black screen of death!

**michaeldrivas1** · 01-07-2009, 08:10 AM

what could it be!

shuuhen · 01-07-2009, 09:23 AM

Please be more descriptive with your problems (what happened right before this, etc). If the screen is black with a bunch of text, then I'd guess it could be a kernel panic. However, that is still only a guess. If there is a bunch of text, the last 10 or so lines on the screen would help.

It would help to know what operating system you're running too.

**michaeldrivas1** · 01-07-2009, 10:03 AM

Nothing just balck....

sinclair_tm · 01-07-2009, 11:39 PM

What where you doing when it went black? What Mac is it? What version of Mac OS are you running? Does the computer come back up if you let it sit or restart?

MattD313 · 01-16-2009, 09:57 AM

When my screen is black, I just plug it into a power source and press the power button. It has never failed to fix the problem.

If you've tried this- you'll need to be more descriptive of what happened before this, were you just working and the screen went off?
Does the computer seem to turn on?

And is this a MacBook or iMac? I assume it isn't a Mac Pro or Mac Mini...

01-07-2009, 08:10 AM	#1 (permalink)
michaeldrivas1 BEEN THERE, DONE THAT Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: New York Posts: 1,238 OS: win xp/vista	black screen of death! what could it be!

01-07-2009, 09:23 AM	#2 (permalink)
shuuhen Manager Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Colorado Posts: 986 OS: Mac OS 9.1, Mac OS X 10.5.8, WinXP Pro, FreeBSD 6.0, Gentoo Linux My System	Re: black screen of death! Please be more descriptive with your problems (what happened right before this, etc). If the screen is black with a bunch of text, then I'd guess it could be a kernel panic. However, that is still only a guess. If there is a bunch of text, the last 10 or so lines on the screen would help. It would help to know what operating system you're running too. __________________ Has it been a few days since I replied to your thread? Don't panic! I'm a busy college student and may forget a post if I'm extra busy (or it might just take me a while to be able to do a decent reply). If you still need help and are awaiting my reply after a few days, PM me about it. When posting what errors you get, please give the full message. It makes helping you much easier. Last edited by shuuhen; 01-07-2009 at 09:27 AM.

01-07-2009, 10:03 AM	#3 (permalink)
michaeldrivas1 BEEN THERE, DONE THAT Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: New York Posts: 1,238 OS: win xp/vista	Re: black screen of death! Nothing just balck....

01-16-2009, 09:57 AM	#5 (permalink)
MattD313 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 70 OS: OS X 10.5.6, XP Pro SP3	Re: black screen of death! When my screen is black, I just plug it into a power source and press the power button. It has never failed to fix the problem. If you've tried this- you'll need to be more descriptive of what happened before this, were you just working and the screen went off? Does the computer seem to turn on? And is this a MacBook or iMac? I assume it isn't a Mac Pro or Mac Mini...