Error parsing plist fileLoading Darwin/x86. BEFORE BOOT MENU!

[macindude]

So... I'm having a pretty bad day with my computer:

 

The power supply in my DVI monitor just blew, so I thought I'd just run the computer off my 1080p TV screen (this has always worked fine in XP and Vista). But for whatever reason OS X will only get through the gray-Apple-spinning-circle screen before the monitor says "out of range." I tried safe mode "-x" to no avail.

 

So I restarted the computer and using the darwin bootloader, I just started into Vista, went into Library/Preferences/com.apple.boot.plist used notepad to add the obligatory "<key>Graphics Mode</key> <string>1920x1080x32@60</string>" string to the file, but this produced the same result: the monitor says out of range (actually it says "out of range, set computer to output 1920x1080@60HZ"). Note: on this first reboot after editing the boot.plist file, the bootloader menu still appeared.

 

Well, since I can't see anything, I just hold the power button to shut down, (as I had before), and restart, intending to just boot back into Vista... well, now the Darwin Bootloader doesn't come up with a menu, but instead says:

 

Error parsing plist fileLoading Darwin/x86

Pausing for 5 seconds

 

then it goes to the gray apple screen and (I'm assuming) boots normally. I can't see anything after the gray apple screen. The monitor goes to "out of range..."

 

The immediate problem is getting the boot menu back!!!

 

Specs (System *was* working PERFECTLY):

iATKOS v.5 (10.5.5) Vanilla on:

Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3L

Biostar (nVidia) GeForce 9600GT 512MB

4GB Corsair DDR2 800

Seagate 750GB SATA

LiteON 22x DVD-RW SATA

Samsung CDRW/DVD Combo ATA