xShad0w Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 The gray screen on boot is the problem I have heard of many times online but did not find an official statement saying the solution, so i'm stating it here, in the JaS 10.4.8 AMD Intel Install, take off all video drivers, inlcuding titan and any drivers ATi drivers in most common hardware, infact I would also recomend not installing anything from the most common hardware section. Hope this helps a bunch of people, and if you still get the gray screen after my advice post it here but for the most part this has worked for a lot of people and I hope it works for you! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48205-official-gray-screen-on-boot-forum-thread/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenctuary Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 That's not really a solution, more of a way to prevent the problem from occurring. I'm pretty sure you can still boot to command line and log in under single user mode to fix such problems. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48205-official-gray-screen-on-boot-forum-thread/#findComment-345453 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cntbill Posted April 15, 2007 Share Posted April 15, 2007 Xenctuary... My install of the JaS 10.4.8 went fine, didn't install any extra stuff, no drivers. But after the basic install and on re-boot got the gray screen. I remember getting this on one of my other Macs (G4's) and was a video problem. So removed the AGP card that came with the system (Nivida but made my Micro-Star #8860) and replaced it with one I had laying around which is an ATI Radeon 64MB. Started up and worked fine! Wahooo! OK, but the display is only 1024x768 but it's a good start. System Specs: HP WorkStation XW600 1 - Xeon 2.4, (dual capable board though) 1 Gig Ram 80 Gig IDE Broadcom Net - Works now after I found the solution on this forum...Thanks! All... ATI Radeon 64 - 1024X768 - working on this... Sound - sorry not sure at this moment but, worked right off the bat. Built in SCSI- well... nope but looking into it... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48205-official-gray-screen-on-boot-forum-thread/#findComment-347151 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heberth Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 I have the gray apple screen poping up on mines too, i read somewhere that you have to switch the order of the cables...i can't even get it to go into the actaul installation. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48205-official-gray-screen-on-boot-forum-thread/#findComment-363304 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolBits Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 Boot with -v and you will get black screen with text which will tell you where and why it stoped... then boot with -s and correct that... This is a solution... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48205-official-gray-screen-on-boot-forum-thread/#findComment-363305 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebus Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 This is a way to PERMANENTLY get rid off this screen (not -v each time) It is only annoying & serves no purpose To turn on Verbose booting, at the Terminal type the following: sudo nvram boot-args="-v" Disabling Verbose booting is just as easy: sudo nvram boot-args= If you’re curious what the current firmware nvram settings are, type the following: nvram -p sebus Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48205-official-gray-screen-on-boot-forum-thread/#findComment-363511 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBONEHACKS Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 Hi cntbill Im interested to know if you made your hackintosh work ok on these system specs.? I have a similar machine but with dual processors and am wondering if I can get it running as a hackinstosh Can you please tell me how you are doing with yours? Full Specs SPECIFICATIONS: 2.4GHz Xeon, 512MB of PC2100 ECC DDR SDRAM, HP Intel E7505 motherboard, integrated Adaptec AIC-7902 SCSI Ultra320 adaptor, 36GB Seagate Cheetah 10K.6 SCSI Ultra320 hard disk, 16x DVD-ROM, ATI 9550 256 or Leadtek winfast A6600GT TDH, SoundMAX integrated audio, Gigabit Ethernet, Windows XP Professional, three-year on-site parts and labour warranty. Xenctuary... My install of the JaS 10.4.8 went fine, didn't install any extra stuff, no drivers. But after the basic install and on re-boot got the gray screen. I remember getting this on one of my other Macs (G4's) and was a video problem. So removed the AGP card that came with the system (Nivida but made my Micro-Star #8860) and replaced it with one I had laying around which is an ATI Radeon 64MB. Started up and worked fine! Wahooo! OK, but the display is only 1024x768 but it's a good start. System Specs: HP WorkStation XW600 1 - Xeon 2.4, (dual capable board though) 1 Gig Ram 80 Gig IDE Broadcom Net - Works now after I found the solution on this forum...Thanks! All... ATI Radeon 64 - 1024X768 - working on this... Sound - sorry not sure at this moment but, worked right off the bat. Built in SCSI- well... nope but looking into it... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48205-official-gray-screen-on-boot-forum-thread/#findComment-1208750 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cntbill Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 Hi cntbill Im interested to know if you made your hackintosh work ok on these system specs.? I have a similar machine but with dual processors and am wondering if I can get it running as a hackinstosh Can you please tell me how you are doing with yours? Full Specs SPECIFICATIONS: 2.4GHz Xeon, 512MB of PC2100 ECC DDR SDRAM, HP Intel E7505 motherboard, integrated Adaptec AIC-7902 SCSI Ultra320 adaptor, 36GB Seagate Cheetah 10K.6 SCSI Ultra320 hard disk, 16x DVD-ROM, ATI 9550 256 or Leadtek winfast A6600GT TDH, SoundMAX integrated audio, Gigabit Ethernet, Windows XP Professional, three-year on-site parts and labour warranty. This was a computer I was experimenting on, but I had to use it for another purpose. So I never was able to get much further than my previous post. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48205-official-gray-screen-on-boot-forum-thread/#findComment-1208800 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoro_86 Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 hi i tried that in the terminal but it doesnt work. i got jas 10.4.8 w/ SSE2&3 intel PC P4 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48205-official-gray-screen-on-boot-forum-thread/#findComment-1211977 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteBoyMcFLY Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 I have been struggling to install iAtkos v5i on my Inspiron 1420 for days upon days now. I have gone through NUMEROUS problems and "solutions" leading me to my most recent issue. Upon boot with or without ANY special commands (-v, -x, -f, -legacy etc.) I get a quick light blue screen followed by a black screen. Recently I realized that if I connected an external monitor AND boot with -x , I receive a GRAY screen with a movable cursor. Is there a solution for this issue? If so, will someone please be kind enough to guide me through this painful dilemma...preferably before my head explodes. lol Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48205-official-gray-screen-on-boot-forum-thread/#findComment-1250498 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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