MBP Retina Black screen issue

Hello, i have used my macbook with HDMI a couple of times before and it worked like a charm,
however today i wanted to use it again, and when i plug in my HDMI cable both laptop and TV go black
but i can still see my mouse but nothing else black screen with a black cursor.
Does someone know how to fix this?
I did install the update for the retina 2 days ago don't know if that's it.

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[ 22.979] compiled for 1.4.99.906, module version = 8.97.2
[ 22.979] (II) ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Version Identifier:8.97.2
[ 22.979] (II) ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Release Identifier: UNSUPPORTED-8.97.100.3
[ 22.979] (II) ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Build Date: Jul 3 2012 23:56:30
[ 22.979] (++) using VT number 7
[ 23.041] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for fglrx
[ 23.355] (II) Loading PCS database from /etc/ati/amdpcsdb
[ 23.449] (--) Chipset Supported AMD Graphics Processor (0x9712) found
[ 23.464] (WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0@0:17:0) found
[ 23.464] (WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0@0:18:0) found
[ 23.464] (WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0@0:18:2) found
[ 23.464] (WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0@0:19:0) found
[ 23.464] (WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0@0:19:2) found
[ 23.464] (WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0@0:20:0) found
[ 23.464] (WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0@0:20:2) found
[ 23.464] (WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0@0:20:3) found
[ 23.464] (WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0@0:20:4) found
[ 23.464] (WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0@0:22:0) found
[ 23.464] (WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0@0:22:2) found
[ 23.464] (WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0@1:5:1) found
[ 23.465] (II) AMD Video driver is running on a device belonging to a group targeted for this release
[ 23.477] (II) AMD Video driver is signed
[ 23.478] (II) fglrx(0): pEnt->device->identifier=0x1cdc440
[ 23.478] (II) fglrx(0): === [xdl_xs112_atiddxPreInit] === begin
[ 23.478] (II) Loading sub module "vgahw"
[ 23.478] (II) LoadModule: "vgahw"
[ 23.478] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libvgahw.so
[ 23.488] (II) Module vgahw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 23.488] compiled for 1.12.4, module version = 0.1.0
[ 23.488] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 12.1
[ 23.489] (**) fglrx(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
[ 23.489] (II) fglrx(0): Pixel depth = 24 bits stored in 4 bytes (32 bpp pixmaps)
[ 23.489] (==) fglrx(0): Default visual is TrueColor
[ 23.489] (**) fglrx(0): Option "DPMS" "true"
[ 23.489] (==) fglrx(0): RGB weight 888
[ 23.489] (II) fglrx(0): Using 8 bits per RGB
[ 23.489] (==) fglrx(0): Buffer Tiling is ON
[ 23.508] (II) Loading sub module "fglrxdrm"
[ 23.508] (II) LoadModule: "fglrxdrm"
[ 23.508] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/linux/libfglrxdrm.so
[ 23.508] (II) Module fglrxdrm: vendor="FireGL - ATI Technologies Inc."
[ 23.508] compiled for 1.4.99.906, module version = 8.97.2
[ 23.525] ukiDynamicMajor: found major device number 251
[ 23.526] ukiDynamicMajor: found major device number 251
[ 23.526] ukiOpenByBusid: Searching for BusID PCI:1:5:0
[ 23.526] ukiOpenDevice: node name is /dev/ati/card0
[ 23.526] ukiOpenDevice: open result is 12, (OK)
[ 23.526] ukiOpenByBusid: ukiOpenMinor returns 12
[ 23.526] ukiOpenByBusid: ukiGetBusid reports PCI:1:5:0
[ 23.526] (**) fglrx(0): NoAccel = NO
[ 23.526] (**) fglrx(0): ATI 2D Acceleration Architecture enabled
[ 23.526] (--) fglrx(0): Chipset: "ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200 Series" (Chipset = 0x9712)
[ 23.526] (--) fglrx(0): (PciSubVendor = 0x17aa, PciSubDevice = 0x21b8)
[ 23.526] (==) fglrx(0): board vendor info: third party graphics adapter - NOT original ATI
[ 23.526] (--) fglrx(0): Linear framebuffer (phys) at 0xc0000000
[ 23.526] (--) fglrx(0): MMIO registers at 0xd0400000
[ 23.526] (--) fglrx(0): I/O port at 0x00009000
[ 23.526] (==) fglrx(0): ROM-BIOS at 0x000c0000
[ 23.555] (II) fglrx(0): ATIF platform detected
[ 23.556] (II) fglrx(0): AC Adapter is used
[ 23.576] (II) fglrx(0): Primary V_BIOS segment is: 0xc000
[ 23.582] (II) Loading sub module "vbe"
[ 23.582] (II) LoadModule: "vbe"
[ 23.603] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libvbe.so
[ 23.617] (II) Module vbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 23.617] compiled for 1.12.4, module version = 1.1.0
[ 23.617] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 12.1
[ 23.629] (II) fglrx(0): VESA BIOS detected
[ 23.629] (II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE Version 3.0
[ 23.629] (II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE Total Mem: 16384 kB
[ 23.629] (II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE OEM: ATI ATOMBIOS
[ 23.629] (II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE OEM Software Rev: 10.94
[ 23.629] (II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE OEM Vendor: (C) 1988-2005, ATI Technologies Inc.
[ 23.629] (II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE OEM Product: RS880M
[ 23.629] (II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE OEM Product Rev: 01.00
[ 23.652] (II) fglrx(0): ATI Video BIOS revision 9 or later detected
[ 23.652] (--) fglrx(0): Video RAM: 262144 kByte, Type: DDR3
[ 23.652] (II) fglrx(0): PCIE card detected
[ 23.652] (--) fglrx(0): Using per-process page tables (PPPT) as GART.
[ 23.652] (WW) fglrx(0): board is an unknown third party board, chipset is supported
[ 23.655] (II) fglrx(0): Using adapter: 1:5.0.
[ 23.663] (II) fglrx(0): [FB] MC range(MCFBBase = 0xc0000000, MCFBSize = 0x10000000)
[ 23.691] (II) fglrx(0): Interrupt handler installed at IRQ 18.
[ 23.691] (II) fglrx(0): RandR 1.2 support is enabled!
[ 23.691] (II) fglrx(0): RandR 1.2 rotation support is enabled!
[ 23.692] (==) fglrx(0): Center Mode is disabled
[ 23.692] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
[ 23.692] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
[ 23.692] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so
[ 23.722] (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 23.722] compiled for 1.12.4, module version = 1.0.0
[ 23.722] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[ 23.722] (II) Loading sub module "ddc"
[ 23.722] (II) LoadModule: "ddc"
[ 23.722] (II) Module "ddc" already built-in
fglrxinfo while running Xorg without an xorg.conf gives me this:
X Error of failed request: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation)
Major opcode of failed request: 135 (GLX)
Minor opcode of failed request: 19 (X_GLXQueryServerString)
Serial number of failed request: 12
Current serial number in output stream: 12
And in a console it tells me that it can't open display(null)... all of which I suspect is expected behaviour when the driver is not actually in use. I just wish something would tell me what's actually *wrong*, here, instead of just expecting me to magically figure out exactly the right configuration that will actually let me use fglrx.
I... I just want to be able to play minecraft. :`(
Last edited by Medlam (2012-09-18 13:48:42)

I'm sure you've tried reading https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=57084
and http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Configuring
and I'm sure you've done
aticonfig --initial
I had to use https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AT … leshooting, specifically the part about disabling EXAPixmaps to make my card work.
What model is your ATI card? that would help. A LOT of ATI cards were dropped from proprietary support with the Catalyst driver.

UIImagePickerController Custom Overlay Black Screen issue while using Video trimming controller

Hello Everyone ,
I have problem while opening camera in recording mode using UIImagePicker Controller with custom overlay and it should open first time properly .But when i push to next view controller and return back again to open camera at that time camera displays black screen for few time.
The Logic in the inside view controller is for VideoTrimming . For video trimming i have used "SAVideoRangeSlider" controll. SAVideoRange Silder perform task to get all thumbnail images from video which i have assign . It uses AVAsset image generator class provided by apple to get image frames from videos and it runs in background using its handler method.
Handler Method ::
[self.imageGenerator generateCGImagesAsynchronouslyForTimes:times
                                              completionHandler:^(CMTime requestedTime, CGImageRef image, CMTime actualTime,
                                                                  AVAssetImageGeneratorResult result, NSError *error) {
I have nilling all the objects related to image generator class when i came back to Camera screen. still issues of black screen occur while opening camera.
This issue occur in ios7 but not in ios6.
Can anyone have any idea about this ...Please relply me ASAP.

Hello Everyone ,
I have problem while opening camera in recording mode using UIImagePicker Controller with custom overlay and it should open first time properly .But when i push to next view controller and return back again to open camera at that time camera displays black screen for few time.
The Logic in the inside view controller is for VideoTrimming . For video trimming i have used "SAVideoRangeSlider" controll. SAVideoRange Silder perform task to get all thumbnail images from video which i have assign . It uses AVAsset image generator class provided by apple to get image frames from videos and it runs in background using its handler method.
Handler Method ::
[self.imageGenerator generateCGImagesAsynchronouslyForTimes:times
                                              completionHandler:^(CMTime requestedTime, CGImageRef image, CMTime actualTime,
                                                                  AVAssetImageGeneratorResult result, NSError *error) {
I have nilling all the objects related to image generator class when i came back to Camera screen. still issues of black screen occur while opening camera.
This issue occur in ios7 but not in ios6.
Can anyone have any idea about this ...Please relply me ASAP.

MacBook Pro Retina Black Screens and Becomes Unresponsive

I've been having issues with my laptop where all of a sudden it would black screen and become unresponsive. Checking the console messages I see a lot of records referring to "AppleVTD: waiting space". This seems to be a reoccuring problem. I've already repaired my disk once and now it's happening again, I've ran the disk utility and it is telling me that my hard drive needs repairs again.
Here is an extract from the console messages from today:
Jan 7 19:49:54 Svetlanas-MacBook-Pro.local WindowServer[112]: Created shield window 0x2cee for display 0x042803c0
Jan 7 19:49:54 Svetlanas-MacBook-Pro.local WindowServer[112]: device_generate_desktop_screenshot: authw 0x0(0), shield 0x0(0)
Jan 7 19:49:54 Svetlanas-MacBook-Pro com.apple.launchd.peruser.502[163] (com.apple.CalendarAgent[33777]): Exited: Killed: 9
Jan 7 19:49:54 Svetlanas-MacBook-Pro com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.xpcd.F6010000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000[32956]): Exited: Killed: 9
Jan 7 19:49:54 Svetlanas-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 33777 [CalendarAgent]
Jan 7 19:49:54 Svetlanas-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 32956 [xpcd]
Jan 7 19:49:57 Svetlanas-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (73)
Jan 7 19:49:57 --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Jan 7 19:49:57 Svetlanas-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (256)
Jan 7 19:49:57 Svetlanas-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (73)
Jan 7 19:49:57 Svetlanas-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (256)
Jan 7 19:49:57 Svetlanas-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (73)
Jan 7 19:49:57 Svetlanas-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (256)
Jan 7 19:49:57 Svetlanas-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (73)
Jan 7 19:49:57 Svetlanas-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (256)
Jan 7 19:49:57 Svetlanas-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (73)
Jan 7 19:49:57 Svetlanas-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (256)
Jan 7 19:49:57 Svetlanas-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (73)
Jan 7 19:49:57 Svetlanas-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (256)
Jan 7 19:49:57 Svetlanas-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (73)
Jan 7 19:49:57 Svetlanas-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (256)
Jan 7 19:49:57 Svetlanas-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (73)
I got about a hundred lines within that same error within that second
Witin the next 2 minutes I was able to reboot and it is running, for now. I'll be doing another round of disk repair, but this isn't sustainable. Can anybody elp me in identifying the root cause of these issues?
Thanks in advance,
Svetlana

I've been having the same problem... literally hundreds of lines that look like this:
3/7/13 3:10:07.000 PM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (1601)
3/7/13 3:10:07.000 PM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (1601)
3/7/13 3:10:07.000 PM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (1601)
3/7/13 3:10:07.000 PM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (1601)
3/7/13 3:10:07.000 PM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (1601)
3/7/13 3:10:07.000 PM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (1601)
3/7/13 3:10:07.000 PM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (1601)
3/7/13 3:10:07.000 PM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (1601)
3/7/13 3:10:07.000 PM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (1601)
3/7/13 3:10:07.000 PM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (1601)
3/7/13 3:10:07.000 PM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (1601)
3/7/13 3:10:07.000 PM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (1601)
3/7/13 3:10:07.000 PM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (1601)
3/7/13 3:10:07.000 PM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (1601)
3/7/13 3:10:07.000 PM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (1601)
3/7/13 3:10:07.000 PM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (1601)
3/7/13 3:10:07.000 PM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (1601)
3/7/13 3:10:07.000 PM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (1601)
and then my entire system freezes. This has been happening at least once daily, and it's killing my productivity.
Have you figured out what was going on?
And, are you running any virtualization software, like Parallels?
Anyone out there know what's going on? I'm pretty desperate here...
Thanks so much!
Brian

GS60 Ghost Pro 2PE Black screen issue

Hi,
After almost 2 months of usage one day the laptop screen started going black after logging in but the backlight is working (system still running fine, even works with HDMI) and it kept doing so at random times after desktop loads. I am writing this on HDMI because the display is not usable. Sometimes the issue would go away for some days then it starts again.
Removing/reinstalling drivers and even reinstalling OS did not help, safe mode also has the problem and even I tried win 7 installation which gives black screen at setup stage. I almost tried anything software related but no lock, I also updated the bios.
Unfortunately MSI service is far and it is costly for me to get there. Is it a common issue among this model?
This guy has the same problem(see video), please read his first comment:
I used MSI online support and they told me to update the EC but part of the process says remove the battery! How can I remove it while this model's battery is embedded inside it and is no removable? EC update did not help too.
Thanks

I sent it to RMA, they could not identify the issue ... now after 20 days they say their gonna send a new one. They got some money from me because they said they only had the SSD version available, while mine did not have to SSDs. This Iranian distributor called Matrix is very disappointing.
I am really worried that it might happen again with the new GS60 too. It was my first experience with MSI and it was not a good one

Rather Unusual Black Screen Issue

Hi all,
Can anyone help with this: I'm getting the black screen with the white "Play" arrow but only at one website that I can determine. I click the Play arrow and the arrow disappears but nothing happens. This is happening in IE v9, FireFox and Chrome (all latest versions). I've tried all sorts of settings combinations between the 3 browsers (as well as FP settings) and nothing works. I've tried to disable my AV and firewall. I've reinstalled the latest version of Flash Player. I've played with the P2P settings. I can go anywhere else (including YouTube) and all videos are playing just fine. The issue "seems" to be isolated to just this one website: http://chat.foodlovers.com. Furthermore, if I remove the "chat" from the url, taking me out of the forums and to a different page on the site, the videos play fine, making me suspect that this is all related somehow to the "chat" in the url. Yet I can go to this site from another computer on the premise and the issue does not occur. I've been playing around with this for 2 days and I just can't seem to figure it out. Has anyone ever seen anything like this? Being able to view the many videos on this site is an important part of using and benefiting from the forums, so any help is greatly appreciated.
Dell Precision M6500 Workstation
OS: Windows7 64 bit / 16 GIG Ram
Flash ActiveX Version: 11.0.1.152
Flash Plug-in Version: 11.0.1.152
Sorry, cannot locate the Version numbers on the browsers but they are all latest versions.
Please let me know if any other info is needed to help diagnose.
TIA,
Barb

Late last night I gave it one more shot with reinstalling Flash Player. I reinstalled the 64 bit version, although I thought the one I'd previously downloaded and installed was for both 32/64 bit. I also installed a shockwave plugin. To tell you the truth I'm not certain what I actually installed or perhaps did with setting adjustments (in browsers and AV), but one of these seemed to resolve the issue and I'm able to view videos on this site in all browsers. I am curious as to what you're referring to regarding this site using "wmode=window". Is that a setting I have to be aware of? And yes, I think I did post the link incorrectly, my apologies.
Many thinks for all the support,
Barb

Black screen issue - likely not related to the GPU, but i am concerned

3 times in the last two weeks i've turned on my MBP, the startup screen lights up, the sound goes and it gets to the blue screen. all of a sudden the screen goes black, but i can still faintly see the desktop if i shine some light onto the screen. the first time it happened, i restarted and everything was fine. the second time it happened, i pressed the increase screen brightness key to see if anything would happen and the screen came back on (it went from the first notch to about half). the same thing happened the third time (which just happened about 10 minutes ago).
anyone know why my screen brightness would randomly set itself to the lowest setting at start up? is this a sign of my GPU failing? is this a sign that my inverter board is dying?
i have applecare, so i'm not worried about having to take it in for repair. i'm not entirely sure if there would be any way of reproducing it as it seems to happen randomly.

Whatever the cause is, it will likely not fix itself, but continue to get worse over time. You could try running the extended version of the Apple Hardware Test to see if anything turns up.
Since you're under warranty, you might want to go ahead and report the problem to Apple and maybe get a case number. Very likely the problem will slowly get worse until it happens so frequently that it will predictably happen when the computer is started up. Apple would probably like to see the problem occur before doing a repair.
Of course if you get an error code from the AHT, you would have something concrete to report.
There have been some problems with the GeForce 8600M GT chipset specifically. You might want to check in the system profiler to see if you have this particular chipset.
It could also be a problem with your inverter board or possibly the cable.
Good luck!

Killer NIC with ASUS R9 290 black screen issues

Hi there,
I've just set up a gaming system with the B85-G43 Gaming board and an ASUS R9 290 (oc r9290-dc2oc-4gd5) and I've stumbled across a strange problem. Within 5 minutes I get a black screen and the only way to get out of it is to reset my computer. It freezes, but doesn't stop working immediately.
So... I've been testing with W7, W8 and W8.1 and no difference. Until... I shut down my network card and no black screens anymore. Also, when I disable my R9 290 in the device manager there are also no black screens anymore. So I should search it in the combination. I've installed all the newest drivers, but no luck.
Has anyone come across the same issue and how did you solve this? I'm getting really frustrated about it...
Thanks for your help guys!

Quote from: Nichrome on 20-January-15, 19:56:04
There is no chance this will work together.
Radeon R9-290 - 31A and a 550W psu minimum
Test stronger power supply. And that might be why you also have issues with other things like in this case, Killer NIC
Ok I've tested your suggestion and replaced the PSU with a cooler master G750M 750 Watt.
Exactly the same problem. I keep getting black screens as soon as I log into windows and the radeon drivers are kicking in. When i disable the radeon drivers: no black screens at all. As soon as i re-enable them: black screen...
Anyone have any other suggestions. Currently I've RMA'd my Asus R9 290. Maybe it'll help but I don't have any confidence....
Thanks!

(Another) iMac G3 black screen issue

All right, I'm sure questions about the CRT going black are pretty common, but I've scoured the net for fixes and am still coming up blank. Here's the problem...
Just bought a used iMac G3, slot loader. I think it's one of the early ones, as there's no VGA port in the back under the pop-off plate to use a second monitor. The guy I bought it from knew nothing about its history other than "the screen doesn't work".
Took it home, turned it on. The power light goes on, the hard drive spins, the screen makes those CRT sounds like it's going to come on, but it's completely black. So, I hit the forums and have tried the following solutions:
1. Reset the PRAM.
2. Replaced the PRAM battery with a new one.
3. Remove the memory, then battery, then pressed the PMU button (once), waited, replaced the battery, then memory.
4. Inserted an OS 9 CD, held down C during startup. Heard it spin around, didn't do much else.
5. Gone into Firmware mode, reset the NVRAM.
6. Let it boot up, waited till the hard drive stopped spinning, pressed the power button to try to put it to sleep. Nothing happened.
7. Held the button on the side down while restarting. That may have been a bad idea, I dunno, but I was running out of things to do and figured it's probably already fried anyway. It beeped in acknowledgement, but no other changes.
Any other ideas? I've hit all the places I can think of. I don't care much about saving anything on the HD -- I have no idea what's on it anyway -- but I'd like to get this running as it's intended to be used for a non-profit. As always, I'd like to make spending cash on a replacement part a final option; it seems people jump to that conclusion prematurely pretty often but it may be about that time...
Last thing. If this thing is definitely dead, are there any parts inside worth salvaging? Maybe I can gut it and have a nice Macquarium. Any links to a good page on how to safely discharge the CRT and take this baby apart?
Thanks in advance for any tips.
iMac G3 (slot, 350?)

Hello and Welcome to Apple Discussions,
I actually successfully took one of these iMac G3's completely apart and replaced the entire CRT component, leaving all other parts inside. The CRT in my machine did work before I replaced it, but it had a " dark shadow" which grew worse as time went on (making it hard to see), so I decided to replace it with a newer one. What I recommend you do is try one last thing because you just bought it. There are "hidden" CRT controls for the brightness and contrast inside of the bottom case (two plastic knobs). From what I am reading, it sounds like the entire CRT is bad and will not power on/function properly, but you can try to adjust the brightness/contrast anyway just to be sure. The fact that you hear the CRT sounds makes me think it is possible the brightness/contrast are all the way down, which would be why you only see a black screen when powered up. To locate these knobs follow the instructions below:
1) After completely unplugged, place your iMac G3 upside down on a soft surface (such as a bed).
2) Using a screwdriver, remove the two screws located near the front end of the machine.
3) After removed, pull upward and remove the plastic housing.
4) Look for two black knobs on the sides of the machine and plug in the power cord.
5) After you hear the chime, turn the knobs back and forth to try to get a picture.
6) If you do not see a picture, your CRT or (parts that connect to it) are probably broken.
7) Remove the power cord.
8) Replace the bottom plastic housing and screw it back together.
I hope this helps you solve this issue you are having. If it does not work out, I will think of something else. Also, do you hear the start up chime and does the power light always remain lit green the entire time the machine is powered on?
Jason

DSRM black screen issue with 2012R2 DC running on 2012R2 Hyper-V

Hi!
I have been testing AD disaster recovery with few domain controllers (Server 2012R2), running on Server 2012R2 and Hyper-V. Everything OK unless I try to log in to Domain Services Recovery Mode.
After username&passwd screen goes all black and nothing happens. Every time, every server (tested this with 3 different HP workstations, one HP ML350G6 server and one laptop). Hyper-V virtual machines tested both gen1 and gen2.
With 2008R2 Hyper-V and same domain controller on it everything works fine. This makes systemstate restore bit more difficult.
Am I missing something or is it just a bug? Googling didn't help this time.

Hi makapaka471,
"I managed to made this "black screen" with non virtualized operating system as well when I was testing it with 10 computers and booting them to DSRM. All identical machines, installed from same source. "
It shouldn't happen .
Did you try to download a new ISO then test it again ?
I will test that and update .
UPDATE:
I installed a server 2012r2 DC on hyper-v 2012r2 , backed up the system state and then restored it back , it worked well when running DSRM .
Best Regards
Elton Ji
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