Mac book will startup, but I only see a black screen.
Any ideas on what's going on? This is a late 2009 model. I have not installed any software recently.
Reset the PRAM
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Please can anyone help?Reset PRAM. http://support.apple.com/kb/PH4405
Reset SMC. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
Choose the method for:
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Help!Qwerter, welcome to the forum.
I suggest that you download and install any patches for Shogun 2. This is the first thing that I do when I install a new game. The developers are under a lot of pressure to get the games released. So, there are going to be problems that need to be patched.
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PRAM reset by holding down cmd-opt-p-r on restart. Hold down the keys until you hear the second startup tone.
If you have a wireless keyboard, wait until you hear the startup tone, then press the keys.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379
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Safe Mode takes a while to boot. It will show a progress bar. It will boot to the login screen. Log in, then restart normally.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1455
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I am having ongoing problems with getting my 2.0G black Mac Book to connect to my wireless home internet and network.
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I have read as many forum posts as I could find to get all the possible troubleshooting tips on this problem. Here's what I've tried:
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3. Renaming the ESSID to a shorter name
4. Downloading Airport Extreme Update 2007-002
5. Toggling airport on and off
6. Using the $ in front of the WPA Passkey (even though that is a fix for the WEP passwords only)
7. Removing the battery (yes, someone said it worked for them!)
I had no success in getting the Mac Book to connect to the WPA encrypted network (even though it was doing so easily last week!). I then resigned myself to removing the WPA security so that I could at least get an unsecured internet connection on the Mac Book (I was thinking I could deal with the security by hiding the ESSID and using MAC filtering - not ideal, but perhaps the next best solution).
Tonight I removed the WPA security and now the Mac Book will not even connect to the unsecured network. My network ESSID is visible in the airport menu but when I select it - I get the "error connecting to the Airport network' message. I have tried all the usual fixes again (deleting network and passwords and keychains, rebooting router and MacBook etc) but it will not connect to my network. It will, however, connect to my neighbour's unsecured network just fine.
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Forget about trying to secure the network with WPA for now, I just want to get an unsecured connection at the very least.
Any help would be appreciated.Thanks for your suggestions.
I've looked into the problem a bit further and I think I can trace it to the OS X 10.4.9 updates and the 2007-002 Airport Update downloads. My difficulties accessing the WPA network began after I downloaded the most recent OS X updates. After I downloaded 2007-002 update (designed to make it EASIER to access third party wireless routers! Joke!) I wasn't even able to connect to the unsecured network.
It appears I am not alone with this problem - many others have complained of losing connectivity after downloading these updates. There is a relatively difficult and risky way to uninstall the updates but I have reservations about messing with the OS, and I fear the same problem will arise with future updates.
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