Blue Screen Unless Booting with -v

[kasperbs]

Ok I have successfully installed retail MAC OSX 10.5.6, but I have some strange problems when booting. Unless I use the -v flag I get a light blue screen when booting and nothing more. I know the system is starting because I can hear the little 'blop' sound when Skype logs in. But I just have the blue screen, I don't know what causes it but I (think) it started after I installed my video drivers.

 

My system is:

• P5Q SE/R
  
• Intel Quad Core Q8300
  
• 4x1GB DDR2 667 RAM
  
• 3 SATA Hard Drives
  
• 1 SATA DVD drive
  
• Nvidia 9800GT 512MB
  

My video drivers seems to have been installed succeully with the only thing not supported being 'mirror' whatever that means.

 

One thing I should note is that the problem is replicated whenever I try to change the resolution. Changing the resolution gives me the same blue screen requiring me to reset the machine and boot with the the -v flag.

 

So do you know what is causing this, and what are the downsides of booting with the -v flag?

[Beerkex'd]

I'll bet it also happens if you click 'detect displays'.

 

Plug your monitor into the other plug.

 

'Mirror' means a dual monitor setup with the same thing showing on both monitors, like 'clone mode' in Windows. Useful for presentations.

 

It makes no sense that it only works when booting with -v.

All -v is supposed to do is to show you what happens during the boot process, -v is for "verbose".

 

There's no downside to booting with -v other than it looks kind of nerdy.

 

If changing the plug doesn't help, you can put -v in your com.apple.boot.plist and it will boot like that all the time.

 

You can use EFI studio or OSX86Tools to edit the boot.plist. Google..

[kasperbs]

I'll bet it also happens if you click 'detect displays'.

 

Plug your monitor into the other plug.

 

'Mirror' means a dual monitor setup with the same thing showing on both monitors, like 'clone mode' in Windows. Useful for presentations.

 

It makes no sense that it only works when booting with -v.

All -v is supposed to do is to show you what happens during the boot process, -v is for "verbose".

 

There's no downside to booting with -v other than it looks kind of nerdy.

 

If changing the plug doesn't help, you can put -v in your com.apple.boot.plist and it will boot like that all the time.

 

You can use EFI studio or OSX86Tools to edit the boot.plist. Google..

Thanks, OSX86Tools was a big help. All i Needed to do was to add the correct resolution to the boot.plist file and there were no more problems.