to date?
Crazy Will Tech Show Yep! All good!
i tried to redo the entire fix process but the brightness slide is not appearing. brightness function keys does not work. :(((
Youre a total hero, dude. Very practical video and help, you friggin fixed the thing that was driving me insane About a year ago.. wonder how long it Will last. Want to use it mostly offline for audio, And never connect a monitor again as that screwed everything up numerous times. Also, dude, the humor adds a lot to the Video’s.. Thanks a whole lot!
Really appreciate it. Yeah I try lol. Make sure you don’t update it or do a pram reset
@@CrazyWillTechShow thats a veeery good tip as my problems friggin started with casual monitor issues, then messages that support stopped for Capitan. Stupid me, first MacBook, i thought what was the worst that could happen? Well.... 😂 Thanks! Will follow and support your awesome work.
Hey, I have a question - Will the sleep mode work after this fix?
It should.
Hi there thank you for this! One question how can I check that the AMD is not active? How can I confirm its only using the intel hd graphics 3000 only! THANKS!!! Peace of mind im OCD
Oh i just posted the same question, I hope someone sees these questions!!
Click the Apple logo on the top left and then click About and it should tell you the graphics info
Not sure why the CMD+s won't work, it doesn't go into the black screen with white letters, I did the shift,option,ctrl, power
Used the original video after having no MBP for months, a bit of perseverance, but I now have it back.
2 Questions, when you talk about not doing updates, does that include security ones? And, is it because of the age of machine that you wouldn't recommend upgrading to SSD. Thanks for help. I know it's meant to a lot to so many people including me :-)
Thanks means a lot. I wouldn't upgrade the hard drive because of the age and that it's still a broken machine this is just a fix it's still nowhere near as what it was. Me personally I just wouldn't put any more money into it. No don't do any of the security updates. All the updates see it as a problem and try to restore it back to original graphics card.
Thank you.
Thanks for this follow up video too! My fix didn’t last long, so I’m sure I did something you mentioned like doing an update. My camera didn’t work though, not sure what happened there. It’s like it wasn’t even there to choose from (the light comes on). Going back to your original video to try this again. Also, it seemed like any time I install an App it would go back to the boot loop error again, it crashed trying to open the Apple photo App too.
I try to help the best I can. 🤷♂️ Sounds like it wasn’t installed right. You shouldn’t have that problem. I would definitely try it again.
Thanks, I gave it a go and I’am now seeing a normal colour log in screen but it doesn’t load, I feel that I went wrong here as it says no such file, mv /System/Library/Extensions/AMDRadeonX3000.kext /System/Library/Extensions-off/ I repeated several times with same result?
you might need to check your model number, I'm thing that maybe your MBP was a different model. Not that experience, hopefully someone else will weigh in.
try these steps in this order
Enter recovery Mode with CMD, P & R
type the command: nvram fa4ce28d-b62f-4c99-9cc3-6815686e30f9:gpu-power-prefs=%01%00%00%00
enter
type: reboot
enter
on reboot go into internet recovery mode , press Command-Option/Alt-R
you will see a globe
when this is done, find Utilities at the top of the menubar
go into terminal and type: csrutil disable
enter
then type: reboot
enter
Upon reboot, go into Recovery Mode, CMD, P & R
Enter Single User mode
boot up holding down the CMD and S keys
5 - Check a disk
fsck -fy
6 - Mount a root filesystem with read/write permissions
mount -uw /
7 - Make a directory to store the AMD drivers in case you'll need them in future
sudo mkdir /AMD_Kexts/
8 - Move the AMD drivers
sudo mv /System/Library/Extensions/AMD*.* /AMD_Kexts/
9 - Remove the AMD drivers cache)
sudo rm -rf /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.kext.caches/
10 - Just in case OS X will be dumb and will not recreate this directory, we are creating it for OS X
sudo mkdir /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.kext.caches/
11 - to update the timestamps so that new driver caches - without AMD drivers - will be definitely rebuilt
sudo touch /System/Library/Extensions/
REBOOT
to check if it has worked go into Finder, click on your hard drive device on the left find and there should be a folder called AMD_Kexts containing 30 different kext files
@@TheEvanOf this got mine back up and running after latest update.
@@Xaan1987 yes nothing else seemed to work for me
@@TheEvanOf thank you!
Props! This brought my laptop back to life!
Hey Will. Any issues with the IMacs that you have had?
No just hd on 2006. Which is common in any computer.
I know the video shows the button brightness works, but some people have been saying it hasn't. So does the brightness actually work thanks!
That’s why I don’t update. After the fix people keep updating there Machines and it gets harder and harder. They start losing functions. Could it be Apple I don’t know.
@@CrazyWillTechShow awesome thank you so much for the reply! Stay safe and have a nice day!:)
BTW - any for a new Macintosh computer replacement... thanking of buying a desktop?
I’ve never had any problems with the IMacs. Have owned 2 now. 2006 and 2015. The only thing about them is the hard drives are a pain in the butt to replace.
I have done this and it is working for me, booting time slightly longer than before despite having SSD but this is not a problem.. Now I want to replace my SSD with larger SSD that I already have. can I just clone the new SSD using carbon copy or mac disk utility and just replace the SSD or do I need to repeat all steps again with the new SSD installed? thanks for your help.
Just clone it with the fix. I have done it. The fix lives on the hard drive.
Ok, just to confirm, cloning the disk with either carbon copy or Mac disk utility works only if cloned disk used in the same MacBook Pro but if cloned HD put on another faulty GPU Mac it would not work. Not sure why but this what in found out trying it in my friend MacBook.
Can you use iMovie or garage band smoothly with it after disabling the the faulty graphics card?
Not to my liking. But workable.
@@CrazyWillTechShow Thank youuu! This made me feel a lot peaceful.
So I've got two quick questions but first i want to thank you Will for doing the walkthrough of this repair, it looks like its working so far. I was hoping to find out what type of update will turn this mod off as i have a software update including a security update and an update to safari. Also how do i check to see if this mod remains after running any updates? Thanks guys..
Any security update will restore the graphics card. You can do them but you’ll have to go through the fix again and they’re making it harder.
Will!
After an update, there must have been a security update inside. Now I’m back to the GPU issue, BUT the cdleon fix isn’t working this time. Any ideas? 😔
How can I check if there’s a new gpu kext in there somewhere? I didn’t move the old kext back prior to the update.
Unfortunately with the new updates it gets harder and harder to fix. Did you happen to make a time machine back up?
@@CrazyWillTechShow I did. Might be a few months old though. Whatcha thinking?
The fix lives on the hard drive. So if you have a time machine back up you can back up from that point where you fixed it. And everything will go back to normal.
@@CrazyWillTechShow It sure does! I loaded the Time Machine yesterday afternoon and was done last night. It was a 6month old version, BUT it works!!!
Like I told my wife, “I’d rather lose 6mths of data than 10yrs worth.” She wanted me to throw it away. [Yeah, I know about data transfer. But I’m not ready to purchase a new book.]
THANKS AGAIN!
Sorry to hear you lost six months of work. Please back up often as you can. I hear you about buying another one. I limit myself to $1000 for a new apple laptop. Personally I feel at all laptops are pretty shitty these days. But I did get the new MacBook Air M1 it’s pretty sick.
will you say that the brightness buttons work but i can't adjust my brightness any idea how to fix it
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I didn’t have any problems with that but people have reported it. I’m sorry I don’t have a fix for it.
Hi! i did all according to your demonstration but when i restart the machine it comes again in its original damage position. Do you have any suggestion? Maybe i did any mistakes in my process. Please note that i am not a professional programmer. Thanks in advance.
You probably no more than I do... The biggest thing is disabling the crucible. Lot of the time it looks like you disabled but the os put it back without you knowing.
My laptop flickers a lot and it’s really slow…I am not able to do anything…can u say me how to enable the graphics card again?
How to bring back all the changes we did to our MacBook?
It’s in the video Pram reset.
Hey Will thanks for the mention.
Thank you for helping everyone.
@@CrazyWillTechShow Hi, how do you feel about the difference in image quality after doing the fix?
By the way, In a pinch, I used Luke Miani's "cook the GPU" method so that I wouldn't have to drive blind when I do the GPU switch. It's actually still working with the Discreet GPU. Now that I installed High Sierra I'm going to try the GPU switch before it fails.
I did all the video and restart but is stuck in the logo???
I have a question. The NO UPDATES policy, does it concern all the updates or only the system updates. I mean, now for example, after installing a Time Machine copy on my computer because I fucked it up and updated the system (I'm truly scared to reboot it in case it fails again), I have three updates available: iTunes, Safari and a security update. The security update is obviously out of the question (NO UPDATE), but what about the other ones? They're just applications. I just wanted to ask you before I fuck it up once again.
Thanks in advance. Good night.
Software updates are fine just not security or OS updates.
@@CrazyWillTechShow Thanks a lot man! You're a legend!
Thanks for the videos. I have a late 2011 17 inch MBP but it won't go to single user mode and nothing on your videos still seems to help :( Any idea how can I fix it?
try these steps in this order, this is the only thing that worked for me
Enter recovery Mode with CMD, P & R
type the command: nvram fa4ce28d-b62f-4c99-9cc3-6815686e30f9:gpu-power-prefs=%01%00%00%00
enter
type: reboot
enter
on reboot go into internet recovery mode , press Command-Option/Alt-R
you will see a globe
when this is done, find Utilities at the top of the menubar
go into terminal and type: csrutil disable
enter
then type: reboot
enter
Upon reboot, go into Recovery Mode, CMD, P & R
Enter Single User mode
boot up holding down the CMD and S keys
5 - Check a disk
fsck -fy
6 - Mount a root filesystem with read/write permissions
mount -uw /
7 - Make a directory to store the AMD drivers in case you'll need them in future
sudo mkdir /AMD_Kexts/
8 - Move the AMD drivers
sudo mv /System/Library/Extensions/AMD*.* /AMD_Kexts/
9 - Remove the AMD drivers cache)
sudo rm -rf /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.kext.caches/
10 - Just in case OS X will be dumb and will not recreate this directory, we are creating it for OS X
sudo mkdir /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.kext.caches/
11 - to update the timestamps so that new driver caches - without AMD drivers - will be definitely rebuilt
sudo touch /System/Library/Extensions/
REBOOT
to check if it has worked go into Finder, click on your hard drive device on the left find and there should be a folder called AMD_Kexts containing 30 different kext files
@@TheEvanOf yo try to take out memory unplug battery and power in board for few minutes ...worked for me....
Thanks Will. Good that you added this 👍👍 I had to go through this again when my 2011 overheated and crashed and would not restart properly. Problem is I was never able to get the OS Utilities screen to appear, nor gain access to Terminal. But when I got to the text screen (my background was blue BTW), I could then enter code that got it restarted and I never needed to disable csrutil and it still worked. (I checked the status afterward and it was still enabled) Thanks Carlos! I use Macs Fan control but forgot to increase the speed when multitasking--- we need to remember that. Plus, if you are connected to a PAN--be sure to shut down your wifi when not needed--it overheats again if you don't.
I am able to get up to internet recovery stage, but it never successfully connects to the internet to get me to the next stage (even though it says it is connected). Is there a way around the recovery stage to access the hard drives to swap over without having to connect to the internet??
Yes if you have a usb with OS on it or OS cd.
Watched the 1st video, computer screen is back up and working! Screen was horizontal lines and dual screen. After the fix computer boots up and goes right to my main screen after typing in my password. My mouse cursor goes away though a few minutes after it starts up...do you have a fix? Can't find anything on google :/
Sorry only have that fix. I would try it again from scratch. Sounds like something else is going on.
thank u again homie . ilove this channel too .Do not stop looking for solutions we will need you please
Thanks I’ll try.
I have trouble during kext part. It says no such file or directory found ? Someone please help
Try skipping that step. Some people reported it works.
Also I followed everything in the instructions and it all work but how will I know if the Radeon 6770 is disabled? It still appears in my system info under Graphics/display
It doesn’t disappear or it just gets skipped over.
will....i have a question... if i reformat my hard drive, do I have to do the "fix" all over again?
Yes the fix lives on the hard drive.
Hi I want to change the internal hard disk to my early 2011 MacBook Pro 15”. I will install one SSD, but could I install one 1 TB? I text to the people from Apple and they don’t want to tell me anything, they just want me to sell another MacBook
Yes you can ruclips.net/video/6QVImDmKkLE/видео.html
will bootcamp/windows partition work after this fix?
No sorry
Hey I think the guy who sold me my MBP 2011 did the kext fix but I updated the computer... Now when I try to alter kext files it says "operation not permitted" is there any way I could ask for a solution?
You would have to go back a couple versions and it should work. How bad the screen?
@@CrazyWillTechShow I got it working. When you go over the step to disable csrutil you say "power down the machine" so I hit the kill switch and disabling the csrutil was not completed. Upon further review I tried entering reboot and hitting single user mode upon reboot, followed the steps and it worked without a hitch fully updated.
I would say always update to avoid vulnerability issues, but plane to go through the process again. Buuut... There's is always a chance that after update fix will not work anymore (maybe due to some security improvements), so it's a risk.
I can get to Recovery Mode (revolving globe) select wi-fi network and progres bar below globe loads fully. Then I get Apple logo with it's progress bar and about half way through screen flips to solid blue screen. Waited and nothing happens after that. Is my MBP completely Finished or I'm missing any steps?
Sounds like it may be something else? How old is the hard drive?
@@CrazyWillTechShow Looks like it was original mechanical HDD. I've replaced it with SSD that I had laying around. Nothing changed. Deadly solid blue screen pups up in same place. Not sure what to do with it.
After numerous trays I have somehow got through to recovery an was able to get to utilities and terminal and to Disable csrutil. Ones reboot in Single user mode typed all 3 commends lines. After taping Enter after each commend I got Operation not Permitted. long story short, I can't reboot my computer into normal operation to check if graphics are working or not.
@@jerzyp1682 csrutil disable should be done via the normal recovery if it isn't working using Cmd-R instead of the internet recovery way.
Hi , so I’ve got it working again but the issue is once it goes to sleep it freezes literally black screen , goes back to square one .... is there a fix for this? It used to respond after sleep but not anymore
Sorry man those are all my tricks.
I folllowed your other video completely but when I restart the graphic issues come back
At what point does the issue return? I'm wondering if you got hung up at some point during the mod or if perhaps one of your keystrokes was incorrect. I would try it again but share what happened.
I hung up when I tried to get into the recovery mode in a white screen
You said in the video that it worked if it reboots twice it worked but what if it didn't reboot twice?
If you do it in the correct order it should work. Did it work a the reboot?
You said you got your money back on your old fix. How did you do that?
They had a repair program on their website I paid to have it repaired $300. It also stated if you paid to have a repair they refund you the money.
@@CrazyWillTechShow I wish I had known that at the time! Of course the repair place didn’t inform me. I wonder if it’s still eligible
I would check support.apple.com/service-programs
Everything works fine in mac but with windows 10 with bootcamp i can't see Intel 3000 only ati is there any fix for that ?
Unfortunately I never did that so I don’t know what to tell you. I know some people in these comments have done it. Sorry 😐
Hey Crazy Will. Yes... I've got the MBP early 2011 Model A1286... bought it for €400 and maxed it out with 16GB ram and a ssd 500 from Samsung... worked fantastic and, because I've got music software which runs only on Snowleopard... I've got 10.6.8 installed by a company called Macpartner.
However I ran into the problem that you talked about in your first video just after one day of doing a Video project for my fathers 75th Birthday... the next day... blanc white screen and fans that kept running faster and faster and faster... OH NOOOOOOOOO!!!
Now I've followed your video and used the written down link. It worked after starting up. I've got my login screen back and once logged in, I saw my background and all the programs.
But then it happened at a restart... I told OSX to restart, just to see if it kept working... and it didn't. Once again the white screen appeared and fans where turning faster after a short while.
My question is, do I need to perform this entire fix everytime, which to me sounds a little bit rediculous, or did I mis out on a step?
I didn't update or upgrade the OSX since all the programs installed only work on 10.6.8.
I hope you can help me out here and thanks for helping.
Greetings from the Netherlands, Niels
You shouldn't have to do it every time. Just make sure you disable the crucible. Double check your code.
try these steps in this order
Enter recovery Mode with CMD, P & R
type the command: nvram fa4ce28d-b62f-4c99-9cc3-6815686e30f9:gpu-power-prefs=%01%00%00%00
enter
type: reboot
enter
on reboot go into internet recovery mode , press Command-Option/Alt-R
you will see a globe
when this is done, find Utilities at the top of the menubar
go into terminal and type: csrutil disable
enter
then type: reboot
enter
Upon reboot, go into Recovery Mode, CMD, P & R
Enter Single User mode
boot up holding down the CMD and S keys
5 - Check a disk
fsck -fy
6 - Mount a root filesystem with read/write permissions
mount -uw /
7 - Make a directory to store the AMD drivers in case you'll need them in future
sudo mkdir /AMD_Kexts/
8 - Move the AMD drivers
sudo mv /System/Library/Extensions/AMD*.* /AMD_Kexts/
9 - Remove the AMD drivers cache)
sudo rm -rf /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.kext.caches/
10 - Just in case OS X will be dumb and will not recreate this directory, we are creating it for OS X
sudo mkdir /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.kext.caches/
11 - to update the timestamps so that new driver caches - without AMD drivers - will be definitely rebuilt
sudo touch /System/Library/Extensions/
REBOOT
to check if it has worked go into Finder, click on your hard drive device on the left find and there should be a folder called AMD_Kexts containing 30 different kext files
Thank you but my problem isn't addressed. My keyboard stops working as soon as i enter super user mode. And i can't type any command and stuck on that verbose/terminal screen. Can anyone help me with it?
Also when i turn mac ON i see 🚫 sign and not a grey screen.
Hi guys, Im having trouble moving the kexts. Is there a way to go back? I moved the directory and touched it but it didnt seem to work. Please help!?
OS updates we are not able to do? Any updates at all?
You can but you’ll have to go through the process all over again and it get Harder.
Anyone know what problem I’m having . Computer boots up fine but then a few minutes go by and what ever application I’m in kicks me out then freezes the screen then the screen flickers on and off I’m not able to click on anything so I have to manually shut I off
When I go to recovery mode , it's stuck at examining volumes and idk what to do after that. Could someone please help me?
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