bigjohnjr Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 I repartitioned my hard drive last night into 2 parts. I then booted of the osx 86 dvd ( I know that the dvd works fine, it's the same dvd I used on my desktop) I get the gray apple logo and the spinning gray wheel. Then it goes to a plain blue screen, no beachball, no text, no starting mac os. Nothing Any ideas? John Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11996-laptop-stuck-on-blue-screen/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackentangled Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 try to boot in verbose mode and look for errors Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11996-laptop-stuck-on-blue-screen/#findComment-75357 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark7714 Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 This sounds like the very common laptop dual display problem. Try attaching an external monitor to your laptop and see if that fixes your problem. There is a "solution" here: http://forum.osx86project.org/index.php?sh...460entry42460 I didn't build the bulky ass dongle, but instead used two pieces of copper wire and a piece of electric tape... I don't know if that's bad or not; all I know is that it works. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11996-laptop-stuck-on-blue-screen/#findComment-75371 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjohnjr Posted March 14, 2006 Author Share Posted March 14, 2006 I tried that, no errors and then just a plain blue screen. No pointer, no beachball, no nothing......... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11996-laptop-stuck-on-blue-screen/#findComment-75406 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjohnjr Posted March 14, 2006 Author Share Posted March 14, 2006 I pluged my monitor in and still nothing. All I get is a blue screen. It's a hp dv4000 laptop. Please help............... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11996-laptop-stuck-on-blue-screen/#findComment-75649 Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackentangled Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 ok, try to boot in safe mode see if it will boot to the desktop. safe mode "-F" Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11996-laptop-stuck-on-blue-screen/#findComment-75922 Share on other sites More sharing options...
b1acksab3r Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 I'm having the exact same problem. Sometimes it will boot to the desktop without any problems but 99% of the time it just hangs at the blue screen. I have a dv1000. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11996-laptop-stuck-on-blue-screen/#findComment-82591 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessjx Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 I also had the blue screen hang up with my dv4150 laptop during install from dvd. Got past that by connecting to external monitor before starting install. Unfortunately I could never get the thing past the "Still waiting for root device" issue. I've tried pretty much everything anyone has posted about it, no luck. Let me know if you get it going on your dv4000. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11996-laptop-stuck-on-blue-screen/#findComment-82616 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korrupted Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 ok, try to boot in safe mode see if it will boot to the desktop. safe mode "-F" Safe mode is -x, not -f. -f is for force checking your volumes for errors. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11996-laptop-stuck-on-blue-screen/#findComment-82617 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manticus Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 I also have this problem with my dv1340us. Judging from others this seems to common on the HP's. I would love to be able to work in something other than safe mode. -Manticus Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11996-laptop-stuck-on-blue-screen/#findComment-99698 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radoslav Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 HP pavilion dv4000 here. WOrks as a charm with the wires trick. WHy the hackers dont produce fix for that? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11996-laptop-stuck-on-blue-screen/#findComment-100231 Share on other sites More sharing options...
U.C. Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 I have zt3000 (friends). I installed osx 10.4.6. (JaS Patched). Not booting hung on blue screen. If i put my laptop hdd in works perfect. If i put his hdd in my Dell, same {censored}. SO i am installing OSX in my Dell on his disk. lets see wht happens. or maybe ill dd the disk image Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11996-laptop-stuck-on-blue-screen/#findComment-114316 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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