Comments on: MacBook Pro: Black Screen of Death (or is it just faking?)

By: sean da enetertainer

sean da enetertainer — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 02:44:00 +0000

This actually works, even the Mac store could not figure out what to do…. Thanx a million

By: MrLi

MrLi — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 03:38:15 +0000

Please sign this petition if Apple is refusing to fix your Macbook Pro’s Black Screen of Death caused by the faulty Nvidia Graphics card

http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/MBPBlackScreenDeath

By: Mark Hillsdon

Mark Hillsdon — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:27:05 +0000

Hi guys,

This did not work for me HOWEVER… i have full access to the MBP across the network PLUS Logmein.

I had problems loading some user profiles but worked better after deleting sleepfile

Still now screen

Everything else seems ok.

I tried to boot from CD – but still nothing.

This is a 2008 MBP 15 inch

Any ideas.

Thx

By: ross

ross — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:14:46 +0000

The above fix definitely did not work for me (but do skip the first “/” in “/private/var/vm” if you’re trying to find the files mentioned on your MBP.

Anyway, I called apple, and intitially they had no record of a problem with the Nvidia video card, but when I asked again, the tech support guy apparently googled and found mention of the problem on a non-apple website. He talked to his boss, and now the MBP is going to be repaired for free. Definitely press the issue with them!!!

By: Brad B

Brad B — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 02:29:07 +0000

k my mbp 17″ did the exact same thing explained in the original post. I just went out and bought a firewire cable to connect it to my Gf’s mbp but cant get anything to come up while starting in T-mode. Tried it with my sister’s mac and my gf’s to make sure it worked and it went off without a hitch. Don’t understand why i can’t start my own in T-mode. Any1 have any ideas????

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:33:09 +0000

The above fix worked for me. Previously I’d tried plugging in the firewire and starting the mac in T mode as well as a dvi cable which worked once or twice then wouldn’t. As of now I’m not sure if the fix is permanent or can be repeated many times, but I’m happy to have my screen back on :) T mode is a great way to backup, either from linux or another mac. Thanks for your help.

By: leilani

leilani — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 19:48:13 +0000

My computer just went down last week with the black screen. Took it into an apple dealer and they are replacing the logic board. My friend had to do the same. My niece’s computer has a similar problem so hers could be the media card you mentioned. Her screen will sometimes go on and off. When I spoke to an apple sales person they said they never heard of these types of problems with the screen going lack.

By: Donna

Donna — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:02:56 +0000

I had the same problem, followed the instructions, and my screen came on. I shut down and rebooted, and it’s back to a black screen again. I confirmed that I do have the affected NVIDIA card mentioned in the Apple support page http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2377 . When I took the laptop to the Apple store, they said that the version of my NVIDIA card is not the one that has been identified to have the problem, so they will not fix it for free. This is so bogus! I’m arguing with them about this, but I don’t know how it will turn out. Has anyone else experienced this response from Apple?

By: Lik

Lik — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 05:57:46 +0000

I’ve got the same problem and I have just brought my MBP to Apple Care Center today.
They confirmed it’s due to the Video Card’s bug and will replace it with a new one for free (even though my Apple Care is expired). Hurray~~

By: The Protagonist

The Protagonist — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:47:05 +0000

hey, I did the method, it worked really well for a few weeks, but I got curious and set the MBP to sleep and the problem was back…(how I regret it) and the method doesn’t work anymore, any have a solution?