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Blue Screen - 10.5.2 DVD

I recently installed the from the newest dvd and for some reason when I turn my monitor off and turn it back on, all I get is a blue screen. I have NVidia GeForce 8600GT 512MB. Never had this problem in the 10.5.1 dvd. What could be…

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@CyCLoBoT Published 2008-03-03
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Leopard 10.5
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3,979 historical reads · 8 curated field notes (from 11 dispatches) · 2008-03-03 – 2008-03-07
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@hurua (5)@CyCLoBoT (3)@erei33 (2)@WinLinMac01

I recently installed the from the newest dvd and for some reason when I turn my monitor off and turn it back on, all I get is a blue screen. I have NVidia GeForce 8600GT 512MB.

Never had this problem in the 10.5.1 dvd. What could be causing this problem?

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Author Update #1 @CyCLoBoT 2008-03-03

Yeah I selected the Nvidia option during the installation with nvinject and selected the 512 option.

Author Update #2 @CyCLoBoT 2008-03-05

I have no issues when booting. Its after when the computer is on and I turn off the monitor. When I turn it back on, that's when I get the blue screen with no mouse pointer either. But I think I solved it by using the other DVI input on the video card. Now it works fine.

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8 technical responses curated from 11 original dispatches

Field Note #1 @hurua 2008-03-03

I also have a similar issue after installing Zephy's 10.5.2 on the following system:

-MSI RX2600XT T2D512EZ/D3 (DDR3 512MB) - Radeon HD 2600 XT
-Asus M2N32-SLI Deluxe
-AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+

installed LeoGraphicsUpdate 1.0 and only added the newest Natit.kext (netkas.org) and the newest ToH 9.2.0 kernel with fixed shutdown (NO SPEEDSTEP)

After booting (normal or -x (Safe Boot)) i see a blue screen with mouse pointer. When i press the power-off/on button I can see my desktop for 1 second and it switches to suspend. And after pressing power the second time it comes back to normal mode and everything (QE/CI/resolution / Card Information) is fine.

Can somebody help please?

Field Note #2 @WinLinMac01 2008-03-03

Have you injected the appropriate drivers? NVIDIA 10.5.2 NVinjects & 512MB version before you installed? Have any of you customized the installation? The LeoGraphicsUpdate I believe, were pre-patched in the current release by Zephyroth.

Field Note #3 @hurua 2008-03-05

Have found this on Netkas Natit Thread:

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mwetosa
February 28th, 2008 | 12:23 am

This blue screen with mouse issue pointer after booting could be because of the LeoGraphicsUpdate Package. Also some/all MacPro Users with an ATI HD have this problem:
discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6667046

I think we have to wait for an bugfix of this update. Or has somebody a workaround?

tut, did solve it?
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mwetosa
February 28th, 2008 | 1:28 am

Mac Users have solved it with resetting the PRAM:
discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6589133

But what should we do instead of resetting the PRAM?

Field Note #4 @erei33 2008-03-05

I'm getting this issue as well (leo graphics update+ natit installed).

Field Note #5 @hurua 2008-03-06

thanks, CyCLoBoT, but plugging the DVI input of the monitor into the 2nd DVI output, doesn't solve my problem. *#+,"§$&/...

Field Note #6 @erei33 2008-03-06

Hurua, I'm having the same issue. No matter what kext I use, if it has working qe/ci I get the blue screen =( Someone on IRC told me that I need to use an older AppleSMBIOS.kext, I tried and its not working. I like using mac.nubs applesmbios though , =S

Field Note #7 @hurua 2008-03-07

this problem can't be that big ... I'm sure it's only something small to change in some plist ... or something similiar ...

Field Note #8 @hurua 2008-03-07

I've asked the macdotnub guy about this ... I'll post it here if I'll find a solution

Sources & Contributor Provenance (4 credited usernames · Thread #588)
UsernameDossier ContributionDispatchesActive Window
@huruaCore Contributor52008-03-03 → 2008-03-07
@CyCLoBoTPrimary Author32008-03-03 → 2008-03-05
@erei33Contributor22008-03-05 → 2008-03-06
@WinLinMac01Contributor12008-03-03