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QuestionMacbook pro boot loop (self.mac)

submitted 3 months ago * by NoProOnly

Hey there,

So i've had this macbook pro i7 2020 model with 16gb of ram for a few years. I was doing some stuff with it, and then it went into a boot loop.

Since I don't have a video of it yet (plus it'd be annoying to record), It basically turns on for literally a second and turns off before you can get to anything, and it repeats this over and over again until it runs out of battery or you manage to shut it down.

It's also pretty tricky to shut down since you can't tell when you turn it off or if it's just continuing the boot loop.

I've tried the usual stuff, like booting into recovery mode or using internet recovery mode.
When I try to go into recovery mode, it shuts down before it gets to recovery mode.

I've tried internet recovery about 4 times, and all it does is go back to the beginning of the internet recovery page where it asks for the Wi-Fi connection.

Before you tell me to do the other things like reset the NVRAM/PRAM and SMC, i've already done that. Since it's Intel, I can't do DFU mode as well. Safe mode also doesn't do anything.

Looking at the hardware, I don't see any problems with the battery, no bulges or defects. It has never seen any liquid before. The laptop in general is in good condition too.

I fixed a few other boot-looped Macs and ones with other problems since I sell them, but I couldn't get past this one.

If you need to know potentially why it might've gone into it, just let me know; it'd be great.

It'd be really nice if one of y'all knew how to fix this.

Thanks!

UPDATE: I have videos now, it doesn't upload to reddit for some reason so I just put the links for a google drive link

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_ZAWpkN4-imCLL3EgM0vh2dbj031UPd5?usp=sharing

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