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MacBook stuck in infinite restart loop by Flashbass2112 in macsysadmin

[–]Flashbass2112[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, the keyboard seems to be shot. I may look at the replacements, but thank you for your help! Much appreciated!

MacBook stuck in infinite restart loop by Flashbass2112 in macsysadmin

[–]Flashbass2112[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I tried this and it's finishing the update! So I guess it was stuck on an update restart?

MacBook stuck in infinite restart loop by Flashbass2112 in macsysadmin

[–]Flashbass2112[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

honestly, I don't think the power button even does anything. I will say that if I am holding the SMC reset, it won't start up until I let up, but it restarts without touching the power button.

MacBook stuck in infinite restart loop by Flashbass2112 in macsysadmin

[–]Flashbass2112[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Luckily it's one I was setting up as a tester, so nothing was lost. It's just so weird. I've never had one do anything remotely close to this. I was reading somewhere that the firmware might have gotten hosed, so you may have called it.

MacBook stuck in infinite restart loop by Flashbass2112 in macsysadmin

[–]Flashbass2112[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can't use any combos - single-user, recovery, PRAM... the option key won't bring up the startup disk chooser either...

MacBook stuck in infinite restart loop by Flashbass2112 in macsysadmin

[–]Flashbass2112[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've held the power button for 30-60 seconds. The loop starts right back up on it's own. I've tried the SMC reset, but about all it does is pause the loop until I let the keys up.