[urgent] Help! iBook AirPort connect, Black Screen (force restart) out!

I just have this D-Link DIR-300 wireless router setup by PC. And i connect it to my MacPro, my friends iBook G4 and even Windows. It works perfectly.
But, once i turn on my iBook G4 airport to connect, it display the "Black Screen" and ask me to hold power button. I've doing this for few times. I have no idea.
Please let me know how do i fix this problem.

If you upgraded the RAM, and issues result, you'd remove the RAM
and see if the issues go away after a restart. More may be needed if
the system still is confused by the changes in RAM. A reset of the
PRAM may be necessary after changing around RAM chips.
Also, in the process of upgrading and installing new software updates
and stuff, it is wise to use Disk Utility's "repair disk permissions" before
and after each set of updates. And you need not install all the list of stuff
that Software Updates automatically provides; some later if at all.
I recommend from experience, to get and use the freeware utility OnyX
from Titanium Software; it runs nice enough and the default Automation
tabbed selection of checkboxes can help clear caches and do the stuff
many people forget about. I run it a few times a month; and after installs.
For simplicity, mostly use the Mac's Disk Utility>repair disk permissions.
Your computer's bootable install disc #1 includes an Apple
Hardware Test, if started up with the Option key held; and
also can access an on-disc Disk Utility in the Installer by
starting up from the disc with the c - key held down until
the Installer appears; see menu dropdown when you click
the Installer's name in menubar to be able to use Disk Utility.
When you get to the most recent/last software update that is a security
update, you may need to hold off on that one; several users of some
models have found problems with it. Perhaps just a few Intel - chipped
models, but also a few PPC chipped Mac models. I avoided the last
Security Update 2006-008 (PPC) due to some issues; in my 10.4.8 Mac.
PS: you can't generally just copy/paste songs between computers
and you may need to read a few Apple Support documents on
how to handle moving iTunes music folders to avoid issues. And
there is a legal matter in how one shares music, and who owns it.

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Anonymous UUID:
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0xffffff8080bbaff0 : 0xffffff7f84f957f2
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0xffffff8080bbb3a0 : 0xffffff7f84f9b05a
0xffffff8080bbb5a0 : 0xffffff7f84f9c983
0xffffff8080bbb670 : 0xffffff7f8601a790
0xffffff8080bbb730 : 0xffffff7f86045f98
0xffffff8080bbb7b0 : 0xffffff7f8602d308
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0xffffff8080bbb860 : 0xffffff7f8602e09b
0xffffff8080bbb8d0 : 0xffffff7f8602e8d1
0xffffff8080bbb910 : 0xffffff7f85ffa34f
0xffffff8080bbba90 : 0xffffff7f8602ae39
0xffffff8080bbbb50 : 0xffffff7f85ff8de8
0xffffff8080bbbba0 : 0xffffff8004c650c9
0xffffff8080bbbbc0 : 0xffffff8004c66670
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I am a student and I have a project due 20th of this month, I mean May 20, 2007 after 8 days. The project is about creating a Connect Four Game. I have found some code examples on the internet which helped me little bit. But there are lot of problems I am facing developing the whole game. I have drawn the Board and the two players can play. The players numbers can fill the board, but I have problem implementing the winner for the game. I need to implement the hasWon() method for Horizontal win, Vertical win and Diagonal win. I also found some code examples on the net but I was unable to make it working. I have 5 classes and one interface which I m implementing. The main problem is how to implement the hasWon() method in the PlayGame class below with Horizontal, vertical and diagonal moves.
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interface Player {
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String name ();
int move ();
void inform (int i);
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import java.io.*;
import javax.swing.*;
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// BufferedReader stdin = new BufferedReader (new InputStreamReader(System.in));
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public void inform (int i)
public String name()
return "Koonda";
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import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
import javax.swing.*;
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public void inform (int i)
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import java.io.*;
import javax.swing.*;
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boolean status;
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cup0=cup0-1;
else if (num1==1){
ConnectFourArray[cup1][1]=1;
cup1=cup1-1;
else if (num1==2){
ConnectFourArray[cup2][2]=1;
cup2=cup2-1;
else if (num1==3){
ConnectFourArray[cup3][3]=1;
cup3=cup3-1;
else if (num1==4){
ConnectFourArray[cup4][4]=1;
cup4=cup4-1;
else if (num1==5){
ConnectFourArray[cup5][5]=1;
cup5=cup5-1;
else if (num1==6){
ConnectFourArray[cup6][6]=1;
cup6=cup6-1;
System.out.println();
BufferedReader selecter2 = new BufferedReader (new InputStreamReader(System.in));
String column2;
System.out.println();
for ( int row=0; row < ConnectFourArray.length; row++ ){
System.out.print("Row " + row + ": ");
for ( int col=0; col < ConnectFourArray[row].length; col++ )
System.out.print( ConnectFourArray[row][col] + " ");
System.out.println();
System.out.println();
System.out.println ("Please Select a column of 0 through 6 ");
column1 = selecter.readLine();
num1= Integer.parseInt(column1);
System.out.println();
if (num1==0){
ConnectFourArray[cup0][0]=2;
cup0=cup0-1;
else if (num1==1){
ConnectFourArray[cup1][1]=2;
cup1=cup1-1;
else if (num1==2){
ConnectFourArray[cup2][2]=2;
cup2=cup2-1;
else if (num1==3){
ConnectFourArray[cup3][3]=2;
cup3=cup3-1;
else if (num1==4){
ConnectFourArray[cup4][4]=2;
cup4=cup4-1;
else if (num1==5){
ConnectFourArray[cup5][5]=2;
cup5=cup5-1;
else if (num1==6){
ConnectFourArray[cup6][6]=2;
cup6=cup6-1;
System.out.println();
System.out.println();
catch (Exception E){
System.out.println("Error with input");
System.out.println("Would you like to play again");
try{
String value;
BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader (new InputStreamReader(System.in));
// Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("Enter yes to play or no to quit");
// value = scan.nextLine();
// String value2;
value = reader.readLine();
//value2 = reader.readLine();
if (value.equals("yes"))
System.out.println("Start again");
StartGame(); // calling the StartGame method to play a game once more
else if (value.equals("no"))
System.out.println("No more games to play");
// System.exit(0);
else
System.exit(0);
System.out.println();
catch (Exception e){
System.out.println("Error with input");
finally
System.out.println(" playing done");
//StartGame();
//check for horizontal win
public int hasWon()
int status = 0;
for (int row=0; row<6; row++)
for (int col=0; col<4; col++)
if (ConnectFourArray[col][row] != 0 &&
ConnectFourArray[col][row] == ConnectFourArray[col+1][row] &&
ConnectFourArray[col][row] == ConnectFourArray[col+2][row] &&
ConnectFourArray[col][row] == ConnectFourArray[col+3][row])
//status = true;//int winner;
if(status == player1)
System.out.println("Player 1 is the winner");
else if(status == player2)
System.out.println("Player 2 is the winner" );
}//end inner for loop
}// end outer for loop
} // end method Winner
return status;
}//end class
ClassConnectFour which designs the board........................
import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class ClassConnectFour
     //Player player1;
     //Player player2;
     public ClassConnectFour()
          //this.player1 = player1;
public void DrawBoard()
int[][] ConnectFourArray = new int[6][7] ;
for ( int row=0; row < ConnectFourArray.length; row++ ){
System.out.print("Row " + row + ": ");
for ( int col=0; col < ConnectFourArray[row].length; col++ )
System.out.print( ConnectFourArray[row][col] + " ");
System.out.println();
System.out.println();
}//end class
TestConnetFour class which uses most of the above class..................
import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class TestConnectFour
public static void main(String[] args)
ClassConnectFour cf = new ClassConnectFour();
cf.DrawBoard();
Player1 player1 = new Player1();
Player2 player2 = new Player2();
player1.move();
player2.move();
System.out.println("Number 1 belongs to player " + player1.name());
System.out.println("Number 2 belongs to player " + player2.name());
PlayGame pg = new PlayGame();
pg.StartGame();
pg.hasWon();
//pg.Play();
//System.out.println(player.name());
//System.out.println(player2.name());
}// end main
}//end class
I am sorry for all this junk code but I only understand it this way. Your urgent help is required. Looking forward to your reply.
Thanks in advance.
Koonda
//

Hi,
Thanks for your help but I really don't understand the table lookup algorithm. Could you please send me some code to implement that.
I will send you the formatted code as well
Thanks for your help.
looking forward to your reply.
Koonda
Hi all,
I am a student and I have a project due 20th of this month, I mean May 20, 2007 after 8 days. The project is about creating a Connect Four Game. I have found some code examples on the internet which helped me little bit. But there are lot of problems I am facing developing the whole game. I have drawn the Board and the two players can play. The players numbers can fill the board, but I have problem implementing the winner for the game. I need to implement the hasWon() method for Horizontal win, Vertical win and Diagonal win. I also found some code examples on the net but I was unable to make it working. I have 5 classes and one interface which I m implementing. The main problem is how to implement the hasWon() method in the PlayGame class below with Horizontal, vertical and diagonal moves.
Sorry there is so much code.
This the interface I must implement, but now I am only implementing the int move() of this interface. I will implement the rest later after solving the winner problem with your help.
Interface code..............
interface Player {
void init (Boolean color);
String name ();
int move ();
void inform (int i);
Player1 class......................
import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class Player1 implements Player
public Player1()
public int move()
Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
// BufferedReader stdin = new BufferedReader (new InputStreamReader(System.in));
int player1;
System.out.println ("What is your Number, player 1?");
player1 = scan.nextInt();
System.out.println ("Hey number"+player1+" are you prepared to CONNECT FOUR");
System.out.println();
return player1;
//Player.move();
//return player1;
}//end move method
public void init (Boolean color)
public void inform (int i)
public String name()
return "Koonda";
}//end player1 class
Player2 class...........................
import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class Player2 implements Player
public int move()
//int cup0,cup1,cup2,cup3,cup4,cup5,cup6;
// cup0=5;cup1=5;cup2=5;cup3=5;cup4=5;cup5=5;cup6=5;
//int num1, num2;
Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
// BufferedReader stdin = new BufferedReader (new InputStreamReader(System.in));
int player2;
System.out.println ("What is your Number, player 2?");
player2 = scan.nextInt();
System.out.println ("Hey "+player2+" are you prepared to CONNECT FOUR");
System.out.println();
//return player1;
return player2;
}//end move method
public void init (Boolean color)
public void inform (int i)
public String name()
return "malook";
}//end player1 class
PlayGame class which contains all the functionality.........................................................
import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class PlayGame
//Player player1;
//Player player2;
int [][]ConnectFourArray;
boolean status;
int winner;
int player1;
int player2;
public PlayGame()
//this.player1 = player1;
//this.player2 = player2;
public void StartGame()
try{
// int X = 0, Y = 0;
//int value;
int cup0,cup1,cup2,cup3,cup4,cup5,cup6;
cup0=5;cup1=5;cup2=5;cup3=5;cup4=5;cup5=5;cup6=5;
int[][] ConnectFourArray = new int[6][7];
int num1, num2;
for(int limit=21;limit!=0;limit--)
BufferedReader selecter = new BufferedReader (new InputStreamReader(System.in));
String column1;
System.out.println();
for ( int row=0; row < ConnectFourArray.length; row++ ){
System.out.print("Row " + row + ": ");
for ( int col=0; col < ConnectFourArray[row].length; col++ )
System.out.print( ConnectFourArray[row][col] + " ");
System.out.println();
System.out.println();
System.out.println ("Please Select a column of 0 through 6 ");
column1 = selecter.readLine();
num1= Integer.parseInt(column1);
System.out.println();
if (num1==0){
ConnectFourArray[cup0][0]=1;
cup0=cup0-1;
else if (num1==1){
ConnectFourArray[cup1][1]=1;
cup1=cup1-1;
else if (num1==2){
ConnectFourArray[cup2][2]=1;
cup2=cup2-1;
else if (num1==3){
ConnectFourArray[cup3][3]=1;
cup3=cup3-1;
else if (num1==4){
ConnectFourArray[cup4][4]=1;
cup4=cup4-1;
else if (num1==5){
ConnectFourArray[cup5][5]=1;
cup5=cup5-1;
else if (num1==6){
ConnectFourArray[cup6][6]=1;
cup6=cup6-1;
System.out.println();
BufferedReader selecter2 = new BufferedReader (new InputStreamReader(System.in));
String column2;
System.out.println();
for ( int row=0; row < ConnectFourArray.length; row++ ){
System.out.print("Row " + row + ": ");
for ( int col=0; col < ConnectFourArray[row].length; col++ )
System.out.print( ConnectFourArray[row][col] + " ");
System.out.println();
System.out.println();
System.out.println ("Please Select a column of 0 through 6 ");
column1 = selecter.readLine();
num1= Integer.parseInt(column1);
System.out.println();
if (num1==0){
ConnectFourArray[cup0][0]=2;
cup0=cup0-1;
else if (num1==1){
ConnectFourArray[cup1][1]=2;
cup1=cup1-1;
else if (num1==2){
ConnectFourArray[cup2][2]=2;
cup2=cup2-1;
else if (num1==3){
ConnectFourArray[cup3][3]=2;
cup3=cup3-1;
else if (num1==4){
ConnectFourArray[cup4][4]=2;
cup4=cup4-1;
else if (num1==5){
ConnectFourArray[cup5][5]=2;
cup5=cup5-1;
else if (num1==6){
ConnectFourArray[cup6][6]=2;
cup6=cup6-1;
System.out.println();
System.out.println();
catch (Exception E){
System.out.println("Error with input");
System.out.println("Would you like to play again");
try{
String value;
BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader (new InputStreamReader(System.in));
// Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("Enter yes to play or no to quit");
// value = scan.nextLine();
// String value2;
value = reader.readLine();
//value2 = reader.readLine();
if (value.equals("yes"))
System.out.println("Start again");
StartGame(); // calling the StartGame method to play a game once more
else if (value.equals("no"))
System.out.println("No more games to play");
// System.exit(0);
else
System.exit(0);
System.out.println();
catch (Exception e){
System.out.println("Error with input");
finally
System.out.println(" playing done");
//StartGame();
//check for horizontal win
public int hasWon()
int status = 0;
for (int row=0; row<6; row++)
for (int col=0; col<4; col++)
if (ConnectFourArray[col][row] != 0 &&
ConnectFourArray[col][row] == ConnectFourArray[col+1][row] &&
ConnectFourArray[col][row] == ConnectFourArray[col+2][row] &&
ConnectFourArray[col][row] == ConnectFourArray[col+3][row])
//status = true;//int winner;
if(status == player1)
System.out.println("Player 1 is the winner");
else if(status == player2)
System.out.println("Player 2 is the winner" );
}//end inner for loop
}// end outer for loop
} // end method Winner
return status;
}//end class
ClassConnectFour which designs the board........................
import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class ClassConnectFour
//Player player1;
//Player player2;
public ClassConnectFour()
//this.player1 = player1;
public void DrawBoard()
int[][] ConnectFourArray = new int[6][7] ;
for ( int row=0; row < ConnectFourArray.length; row++ ){
System.out.print("Row " + row + ": ");
for ( int col=0; col < ConnectFourArray[row].length; col++ )
System.out.print( ConnectFourArray[row][col] + " ");
System.out.println();
System.out.println();
}//end class
TestConnetFour class which uses most of the above class..................
import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class TestConnectFour
public static void main(String[] args)
ClassConnectFour cf = new ClassConnectFour();
cf.DrawBoard();
Player1 player1 = new Player1();
Player2 player2 = new Player2();
player1.move();
player2.move();
System.out.println("Number 1 belongs to player " + player1.name());
System.out.println("Number 2 belongs to player " + player2.name());
PlayGame pg = new PlayGame();
pg.StartGame();
pg.hasWon();
//pg.Play();
//System.out.println(player.name());
//System.out.println(player2.name());
}// end main
}//end classI am sorry for all this junk code but I only understand it this way. Your urgent help is required. Looking forward to your reply.
Thanks in advance.
Koonda

Urgent help : Nomadic computing / connected env(long)

Hi,
I need some urgent help on the following problem.
Platform : NT 3.51 as the Env Mgr, server and clients.
Forte : 2.0.E.1
The test case is simple :
Multiple, lets say 3, Forte environments (each a NT machine, but that
shouldn't be significant), of which one is the "home" environment, Env0,
as well as the other remote environments, Env1 and Env2. I need to
connect to Env1, Env2 from Env0 on a completely dynamic basis, i.e. I
have a list of NS addresses (IP & port) and the particular one is
selected by the user. "Connect" means anything from the very basic
invoke a method on a service, to the more sophisticated inspect (&
change) instruments and invoke commands on all system agents and custom
agents.
I started off with the new nomadic stuff : As per Forum and technote
(#?) x 3. I installed my server partition on Env1 and Env2 and started
the client with the -fnoins flag. Then I dynamically set the environment
variable (in NT its in HKEY_CURRENT_USER in the NT registry)
FORTE_NS_ADDRESS to the new environment, Env1. When I invoked the method
it fired off the part in the right Env. Then I changed the
FORTE_NS_ADDRESS, to Env2, and did the task.part.DistObjLOcationMgr.Rele
aseConnection(EnvMgr).. thing. This was fine. The question now was : How
do I "connect" to the newly set Env ? I tried everything from simply
calling my server partition, to server...task.part.GetEnvMgr, to
registering anchored objects on the blessed ObjLocationMgr ! It just
didnt connect to the new Env : It stayed connected to Env1 !
Then I got onto connected environments. Here I also tried a couple of
things: Most significantly, connecting to Env1 and setting the
environment search path also did the trick, but again disconnecting from
Env1 seem troublesome : Q : How do I seperate the original Env0 and Env1
? Forte seem to think that its all one big environment now and gave
strange errors when I disconnected from Env1, connected to Env2 and
tried to set the environment search path to Env2. Another Q, is there a
way to dynamically set the environment search path for a SO ? All I
could do was set the NS environment search path.
Anyway, my apologies for this long dragged out e-mail, but any ideas
will help...I'm getting desperate !
Anton van Niekerk

Well I hate to say it but I think you borked it somehow. I have no idea what you mean by that green chip connected with two wires and that blue long chip but the fact that you are referring to internal parts that way tells me you didn't really know what you were doing in there. There is a Manual and it can be followed step by step rather than just rushing in and turning screws. I suggest putting it all in a basket and taking it to a repair shop where they can figure it out if possible. Trust me, you will not be the first such case they have ever seen.

I am using an iphone 3Gs and Itunes won't allow me to restore it?!?! help me fix my black screen of death!

Ok, I am trying to restore my iPhone 3Gs to 5.0.1 and when I do, it looks like it is going well until it says that is it preparing to restore, it keeps me stuck at that spinning bar and then after a while it gives me the error 1601 unknown error has occurred. I have tried looking on Google for over 3 hours now trying to find the answer to my problem and sadly I cant find one, I am trying to restore my IPhone because earlier I was playing with it and it ran out of battery and I let it change and walked away form it, I came back 1 hour later and it was still at the boot logo of apple, I waited 2 hours and it did nothing, just stayed with the boot logo. I then put it into DFU mode and it appears in iTunes as in DFU mode and can be restored but like I said above that it just gives me an error. I have looked into Google and tried every way possible and found out that I may have the black screen of death. If you have this problem and found a way other than getting a new iPhone, please contact me on this page because I am not in the mood to buy a new iPhone because this one has an expired warranty.
Also i have tryed all the things in the error support page and nothing works, uninstalled itunes completely and did all that other stuff but still the same problem and i have not found a way to fix this.

Basic troubleshooting from the User's Guide is reset, restart, restore (first from backup then as new). Try each of these in order until the issue is resolved.

Lenovo Ideapad U410 - no screen output or black screen, and just out of warranty

My kid has been using this laptop and loved it, but mentioned a while ago it was difficult to power it back on after turnned it off. However she managed to work around by putting it in hibernate/sleeping mode only, or recycling the system many times (by holding on power button to force it off). The issue was black screen (no Lenovo logo) but computer was on. I didn't pay much attention because she can still make it work, and I was too busy. Last week, there was a windows update (again) and the computer was forced recycle. It never comes back alive again. The same, computer is humming, but no any visual output on screen, just black. Tried novo button, bootable USB, external monitor, all no use. Check the warranty, just over by 2 months! Asked the service store, to fix will cost at least $200-$300 to replace the motherboard! It does not make sense when spent a bit more could buy a new notebook. But my kid liked it and it does not make sense to throw it away either, when it still looks pretty new and only being used very lightly (schoolwork only). It is sad, especially the brand has been gainning my trust. I probably don't expect a "good" solution either from Lenovo or community, but just throw my frustration here (only because have just registered the account and there is no support email or web form). If Lenovo want to make customer happy, the part shouldn't be so expensive for a short-lived laptop! Just by the way, there are many posts about Ideapad's black screen issue, and many blameed window 8.1 for the compatibility problem. It made me thought so too because the initial sympton was exactly the same. The best thing you should do: don't waste time on fixing the driver or config, get the hardware replaced as soon as you could when still in warranty. If not so lucky, probably think it twice next time when you want to buy a Lenovo.

Welcome to the Lenovo Community !
Sorry to hear of all the problems. Here are a couple of things to try........
First, try a reset of the BIOS. The procedure can be useful in resolving some hardware conflicts which your computer may have. Just do this......
1. Unplug the charger / adapter.
2. Press and hold the Power Button for 15 seconds.
3. Plug in the charger / adapter if needed and power up the system to see if the problem was resolved.
If you are comfortable working inside your laptop. try this........
Try the reset again with the battery removed.
If the reset didn't resolve the problem then you may have a failed piece of hardware preventing the bootup. Remove the battery, hard drive, optical drive, memory, wireless card and bluetooth if it is installed. Now try to power up the stripped laptop. With all the hardware removed you should have lights come on and it may possibly beep since there is no memory installed. If the laptop is showing signs of life start adding hardware one piece at a time starting with a memory module and boot up the laptop. If it doesn't power up try the memory in the other slot. Also try the other memory module separately in both slots if two are available. If it is still showing signs of life add another piece and boot. Do this for each item until it doesn't power up again. The last piece of hardware installed is your problem part.
The link below is for your model's Hardware Maintenance Manual. The manual will explain how to remove the various hardware items. When working inside your system please follow all precautions and recommendations that are noted in the manual.
http://download.lenovo.com/consumer/mobiles_pub/ideapad_u310_u410_hmm_1st_edition_mar_2012_english.pdf
There is also a Lenovo Training video that will show you how to remove the various items. These are listed in the FRU section.
http://service.lenovo.partner-management.com/content/CourseWarePublic/12769/player.html

Update=black screen on restart

Did software update this AM (daylight savings, java, quicktime & security update) everything seemed fine. Clicked on restart as required - now I only get a black screen that says:
Darwin/BSD (G4-GM.local) (console)
Login:
I've entered the administrator name & password and
no home directory and something else
briefly appear, a blue screen shows then back to black as above.
I'm guessing that the home directory was renamed? but don't know how to get past this black screen! I don't have a 10.3 Install disk (bought computer used) but have a 10.4 Install set from my imac at home. Can I do anything? It's the boss's computer that's screwed!

Betsy:
Michael Conniff has worked on a number of these situations. Here is a list of recent posts from Michael. Hopefully you will be able to find help in them.
When I had a similar issue a while ago I ended up having to do a complete reinstall. Here's a link to that thread.
Let me know if anything works.
Good luck.
cornelius
Message was edited by: cornelius

MacBook Pro (Late) 2008 running 10.8.4 Have a Black Screen cannot get out of sleep mode/will reboot/will sound off at restart.

MacBook Pro (Late) 2008 running 10.8.4
I was using my computer every morning as I do everyday with no issues. I had left home for most of the day. Closed lid and while I was gone for a couple of hours. I returned home, opened my MacBook and nothing but a black screen. I've tried many things all evening try and fix this problem out of "safety sleep mode, and other similiar tricks that other people had tried.
I still have a Black Screen and cannot get my macbook out of what seems to be the sleep mode.
I've done a master reset and after I restart, I do get the power up chime but still a black screen. I don't know what else to do. Please help. Should I bring computer to a local repair shop or is there something I can do to fix myself. I just don't know where to start.
Thank you.
Susan

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MBP Black Screen on restart after software update

Hello to all, Just after dowloading today's latest updates, iTunes, Safari, something about file exchanges and Apple remote I beleive, there needed to restart and once done, no chime and black screen...
All was perfectly fine just before, and I did backup beforehand.
Tried to reset PRAM, restart in Single user, Safe mode, Installation Disk, all with no success.
I will let it powered off and let it cool down for a while if it can help, but it was not particularly hot when restarted.
Any other suggestions ??
Many thanks !!

I'm having basically the same problem with my PowerBook 1Ghz Aluminum 17". After running the latest security update and latest iLife patches using SU, my system boots to the local Darwin consol login. I can see my HD and all it's files, but I can't get the machine to boot back into GUI mode. Safe mode doesn't work.
This was a newly refreshed system running 10.4.6 and ONLY iLife installed - nothing funky and no 3rd-party apps other than those pre-installed in 10.4.x.
I've booted with the 10.4 DVD, repaired permissions (again) and repaired the drive (reported not needed). Zapping the PRAM doesn't help.
Perhaps I have a lemon because I have had problems with this machine in the past, but only when installing major system updates between 10.3-10.4 with non-apple RAM. I don't think this is the culprit this time as the machine has been functioning fine since the last fresh 10.4 install (with some OWC RAM).
Any ideas? Anyone have tips for what can be done in the console to repair the system?
ARGH
PM G5-Quad 2.5GHz | eMac G4 1.25GHz | PM G4 800MHz | PB G4 1GHz 17 | PM G4 400MH Mac OS X (10.4.5)

Black Screen when coming out of Deep Sleep

My screen just goes black after I bring my MacBook out of sleep mode. It only happens when my lid has been shut for an extended period of time (more than 30 min.). When I open the lid, my computer wakes up, prompts me for my password and everything seems normal. That is until I press enter after typing my password. Instead of bringing up my desktop, the screen goes black. I can still see the cursor but everything else is black and I can't interact with it at all. I am then forced to hold down the power button and restart. What is going on?
MacBook Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Same here.
We've had the MacBook for a week. Today, while closing garageband, I was told to shut down the computer. I did. Upon restarting I was told the computer had to shut down. It did. When I opened the display and turn on the computer, the screen was black. After trying to shut down and restart the computer a few times, and a few more times about three hours later, the same thing: a black screen.
We tried to call the Apple phone line but waited on hold for about half an hour. I guess all that's left to do is find an authorized guy in town and see what he/she thinks. What else is there to do?
MacBook 13inch Mac OS X (10.4.7) 1.83GHz Intel Core Duo
MacBook 13inch Mac OS X (10.4.7) 1.83GHz Intel Core Duo

Windows 2008 R2 Failover Cluster - Netapp FAS6280 Black Screen on Restart when in cluster IGROUP

Hello everyone,
I've been working on this issue for a month now and have tickets open with Netapp and Microsoft. We have not been able to resolve the issue as of yet and since I'm losing all my hair I thought I should post it...
Scenario:
Two Windows 2008 R2 Enterprise SP Fail-Over Clusters (C1 & C2)
Two Netapp FAS6280 Filers for SAN storage
8 DELL R815 servers w/ 2x QLE2562 8GB FC HBAs all paths used (9.1.9.47 - newer did not resolve)
Netapp DSM 4.0 & SnapManager 6.4.2 (we also tried 1 rev newer, 1 rev older without luck)
C1 has 2 nodes & C2 has 4 nodes.
We are trying to add new nodes into the clusters. We were originally on EMC Clariion arrays and have been migrated to the netapp. Prior to moving we had 3 nodes in C2 and added node 4.
Now we want to add 2 more nodes, one to each cluster. We were able to configure the OS and get everything installed and matching the other nodes. we can assign HBAs to a test IGROUP and assign a lun, format it use it restart all is well and normal.
As soon as we change the HBAs to the IGROUP for C1 or C2's LUNs the servers don't want to restart properly. They hang at a black screen. The little green windows start splash screen runs the bar at the bottom. it then is supposed to fade
out and come back with the grey screen saying starting windows but that doesn't always happen. Sometimes it can take 4 hours to restart, or the machine will not come back onine at all. The pre-existing nodes *do not* experience this issue.
They restart in 5-10 minutes without issue.
We know drivers are part of the issue, but the maddening part is that it all works fine until we try to add the HBAs to the existing cluster storage group. We have a suggestion to create separate IGROUPs for each cluster node and add all luns to the
separate igroups. We configured this on one node and it still restarts long. We plan to modify the other nodes during our maintenance window and try again.
On the other cluster we were able to successfully complete the validate wizard and join. everything fails over and works except the server does not come up upon restart. If I unplug the HBAs it will come up fine, then I can plug them in and the
cluster functions.
Does anyone have any other ideas for us to try? Currently support for both netapp and Microsoft appear stumped. Sunday is our Window and we plan to try reconfiguring but I'm losing optimism...
Thanks for any feedback/ideas!
-Ryan

Thanks everyone who looked at this and offered feedback.
The issue appears to be resolved after the configuration change suggested by Netapp support.
The originally recommended configuration for our storage migration was similar to how I've seen storage groups configured on EMC arrays in the past. 1 storage group / igroup with all hbas/initiators for each host in the WFC/SQL cluster added to this
group. that group then gets all LUNs assigned to it.
The change in configuration that was recommended is to have 1 storage group / igroup for each host and put all initiators/hbas for each host in their own separate group. Then assign the all LUNs to each of the individual host igroups.
There is a lack of documentation on this, but it appears to work. We had 1 hit for separate igroups but had to go through a couple of support techs to get one to confirm this.
After applying this configuration in our change window today the issue is resolved. we were able to fail all resources onto the new node and restart it without issue. The question remaining for us is why the old systems continued to work while
the new nodes did not. The old nodes were originally migrated off an EMC and the version of ONTapp at that time was 8.1.2 and they worked fine.
We had upgraded to 8.1.3 to resolve an issue with flash cache and it seems like machines that we tried to attach to this igroup after that time did not work. all drivers software etc the same. We are wondering if this is somehow related and have
asked about it.
I wanted to update this thread, and perhaps it can save someone else some trouble down the line.
-Ryan

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You might try the HP Recovery Restore procedure from the hard drive, if you have not, and see if it wil complete successfully.
Normally on a Compaq system, you press the F-10 key to enter the Recovery Restore utility.
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