Startup problem - black screen

After booting I'm getting black blank screen, but mac still responding to key presses. I tried SMC, PRAM reset, no luck. But I still can load Windows and macos safe mode. I have started screen sharing to see what happening when screen is blank. When I connected from second mac I found that in display settings I have strange list of screen resolutions: http://postimage.org/image/m7ogdmgb5/  But in safe mode I have this list: http://postimage.org/image/rhtf4x0k1/  Any suggestions how to solve this problem? Thanks.

if you have any important files, maybe connect to another Mac in target mode
and try backing up:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1661
next step as a guess is to reinstall the OS, try "archive and install" first:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1710
try at your own risk though

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