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  1. D

    2010 Mac Pro 5,1 - No EFI/ Boot, no chime, black screen

    2010 Mac Pro 5,1 2x 2.93ghz Westmere 20gb RAM OWC 256gb SSD ATI Radeon 5780 The last time this system booted (at all) was just before I took out the GPU to try in another Mac Pro. Once I reinstalled the GPU: - system starts up - front power button light illuminates - all fans run - gpu...
  2. Hoehne Badger

    Mac Pro Black Screen

    Hi, I recently wanted to upgrade to High Sierra so that I could upgrade to Mojave on my Mac pro 5,1 2012-era CPU. I’m using an SSD. In order to upgrade from Yosemite to High Sierra I had to remove my GTX 980 graphics card and install the original Radeon card. I’ve done card in stalls a number...
  3. Charmandrigo

    Radeon control panel causing black screen on Mac Pro 5,1

    I have a Mac Pro 5,1 in which I recently got a Radeon RX480 to get Mojave officially and so I formatted Windows 10 to MBR BIOS after the report on MP5,1 BootROM thread about Windows 10 corrupting the bootrom on UEFI installations. Windows works and everything except that after installing Radeon...
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    Resolved HELP! Windows XP black screen on 2007 mac mini

    My mac mini (2007) has a problem while installing windows. I open bootcamp assistant, I create the partition, reboot from disc and then there is a blinking cursor and then a black screen. OS X Leopard 10.5.7 Windows XP Professional 32-bit
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    Black screen after upgrade Mojave

    Hello all, I have just upgraded my Macbook Air to Mojave. After upgrade I am facing a wired situation. 1. I start the laptop 2. Enter the password 3. Now a completely black screen appears for 10 seconds approximately 4. After that the main desktop appears and computer runs fine I never had...
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    Macbook Pro 2011 issue

    Hi guys about a year ago I encountered the gpu issue that is found in 2011 mbp. I followed the steps that disables the amd chip and it worked, but now im facing a new issue. My mbp turns on but Screen is completely black, no backlight either. No chime. No keyboard backlight. SMC works but...
  7. Mtay93

    Mac Pro is running but screens black

    My Mac was working great, no issues. One day I went and opened the screen and noticed it was running but I couldn’t see a display. I pressed some buttons and the desktop came up for a few seconds and then went black and wouldn’t show a display again. I have tried plugging it into the wall and...
  8. J

    iPhone XS Max iPhone XS Max Unresponsive

    I’ve been using my iPhone XS Max for 5 days. Yesterday I picked it up and found it completely unresponsive. It had been sitting idle by the sofa for about 45 minutes with plenty of battery. The screen was off, did not come on when I touched it, it went straight to voicemail when I tried to call...
  9. S

    Black startup screen

    Hello! Had a question about my mac book pro, I took it into apple because the screen was black but on and the MBP had power it didnt make a sound but the keyboard lit up and the screen did as well it was just a black screen. I wxplained that to the apple guy helping me but he spent a total of...
  10. M

    iMac 27" late 2009 - Black screen

    Hi, I got an iMac 27" Late 2009, I've been using it every day for almost 10 years 24/7 turned on. Last month suddenly when I reseted to log in Windows I got a black screen, I hear the usual chime but then a black screen after that (in other words, the computer remains "turned off" and not...
  11. T

    MBP 15" late 2016 no power

    I have a late 2016 MBP and when I plug it into a charger there is no charging sound, when I try to power up the unit, nothing happens. I had it connected to the charger for about an hour and it felt like the bottom of the laptop was warm indicating that the battery could be charging but im not...
  12. confusedrose19

    Resolved 2017 Macbook Will Absolutely not Start Up

    So, my 2017 12" macbook will not start up no matter what I try. Back in september I broke the screen so I replaced the entire top portion of the laptop myself. Now when I plug in the laptop gets extremely warm. I am using my dad's 61 W charger instead of the 29 W charger that came with the...
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    Black screen with Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8GB on MacPro 2010

    Hi Folks, I do have a 2010 Mac Pro with MacOS 10.13.4 running. Bootcamp is in place for a second hard drive and macOS harddrive has filevault. I bought a Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 with 8GB but booting with this card just brings a black screen. No logon screen or anything else. It just brings...
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    MacBook Air a1465 not turning on

    okay so I have barely used this Mac and I had it plugged in yesterday morning and came home to some issues. I was sitting on the couch and could hear it running even though it was closed so I owned it up and it was on a screen with a folder and question mark. I hit the power button and it turned...
  15. kevinfbg

    Macbook Pro 15´screen problem after upgrade

    Before everything, I did this video to explain my problem, after you can read the rest of the post. --- I have one year and a half with my MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015), lovely performance, no problem at all until this weekend. Before Note: I´m from Costa Rica, I bought my MacBook...
  16. K

    GPU Panic

    Retina MacBook PRO 15 2012 w GT650m. When I play games/use high GPU demand soft, my pc start to black screen/reboot, because of GPU reaching 80'+ degrees (or to high clock/voltage). Maxout fans isn’t working. I can underclock GPU in Windows and it fixes problems. Any how to fix GPU in Mac...
  17. K

    How to downclock(lower voltage) MacBook GPU?

    Retina MacBook PRO 15 2012 w GT650m. When I play games/use high GPU demand soft, my pc start to black screen/reboot, because of GPU reaching 80'+ degrees (or to high clock/voltage). Maxout fans isn’t working. I can underclock GPU in Windows and it fixes problems. Any how to fix GPU in Mac OS...
  18. K

    MBPr 15 2012 black screen in games on Windows 10

    Legacy(BIOS) installed Windows 10 with Bootcamp Assistant. Latest Nvidia Drivers for my gt650m. All work OK, up to time when I use GPU intensive apps(3dmax, illustrator, games). In some minutes (2-5), screen TURNS BLACK(OFF) AND I HEAR DEVICE UNPLUG SOUD, but PC continue to work. Any suggestions?
  19. tomscott1988

    Mac Pro HS install black screen

    Hi Guys, Decided to take the plunge and install HS. The mac pro is a 4,1 with a firmware update to 5,1. To upgrade to HS I had to perform a firmware update which failed 5-6 times would just boot up as usual and give me the same screen. I put my original 5770 back in and have given it a go now...
  20. acechapo25

    iPhone iPhone not turning on after installing Lydia tweak

    So I have an iPhone 6 with iOS 10.3.2 and I just jailbroke it using cydia impactor and g0blin ipa. Everything was going well, I jailbroke it, phone restarted no problem. I then installed a file through Cydia, and had to reset the springboard. Again no problem. A few minutes later, my phone...