Chosen Solution Hello, I am trying to fix a MacBook Pro, but have not before encountered such symptoms. —- What I saw and tried, chronologically:
When it came, the laptop would get stuck at the spinning wheel. I removed the HDD, tried to repair it through USB connection on my own Mac, Disk Utility said it was OK; I tried to boot on the “bad” machine and “bad” HDD again, but through USB, got stuck at the spinning wheel; Took it apart: no signs of water damage or past repair; replaced the HDD cable for good measure => the laptop started getting to the prompt at the 94th second; Trackpad works at this point, I could move the mouse around the screen, but when I clicked on “restart” or “shut down” I got nothing; I tried to type use name and password, but the cursor remained stuck on user name, didn’t move or register anything; After a while (2+ minutes, can’t say) the letters I had typed before now appeared in the prompt with a delay....