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I removed the internal peripherals from the motherboard starting with the battery, and plugged into the mains only once on 5 images but as soon as a restart plus image I tried the same thing without ssd. Despite the manipulations known as the smc and nvpram reset nothing conclusive. no external output via hdmi so for me this is not the cause of the graphics cards but a problem of login and especially of the smc chip.

#Mac desktop screen keeps going black and nothing pro#

And of course if you have your own solution to the booting to a black screen issue, share that below in the comments as well!ДЇor 1 year I have loved mac book book pro which lights up with a black screen. Toggle the switch next to вЂAutomatic Graphics SwitchingвЂ™ to turn that offДid one of these solutions work to get past the black screen on Mac boot for you? If you happen to run into this unusual issue with your Mac, let us know how you resolved it by leaving a comment below, and if the above tips worked for resolving the boot to black screen problem on your MacBook, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, and whichever Pro or Air model it may be.From the пЈї Apple menu choose вЂњSystem PreferencesвЂќ then go to вЂњEnergy SaverвЂќ.Often this can be remedied by simply disabling automatic graphics card (GPU) switching on MacBook Pro as instructed here: For whatever reason those models can sometimes boot directly to a black screen. Some MacBook Pro models have dual graphics cards that switch automatically. Turn Off Automatic Graphics Switching (for black screens on dual-GPU MacBook Pro only)

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If this works, youвЂ™ll know rather quickly because the black screen will give way to the regular Mac OS desktop.

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When the Mac boots into the black screen, enter the password youвЂ™d use to login to the Mac as usual.Some users in our comments report an interesting alternative finding if they hit the black screen on boot if they enter their regular login password and hit the Enter/Return key, the Mac boots up as usual and theyвЂ™re good to go.

#Mac desktop screen keeps going black and nothing mac os x#

When you hear the boot sound again, the PRAM has been reset so let the Mac boot again as usualДЄt this point your Mac should boot again as usual and no longer have the black display, loading Mac OS or Mac OS X as usual.

Reboot the Mac and as soon as you hear the boot chime, hold down the Command+Option+P+R keys together.

As a potential solution to the black screen on boot, this is done upon restarting the Mac similar to an SMC reset: If the above two tricks failed, a PRAM reset can often do the trick, as many of the commenters on this article can attest to. Try a PRAM Reset to Resolve the Black Boot Display Some other users on the MR forums suggest that resetting PRAM helped them too, but most power issues are resolved by the SMC reset. This key press solution was discovered by reader Nathan D., who found it tucked away on MacRumors Forums, and it has worked for several other commenters there as well.

Wait about 15 seconds, then hit the Power button again to turn it back on.

Hold down the Power button until a hard shut down is forced.

Press the вЂњSвЂќ button вЂ“ this is the shortcut to sleep the Mac.

Press the Power / OFF button once вЂ“ this will bring up the dialog box which you canвЂ™t see.

Oddly enough, it seems to work to resolve some of the mystery Mac booting into black screen issues. Regular readers may recall that we covered some OS X keyboard shortcuts for the Shutdown, Sleep, and Restart controls of just about every Mac, and this little key press sequence takes advantage of those. Second, Try a Keypress Sequence to Ditch the Black Screen When the Mac boots, hopefully the black screen has gone away and youвЂ™re back to normal, but if it doesnвЂ™tвЂ¦ reader Nathan D. Older Macs can find directions here for the same process on their machines, itвЂ™s slightly different if you can take out the battery.

Release all keys at the same time, then boot the Mac as usual.

Hold down the Shift+Control+Option+Power button at the same time for a few seconds.

Shut down the Mac and connect it to your MagSafe adapter and a wall outlet as usual.

On any modern MacBook Pro or MacBook Air with a built-in battery, which is just a bout all of them nowadays, this is how you do that: This will dump and reset settings for anything power management related, and is long known to resolve problems with things like fans, heat, sleeping problems, and of course, display issues.

The first thing youвЂ™ll want to do resolve nearly every power related issue on a Mac is to reset the SMC, or System Management Controller. First, Reset the System Management Controller to Fix the Black Display on Boot Though itвЂ™s rare, we figured this would be a good opportunity to share three potential solutions to this problem, and similar issues, should you encounter a dark screen on system start. Case in point one of our readers experience with his MacBook Pro, which out of the blue rebooted to a completely dark screen.