Request for Repair Help

[RobertX]

My friend's Apple Macbook Pro is acting up and he's planning to take it to a repairman.

Being someone that never owned an Apple computer before, nor have been in his situation, I don't know what kind of advice to give him.

Both of us are going blind.

I've had talks with several repairmen in my area. Some had free quotes, some charge for diagnosis if it's done alone, but I never had an idea of how much a repair would take if he picked a repair service.

Can you help?

[stormium]

what’s wrong with it?

[RobertX]

My friend's Macbook Pro would turn off after bootup.

When the Apple logo comes up and the progress bar is at its fullest, the computer would shut itself off.

I don't have the computer, so I can't comment further nor can I run more tests on it, so it's futile at this point.