tombo Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 So searching and haven't found anything on this. Installed SL on my EP45DS3L using the fine guide here at Insanely. Everything went as expected and it started up with 1024x768. no QE. Added GFX string for NV 8500GT to boot.plist and changed resolution. On restart, get a blue screen. After the timeout for sleeping the monitor, when I wake it up - everything is good (1280x1024 QE). So I thought, put 10.6.2 on it, that'll fix it. Well it's the same as before except instead of a blue screen I get a black one. Any ideas?? Tom Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/199969-blue-black-screen-with-pointer-on-startup/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitmac Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=196878 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/199969-blue-black-screen-with-pointer-on-startup/#findComment-1345342 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex HQuest Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 Which connectors do you have on this card (ie, 2xDVI or HDMI+DVI+VGA)? How is your monitor connected to video card (ie, DVI)? If you have 2 DVI ports, have you tried to plug monitor in the other DVI port? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/199969-blue-black-screen-with-pointer-on-startup/#findComment-1345626 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombo Posted November 29, 2009 Author Share Posted November 29, 2009 Which connectors do you have on this card (ie, 2xDVI or HDMI+DVI+VGA)? How is your monitor connected to video card (ie, DVI)? If you have 2 DVI ports, have you tried to plug monitor in the other DVI port? I have TV+VGA+DVI on this board. Trying the DVI (with a DVI to VGA adapter) gives black, no pointer no nothing. Even the monitor power lite blinks showing no signal. Thanks for the response http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=196878 These guys seem to have black screen with no output. I have black screen but if I wait for sleep of monitor then all is well. I'll read it just in case I get a hint. Thanks for the response. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/199969-blue-black-screen-with-pointer-on-startup/#findComment-1345700 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombo Posted November 29, 2009 Author Share Posted November 29, 2009 Quick update - Did a retail install and had same (blue screen ) problem. Set sleep to 1 minute (reduced waiting time) and decided to run migration assistant to move files. That caused KP but solved because Migration Assistant somehow moved Cham Extra folder to root of drive and deleting that solved KP. To my surprise, the blue screen on startup is also gone. I need to do more testing and am working in a step-wise fashion but so far so good. Tom OK spoke too soon. Updated to 10.6.2 and boots to black screen WITH a pointer icon. Wait until monitor goes to sleep and everything is ok after that. Hmmmm a tricky one........ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/199969-blue-black-screen-with-pointer-on-startup/#findComment-1345829 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheElix Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 Any luck with this? I have the same issue. At first I thought it was nvidia kexts until I tried pressing shut down button. The screen appeared all of a sudden. Now to start the system I have to repeat with this sorcery. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/199969-blue-black-screen-with-pointer-on-startup/#findComment-1351599 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombo Posted December 16, 2009 Author Share Posted December 16, 2009 Any luck with this? I have the same issue. At first I thought it was nvidia kexts until I tried pressing shut down button. The screen appeared all of a sudden. Now to start the system I have to repeat with this sorcery. Sorry I haven't found anything (yet) but to use all I did (as I said badly above) was to reduce the Display Sleep on the Energy saver to 1 minute - that way I only have to wait one minute on bootup. I suspect that there is some EFI string trickery to fix this but I'm not clever enough (yet ) to figure it out. Tom Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/199969-blue-black-screen-with-pointer-on-startup/#findComment-1361338 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catevs Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 I allso have 8500GT but my is 512 mb. In attachment is my dsdt and you must change value for memory allso there is coddec for ALC889a DSDT.dsl.zip Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/199969-blue-black-screen-with-pointer-on-startup/#findComment-1363031 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerkex'd Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 Don't use someone else's DSDT.aml unless you have the exact same motherboard. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/199969-blue-black-screen-with-pointer-on-startup/#findComment-1363071 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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