Drmmr6622 Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 The problem i'm having is this: i installed 10.4.8.on a 40 gig sata hard drive and i cant get past the loading screen. you know the thing with the circle on the bottom and the big grey apple. i get past there but i get a black screen no HD light and its just like the monitor has no imput. can you please help me? Specs Computer Dell Dimension 4700 CPU Type Intel Pentium 4 520J, 2800 MHz (14 x 200) Motherboard Name Dell Dimension 4700 System Memory 512 MB (DDR2-400 DDR2 SDRAM) Video Adapter ATI Radeon X300 (128 MB) IA SSE 2 Supported IA SSE 3 Supported EDIT: Also i installed it through VMWare so i don't have a boot disk. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/93261-apple-boot-screen/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drmmr6622 Posted March 13, 2008 Author Share Posted March 13, 2008 no one has seen this problem before!!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/93261-apple-boot-screen/#findComment-664999 Share on other sites More sharing options...
westwaerts Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 no one has seen this problem before!!! maybe a little search will bring you closer to friends with the same problem. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/93261-apple-boot-screen/#findComment-665566 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drmmr6622 Posted March 13, 2008 Author Share Posted March 13, 2008 if you find someone with the same problem and has solved it please tell me. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/93261-apple-boot-screen/#findComment-665633 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Same problem... no fix so far Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/93261-apple-boot-screen/#findComment-665726 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drmmr6622 Posted March 13, 2008 Author Share Posted March 13, 2008 so what have you done have you reinstalled or what? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/93261-apple-boot-screen/#findComment-666080 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drmmr6622 Posted March 14, 2008 Author Share Posted March 14, 2008 ok so all I had to do was install the driver for my gfx card. But I have run into yet another black screen but this time I have a cursor dies anyone know of a fix for this? Posted from my iPhone Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/93261-apple-boot-screen/#findComment-666312 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 Well i've tried booting different flags... and nothing... unfortunately i don't have it anymore... Win XP didn't finish loading and never would... i had to reinstall whole comp Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/93261-apple-boot-screen/#findComment-666998 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drmmr6622 Posted March 14, 2008 Author Share Posted March 14, 2008 ok so here is what i have figured out the computer runs i can open stuff but i cant see it. so like i will click on the dock and i can see the beachball like its loading so it does work i just need to figue out how to get it so i can see the screen because all that i have now is a black screen and a pointer. has anyone had this problem before? if so is there a fix? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/93261-apple-boot-screen/#findComment-667111 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drmmr6622 Posted March 16, 2008 Author Share Posted March 16, 2008 what do you mean different flags? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/93261-apple-boot-screen/#findComment-669715 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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