tiagalho Posted May 24, 2007 Share Posted May 24, 2007 hi you all, im experiencing a problem with my video card, all i get is the computer needs restart error, and i was trying to enter safe mode to see what was causing the faileru but i just keep pressing F8 and nothing happens. can somebody hel me please? thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/51995-enter-in-safe-mode/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrjay42 Posted May 24, 2007 Share Posted May 24, 2007 Just keep pushed the key "shift" during all the startup (For me it works with shift-left, i mean shift key and not caps lock ^^ ) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/51995-enter-in-safe-mode/#findComment-371382 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ramm Posted May 24, 2007 Share Posted May 24, 2007 When are you pressing F8? You have to do it before it says "Loading Darwin/X86" Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/51995-enter-in-safe-mode/#findComment-371573 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiagalho Posted May 25, 2007 Author Share Posted May 25, 2007 yes but if i press the f8 key before darwin comes up i get the boot chooser from bios Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/51995-enter-in-safe-mode/#findComment-371936 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahbau Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 If the boot timout is 0 seconds, it can be very hard to hit F8 at exactly the right time. You can boot to the installer CD, and in terminal, type: pico /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist (replace "Macintosh\ HD" with whatever your HD is called) add this before the </dict>: <key>Timeout</key> <string>3</string> type control-o to write-out, then control-x to exit. Reboot, and try hitting F8 again Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/51995-enter-in-safe-mode/#findComment-371996 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ramm Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 Note that in the post above, back slashes, '\', are equal to spaces. Just don't want you to get confused. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/51995-enter-in-safe-mode/#findComment-372679 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahbau Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 Note that in the post above, back slashes, '\', are equal to spaces. Just don't want you to get confused. It's actually an escape character that allows you to type the space. It's not equal to it (you can't replace the space with backslash. You have to type both). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/51995-enter-in-safe-mode/#findComment-372865 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ramm Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 Alternatively, you can just put the spaced directory/file in between quotes. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/51995-enter-in-safe-mode/#findComment-372883 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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