HDMI to Sony receiver - unresponsive black screen

Just installed a new mid-2010 Mac Mini connected via HDMI to my Sony 5300 receiver, which switches among 6 HDMI inputs. Everything works great, except when I power the receiver on and switch to the Mac input, the screen is black. All I can see is a white mouse cursor, which I can move, but nothing else happpens.
I have set the preferences to never go to standby, never power off the screen, and go to a screensaver after 10 minutes.
Interestingly, I found that if I hit Shift-Esc I can get the password dialog box to pop up and all is well, but I can't find any documentation on this shortcut and I am still perplexed as to why my screen is black after powering up the receiver.

ChromePlanet wrote:
....Most people do (and should) leave their computers on all the time, especially to make them accessible on their networks from other computers at all times...
I don't know where you got the perception that most people leave their computer on all the time. I provide tech support for a lot of home users and from what I have seen, most people let their Mac go to sleep. Many of them also shut down their computers at the end of the day.
For media center usage, it's true that there is a higher percentage of people who would keep the computer awake all the time. But there are still plenty of people in this forum talking about wanting their mini media center to go to sleep.
The HDMI port makes this machine specifically suited for installation in a home theater setup, which means it will most likely NEVER be connected directly to a TV.
I believe your opinion in this regard is also different from reality. From the conversations on various forums I have observed over the years, most people connect their HDMI devices direct to their TV. They either don't have a surround receiver, or do most of their TV viewing without the receiver active.
If I simply wait long enough, the screen comes to life. But the delay is not cool and certainly not up to par with Apple's reputation for functionality.
HDMI source devices need a response from the display device, in order to know what resolution to output. When they are powered on without a display device also powered on, they do not know what to do. Not all devices "remember" what resolution they were last using. They rely on the information from the display.

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Interval Since Last Panic Report: 16181 sec
Panics Since Last Report: 2
Anonymous UUID: AB5E6E2A-652F-452D-BC74-386B74C54957
Sun Feb 13 20:50:44 2011
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x9f8bfa): NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x00000100: CFG 0x0a2910de 0x00100000 0x00000000, BAR0 0xc0000000 0x7ee1c000 0x0a5480a2, D0, P3/4
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x92e13888 : 0x21b50c (0x5d4438 0x92e138bc 0x223974 0x0)
0x92e138d8 : 0x9f8bfa (0xc0e2bc 0xc7e940 0xc1d424 0x0)
0x92e13978 : 0xb13640 (0x9acd404 0x85aa004 0x100 0x86)
0x92e139c8 : 0xb0a639 (0x85aa004 0x100 0x92e139f8 0x9e86d7)
0x92e139f8 : 0x171b9ce (0x85aa004 0x100 0x438004ee 0x5508e0)
0x92e13b38 : 0xb322bd (0x85aa004 0x9327004 0x0 0x0)
0x92e13b78 : 0xa01e63 (0x85aa004 0x9327004 0x0 0x0)
0x92e13c18 : 0x9fe46f (0x0 0x9 0x0 0x0)
0x92e13dc8 : 0xa0033e (0x0 0x600d600d 0x702a 0x92e13df8)
0x92e13e98 : 0x994582 (0xc1d0001c 0xaa910001 0x20802040 0x92e13ee0)
0x92e13ef8 : 0xd544eb (0x9161400 0x92e13f4c 0x0 0x7)
0x92e13f58 : 0xd54696 (0x9271c00 0xd5bb54 0x92e13f78 0x2a358d)
0x92e13f78 : 0x22fd09 (0x9271c00 0x0 0x0 0x0)
0x92e13fc8 : 0x2a06cc (0x863ea0 0x0 0x10 0xd3e0cc0)
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com.apple.driver.AGPM(100.12.19)@0xd51000->0xd5bfff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.2)@0x963000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.2)@0x985000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6)@0x952000
com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal(6.2.6)@0x15e5000->0x19f9fff
dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(6.2.6)@0x992000
com.apple.NVDAResman(6.2.6)@0x992000->0xc7ffff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6)@0x952000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.2)@0x985000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.2)@0x963000
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10J567
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Darwin Kernel Version 10.6.0: Wed Nov 10 18:13:17 PST 2010; root:xnu-1504.9.26~3/RELEASE_I386
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Message was edited by: GoreLeech

GoreLeech wrote:
Hello,
Having searched high and low, I can't seem to find a solution to my predicament.
Sun Feb 13 20:50:44 2011
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x9f8bfa): NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x00000100:
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, PCIe, 256 MB
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Quote from: perdition on 23-July-06, 17:23:48
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The game i mostly play is World of Warcraft, after i received my laptop back from the service i logged into world of Warcraft and played for an hour or so and got my very first black screen, sound was looping, mouse and keyboard unresponsive. It took me at least 5 minutes to shut it down via the power button.
The black screens/crashes just kept happening i checked i had all the latest drivers installed, so i tried rolling them back but the crashes just kept coming. Where as when they first started i could get a couple of hours between them, it was now minutes at best.
To finally rule out a soft wear problem/corrupt file i decided to reinstall windows, after reinstalling windows updating windows drivers etc i then reinstalled wow however it lasted only a few seconds before the black screen/ crash happened again.
So i wiped the hard drive again, this time i have installed nothing but the windows disks, so my laptop is just like it was the day it came out of the box, and i still cant play any game like solitaire with out this black screen/crash happening.
I have an extended warrantee but they refuse to look at it as its a soft wear issue according to there under righters. Any body have any idea ?

so i sent it off for a service.
What did they do? How did they service it?
They just take it apart check the fans are working correctly and give it a clean, removing the dust from the fans and the heat sink..
Did you actually reinstall clean windows versions by truly formatting the hard drive and reinstalling windows and drivers from scratch?
I have the recovery disks i made myself , I boot it and recover it from them.
If you reinstall windows 7 it will create a 100 mb partition and keep the old system files and others in windows old folder, have a look here it might help.
I have windows vista installed and there is a separate partition.
Prior to contacting my extended warrantee, i tried to rule out a soft wear issue. I even made a call to Toshiba Tech support the person i spoke to did a link up to my laptop, as i had mentioned the vista games also caused this crash he had a game of solitaire. This did as i expected, cause me to receive a black screen/ crash. However the person at the other end told me over the phone that when this happened, on his computer it showed my mem and CPU where both running at 100% just prior to seeing the black screen and being disconnected. So i do believe your guess of something being overloaded is correct i just need to be able to prove it.

Mac Pro 2008 won't boot from install disc - black screen

Hello,
I recently purchased a new hard drive to replace the original that came with my Mac Pro 2008. I was able to format the new drive using Disk Utility. I am now at the point where I need to install OS X onto the new drive, but the computer refuses to boot from the disc. The disc is recognized by the computer (I can access the disc and am able to use the BootCamp applications, etc.) but I just get a black screen when trying to boot directly from the disc. The computer boots fine otherwise.
I have tried the following:
I have tried using both the gray install disc that came with the computer and the Snow Leopard Install DVD disc.
I have tried booting using the "C" key and the "option" key but still receive a black screen following the chime (I've held these down for several minutes).
I have tried restarting from either install disc using the Bootcamp Assistant.
I have tried running the installation software to get it to restart from the disc.
I have tried a combination of the drives, i.e. trying to boot from the discs with just the new drive installed, just the original drive installed, and with both in bay1 and 2.
Everything results in the computer starting up, hearing the chime, and then nothing..just black screen. I have the original drive partitioned with BootCamp with OSX Snow Leopard and Windows 7 installed (I don't know that that matters).
I am at a loss as to what to try next. It doesn't seem like the superdrive because it is recognizing the disc, it just won't boot from it.
Any help is appreciated, thank you.

Clone should be a must and easy to do and learn (learn by doing! 2)
6800 would 'qualify' as 5x70 series flashed etc and same rule: 10.6.5
In the past there was 10.4.6, 10.5.6, but not 10.6.6 - even though strong need for such a DVD.
10.6.8 DVD would be excellent
Lion or ML - buy, download, make an installer flash card would be what I would do at this point.
Then keep both - dual boot as you learn and test and see what ML does and waht you had that required Rosetta to support PowerPC. See www.roaringapps.com about that.
With Carbon Coyp Cloner - was share, now commercial, great utility been around since 10.2.2 at least - this time 2003. 10 yrs.
You can clone the system folders, you can even selectively choose. You can skip copy of most of your home account and do that separately to another drive if you want.
Clone Windows with Paragon or WinClone and use Windows 7 or 8 DVD to do a system repair (automatic) or to edit the BCD file. It can and should - and all you do is boot Windows 7 DVD w/ only the one drive present and go at it. Piece of cake. But yes, Windows gets fussy if you change or remove or move. BCD to the rescue. A proper program for cloning like Paragon's "Clone OS" meant for going from disk drives to SSDs, knows that and how to do it.
Back to how to clone etc:
Clone
Disk utility has RESTORE which will also clone your system but not the Lion Recovery partition. Oddly Apple did not 'endorse' making bootable clone of the system which works too but most choose Carbon Copy Cloner - it works more consistently; it allows for smart update of the backup volume. Both can backup to a sparse disk image if desired.
Using Cloning as a Backup Strategy
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/7032/carbon-copy-cloner
http://www.bombich.com/software/updates/ccc-3.5.html
OS X Lion Install to Different Drive
How to create an OS X Lion installation disc MacFixIt
Migration Assistant Update for Mac OS X Snow Leopard
http://www.apple.com/support/lion/installrecovery/
Create an OS X Lion Install disc
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-20080989-263/how-to-create-an-os-x-lion-ins tallation-disc
How to clone your system:
http://macperformanceguide.com/Mac-HowToClone-backup.html
http://macperformanceguide.com/Mac-HowToClone.html
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/7032/carbon-copy-cloner
http://www.macperformanceguide.com/blog/2012/20120711_2-MacPro-internal-clone-ba ckup.html
The DVD is dependent on your hardware. And your hardware changed. The drivers for the 5780 and 6xxx are bundled in the OS and lacking. Minimum build thing.
Put the new drive anywhere you want. Does not matter. Can move it later. Can be drive bay 0-3 or a Firewire external or under the DVD drive.
When you clone pull the old drive and boot from the newly cloned.
After that keep a backup clone around all the time. Takes less than 10 minutes to do a smart update to copy just the changes to keep it current. So you have working copy of the system. I keep Clone "A" that I keep "as was" the system as of last month or whatever (like 10.7.4 before upgrade to 7.5).
Comes easier after doing it once and have all your ducks in a row.

Win 7/Z580: Black screen on boot up, before login screen?

Win 7/Z580: Black screen on boot up, before login screen?
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I find some interesting posting in this forum. Thanks for keeping this forum to help windows/Lenovo community. I like to pick up the brain of this forum to resolve the black screen issue. I am not sure, whether it caused by virus. I use Microsoft Security Essentials. I am not able to run this in command prompt.
I started my laptop this morning & login screen showed up. Once I entered my login credentials, I heard the sound that usually plays once a login is successful, but I ended up with a black screen. After this occurred, I had to hold down the power button to manually shut down the computer. Once I started it up again, I was prompted to do a system repair, which eventually ended up with all successful outcomes, but I now have a black screen with a cursor before the login screen now. I have no idea what caused this to happen. My laptop is a Lenovo Ideapad Model Z580 (500 GB HD, 6GB RAM).
I am not able to get into safe mode or any other mode, which all leads to a black screen described above. I am able to use the "Repair Your computer" tools after pressing F8 during booting only . All other options leads to Black screen with cursor in the middle
Last Known Good Configuration leads to same
Enable Low Resolution Video (640x480) leads to same My Z580 is not responding to CTRL+ALT+DEL Windows Logo keys as well.
**** I tried SAFE Mode. It loaded couple of drivers and paused at CLASSPNP.SYS load. It went to Black screen with cursor at center.
I am able to invoke control pannel from Command prompt of working PC by typing control.
Z580 PC is not responding to control from command prompt (under Repair Your computer) either.
Z580 is able to use the "Repair Your computer" tools after pressing F8 during booting .
Under local user login it provided Start Repair option. As I pick this option, I got the following. Problem signature
Startup repair offline
1 - 6.1.7600.16385
2 -
6.1.7600.16385
3 - unknown
4 - 21200332
5 - autofailover
6 -
4
7 - NoRootCause
os v - 6.1.7600.2.1.0.2561
locale id – 1033
Under Admin user login, it provided system recovery options. It is not picking up the recovery point created a while ago.
Windows Memory Diagnostics is not launching and shows a black screen without cursor.
I am able to get into command prompt. I tried the following there.
I am not able to run cmd as admin
I reviewed the past posting of this forum on this subject.
Windows 7 boots to an unresponsive black screen with mouse cursor...
System File Checker: Run sfc /scannow & analyze its logs in Windows 7 / 8
Windows Resource Protection could not start the repair service
How to analyze the log file entries that the Microsoft Windows Resource Checker (SFC.exe) program generates in Windows Vista
Force SFC to Run in Windows 7
Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files but was unable to fix some of them
SFC /SCANNOW showed up
"Windows Resource Protection could not start the repair service
I did "net start trustedinstaller"
"Windows Resource Protection detected pending repair restart the computer"
I ran repair options using sfc /scannow /offbootdir=x:\ /offwindir=D:\windows
and got "Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files but was unable to fix some of them "
I did findstr /c:"[SR]" %windir%\logs\cbs\cbs.log >sfcdetails.txt I will be glad to attach the zip file that contain CBS.LOG & [SR] tag extract (xxx.txt).
I did not any find ERRORS there, SFC ended with message saying "found corrupt files but was unable to fix some of them" . It is misleading. There is no [SR] tag pointing to corrupt files. Does SFC through false positive like this?
I ran chkdsk. ResultsFile verification completed.
0 bad file records processed.
0 EA records processed.
CHKDSK is verifying indexes (stage 2 of 5)...
Index verification completed.
0 unindexed files scanned.
0 unindexed files recovered.
Windows has checked the file system and found no problems.
0 KB in bad sectors.
Failed to transfer logged messages to the event log with status 50.
It is puzzling me.
Thanks for helping.

I tried these steps 8/7/2015. I ran chkdsk. Results for D:\
File verification completed.
0 bad file records processed.
0 EA records processed.
CHKDSK is verifying indexes (stage 2 of 5)...
Index verification completed.
0 unindexed files scanned.
0 unindexed files recovered.
Windows has checked the file system and found no problems.
0 KB in bad sectors.
Failed to transfer logged messages to the event log with status 50.
Updated on 8/7
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Here are my HDD config:
Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Status Info
Volume 0 F WDO_Media64 UDF DVD- Healthy
Volume 1 C NTFS Partition Healthy
Volume 2 D Windows7_OS NTFS Partition Healthy
Volume 3 E LENOVO NTFS Partition Healthy
Volume 4 G FAT Removable Healthy
Volume 5 LENOVO_PART NTFS Partition Healthy Hidden
I ran CHKDSK /F /X for C, D, E. All resluted to "Windows has checked the file system and found no problems."
F8 ===> Repair Computer===> Command Prompt ===> Works OK
F8 ===> Repair Computer===> Start up Repair ==> Results into "Startup repair could not detect a problem"
F8 ===> Repair Computer===> System Restore ===> "No restore points has been created on yout computer system drive"
F8 ===> Repair Computer===> System Image Recovery ===> "Windows cannot find a system impage on this computer"
F8 ===> Repair Computer===> windows Memory Diagnostiyics ===> "Black screen with Cursor in the middle"
After getting into Command prompt
I run net user
User accounts for \\
Administrator Guest
The command completed with one or more errors
It did not list other users in my laptop. I do not know why? I tried under F8 ===> Repair Computer===> Command Prompt ===> Works OK
Here is the result:
- Boot with Last Known Good Configuration (F8 menu) ===> Black screen with cursor in the middle
- Restore to a prior date (System Restore) - System Restore ====> Already reported in previous reply
- Try a clean startup Troubleshoot Application Conflicts by Performing a Clean Startup results in
Clean Start up
D:\Windows\System32>runas /user:administrator msconfig
Enter the password for administrator:
Attempting to start msconfig as user "MININT-84TH5FG\administrator" ...
RUNAS ERROR: Unable to run - msconfig
1060: The specified service does not exist as an installed service.
- Try loading defaults in BIOS - F2 ==> f9 ==> f10 ===> Black screen with cursor in the middle
Check if explorer.exe is running and start from CTRL+ALT+DEL (task manager - new task) ===> CTRL+ALT+DEL not responding
Is anybody in this forum point me to fix? Thanks for looking into this issue.

32Gb 3Gs is dead..."Black Screen"

My iPhone 3Gs was fine this morning till I came back from walking the dogs for the last half hour nothing just a deathly black screen...I have tried all the tricks and iTunes...nothing.

Same thing happened to me. I have a 3G, but after I updated to OS 3.0, I received the black screen of death. The phone won't turn on or respond at all, right? Plug it into your computer, open iTunes, click on your active phone (in the left column) and find "restore network settings" or factory settings, whatever it says. You will still keep all your contacts and such as iTunes will back it all up first. Worked for me and nothing has gone wrong since! Hope that helps.

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