IBook On, Screen Turns Black
I installed the 10.4.6 update last night and everything seemed fine. I pack up the 'book and head to class - left it on but sleeping. So when I get to class and try to wake it from sleep, nothing happened... the sleep light wasn't on either and the Apple logo on the back was dimly lit which went out. After not being able to shut down or start up (since I didn't know if the 'book was on or not), I took out the battery and plugged it in.
First time I started up, gray Apple logo then a gray blank screen... which was there for about 5 minutes. Hard shut down... start up, took a while but everything was working fine... for about five minutes. Out of nowhere the screen just went black, but I could tell the computer was still on because the display was actually luminous.
The third time I try to start up, the fan in the back starts spinning like crazy... no gray Apple logo, nothing at all appears on the screen at any time. It might be worth noting the fan that's spinning is just the one in the back, not the one on the left side.
So now I'm lost. I'm able to start up once maybe every six or seven tries. I was able to start up in safe mode, ran Disk Utility, verified the disk, checked permissions, everything seemed fine. Then eventually, after another minute or two, the same thing happened again, the screen just went black but was still on. I tried single user mode and running fsck, no problems. I started up with my login items disabled, screen turned black after 4 or 5 minutes.
I'm going to try to run firewire target mode and back up my files... but could this be a software problem since this only occurred after the 10.4.6 update... or could it be a hardware problems - in which I've never ran into any problems before... or could it be a problem with both?
iBook G4
10.4.6
768 RAM
60GB drive
DVD/CD-RW
iBook Mac OS X (10.4.6)
Thanks Jon, Lyssa - for your input.
Since I've posted last I haven't been able to make it to the gray Apple logo screen... so I'm pretty much out of luck. I can't start up from my install DVD, nor can I boot from my firewire hard drive. I'm starting to hate myself for not backing up while I had the chance... however that probably would've failed 5 minutes into the process.
I live in New York and I'd love to bring my 'book to the Soho store, however I'd have to be there at 6 AM and probably wait a long while before I can get my laptop looked at... but that's not an option since I'm a college student and I have classes to attend, and I'm not willing to shell out however much it is to become a Pro Care member if I usually don't have any issues with my Apple products. It's disappointing and frustrating considering that's where I bought my 'book in the first place.
But I digress - I'll have to go an official Apple reseller and have this checked out... after reading through a few other sites, I'm getting the feeling it's the logic board that got screwed up.
I didn't take note of the S.M.A.R.T. status, I'm kicking myself for not doing so. I've been using a new battery for about 3 weeks or so, the circles light up solid.
One question before I bring my 'book in... if there's nothing wrong with my hard drive, and some other part needs to be replaced, will my hard drive end up being wiped? I understand it's probably standard procedure after a repair to start with a clean system - however I have tons of photos which I didn't back up, which I realize now is stupid, to say the least.
If anyone has any further suggestions as to what I can do with an iBook that does nothing but run its fan... please let me know Otherwise, tomorrow I'll post what the issue was if I can get it looked at... hopefully not too many other people have experienced the same issues. Cross your fingers~!
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RAX: 0xffffffff4bffff56, RBX: 0x0000000000000000, RCX: 0x0000000000000001, RDX: 0x0000000000000000
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R8: 0x0000000000000001, R9: 0x0000000000000000, R10: 0xffffff7f81d44200, R11: 0xffffff800f8b45e8
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0xffffff807867b4f0 : 0xffffff80002c4794
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0xffffff807867b8d0 : 0xffffff7f81d472a1
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0xffffff807867bd20 : 0xffffff80002a3f08
0xffffff807867be20 : 0xffffff8000223096
0xffffff807867be50 : 0xffffff80002148a9
0xffffff807867beb0 : 0xffffff800021bbd8
0xffffff807867bf10 : 0xffffff80002af140
0xffffff807867bfb0 : 0xffffff80002dab5e
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Hi,
here's a new strange issue with my new Asus Eee PC: Recently, and perhaps it's because some updated packages, the screen turns black totally without warning, and shows up again as if nothing has happened. That is, no matter what I currently do, at any time the screen turns completely black (not even dark or something like that) for just a second, and appears again simply. Nothing strange can be noticed, my session just continues as if this didn't happen.
I haven't had any success finding the triggers for that behaviour, it seems so accidentally ... be it browsing the web, right after session startup and everything else. What I've noticed though is that it happens only a single time within a session and both on battery and on power.
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FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
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Load "glx"
Load "dbe"
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Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
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Viewport 0 0
Depth 1
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SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 4
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
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SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 15
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
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Depth 16
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I think the problem has something do with my graphics drivers or some other driver from Lenovo.
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-Griff W. -
Screen turned black and makes some sort of an alarm sound
Does anyone knows a solutions for this: my intel iMac was on all afternoon till suddenly the screen turns black and it starts making some sort of an alarm sound "tuut tuuut". I tried restarting but nothing changes. I tried restarting from the installation Disc with C-key but no result. As a matter of fact i can't even get the disc out of my iMac anymore. Thanx
That sounds like hardware problems, I suggest you call your local Apple Store to my an appointment for them to check it out for you.
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My mac screen turns black after 3 hours
when i use my iMac for about 3 hours suddenly the screen turns white or black. Does anyone has the same problem. How can i fix it?
When the screen turns black is it completely dark? If you turn out the lights and iew it in a darkened room can you see a glow from the display (indicating that the backlights are still on)?
When the display turns black or white, is it solid black or white, or are there other artificacts visible? If there are other artifacts visible could you take a picture of them and post them?
When the display turns black or white, press the caps lock key. Does the green caps lock LED light up? If yes, this indicates that the OS is still functioning at some level and that you are probably experiencing some sort of display or graphics card software or hardware issue.
When did the issue start occurring? Your profile indicates you are running 10.7.3. Was the issue occurring prior to installing 10.7.3? Have you tried reinstalling the OS?
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The screen turns black by itself
Hi,
I'm from Brazil, so please disregard my bad english (I hope you understand );
Well, I've one Toshiba L645, and recently it screen turns black (do not turn off, just stop shine) when something heavy is running (NBA 2k13 for example), and i've no idea about what's happening, when I close it (the game) the screen shines again.
Please, can you help me, at least an idea about that.
Thank you.The screen could be going black for several reasons. It could be that the Screen Saver is turning on and stopping the video. Check your Screen Saver settings and make sure that the Screen Saver is turned off. It could be a bad or intermittent video cable between the system board and the LCD screen, but I don't think so since the screen comes back when you turn off the game. How would an intermittent video cable know when the game was being ended? It wouldn't so it can't be the cable. It could be that the computer's Sleep or Hibernation mode is turning on and turning off the screen. Check the Sleep and Hibernation settings in Control Panel under the Power Options Advanced Settings. Make sure for the testing that they are both turned off.
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My iMac 17" screen turn black, any one able to provide solutions
My iMac 17" screen turn black when I relocation the computer, any one can provide solutions, thanks
Hello, Bernardneoh.
Thank you for visiting Apple Support Communities.
Here is a troubleshooting article that I would recommend going through when experiencing this issue.
Apple computers: Troubleshooting issues with video on internal or external displays
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1573
Cheers,
Jason H. -
i have just bought an ipad2 from usa. now i am in india. i am a first timer user of ipad. i have charged for three hours, when i start iti.e. on the device it shows a plug in icon with itunes. then the screen turns black. i am not able to use the device. kindly help
You need to plug the iPad into your computer that has iTunes installed on it, and activate it.
The User Guide would be good for you to read:
http://support.apple.com/manuals/#ipad -
Ipad screen turned black in Safari.(only in Safari. other apps are working)
I was using Youtube through Safari. I clicked a video and made it full screen and then the screen turned black. It didn't show me the usual appearance of a video in Youtube.(the pause button, the progress of the video,etc) Although the games and the apps still work. I tried closing it first then opening it again. when i went back it still shows a black screen with the word Ipad and the time. Does anybody have ideas on how to put it back to its normal self? Please HELP!!!!
If this is happening using Safari it usually means that Safari has run out of internal Memory and crashes. One way to help Safari would be have as few tabs open as possible.
Note that the iPad 2 only has 512 MB of internal memory.
The later iPads have more:
iPad 3 - 1 GB
iPad 4 - 1 GB
iPad Air - 1 GB
iPad Air 2 - 2 GB
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