iMac screen going black for no reason

Dr. McKay · Nov 15, 2011, 05:43 AM

I have an early 2008 iMac (24", 2.8ghz Core2duo, ATI Radeon HD 2600 pro, Snow Leopard).

A couple of weeks ago, my screen went completely black, for no apparent reason. The Mac was still running but because I couldn't see what I was doing anymore, I had to shut it down using the power button and then reboot it again. Everything was fine after that.

The day before yesterday, I was browsing the web with Firefox and it happened again. Same thing yesterday, watching youtube clips in Firefox.

Has anyone experienced this before ? Does this mean my videocard/display is going to die soon ? Should I start worrying ?

sndeed · Nov 15, 2011, 07:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Dr. McKay

I have an early 2008 iMac (24", 2.8ghz Core2duo, ATI Radeon HD 2600 pro, Snow Leopard).

A couple of weeks ago, my screen went completely black, for no apparent reason. The Mac was still running but because I couldn't see what I was doing anymore, I had to shut it down using the power button and then reboot it again. Everything was fine after that.

The day before yesterday, I was browsing the web with Firefox and it happened again. Same thing yesterday, watching youtube clips in Firefox.

Has anyone experienced this before ? Does this mean my videocard/display is going to die soon ? Should I start worrying ?

yes I have the same problem with Firefox, just go to 'options' from 'Tools' under 'General' drop off the check from 'use hardware acceleration when available' . I noticed that card graph has problem with Firefox.

please let me know if you feel better because I called the apple about this problem, I have Amd 2 gb I face this problem with win7 but now looks fine

Dr. McKay · Nov 15, 2011, 07:37 AM

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Originally Posted by sndeed

yes I have the same problem with Firefox, just go to 'options' from 'Tools' under 'General' drop off the check from 'use hardware acceleration when available' . I noticed that card graph has problem with Firefox.

please let me know if you feel better because I called the apple about this problem, I have Amd 2 gb I face this problem with win7 but now looks fine

Thx, I'll give that a try...

Dr. McKay · Nov 16, 2011, 05:44 AM

Screen didn't go blank yesterday. Maybe disabling hardware acceleration in Firefox really did the trick...

evildead1971 · Nov 20, 2012, 04:39 AM

my brother pointed me to this forum after having this issue. i turned off the hardware acceleration for firefox, but had to enable it in Adobe Flash Player for a game. i'll post an update if i still have a problem.

mchoffa · Nov 20, 2012, 05:36 AM

I have an early 2008 24" myself and in the past two months I've had this happen twice and another time the same thing happened but the screens (I've also got an external hooked up) went white instead of black... very frustrating and another reason why I can't wait for the new iMacs to get here

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and I do not use firefox by the way... I do however keep chrome (with about 20 tabs), photoshop cs6, safari and a few smaller apps open all day ever day

evildead1971 · Nov 20, 2012, 05:43 AM

mine is a 2010 and in the past several months i've had this issue. i've brought to the apple store twice already. the 2nd time they did replace the logic board and graphics card. an hour later the screen flickered which is an indication that the screen will go. the next day it did several times. i've used the control-shift-eject combo to bring it back and then it does settle.

Nov 15, 2011, 05:43 AM	#1
Dr. McKay macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Belgium, Europe	iMac screen going black for no reason I have an early 2008 iMac (24", 2.8ghz Core2duo, ATI Radeon HD 2600 pro, Snow Leopard). A couple of weeks ago, my screen went completely black, for no apparent reason. The Mac was still running but because I couldn't see what I was doing anymore, I had to shut it down using the power button and then reboot it again. Everything was fine after that. The day before yesterday, I was browsing the web with Firefox and it happened again. Same thing yesterday, watching youtube clips in Firefox. Has anyone experienced this before ? Does this mean my videocard/display is going to die soon ? Should I start worrying ?
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Nov 16, 2011, 05:44 AM	#4
Dr. McKay Thread Starter macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Belgium, Europe	Screen didn't go blank yesterday. Maybe disabling hardware acceleration in Firefox really did the trick...
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Nov 20, 2012, 04:39 AM	#5
evildead1971 macrumors newbie Join Date: Nov 2012	my brother pointed me to this forum after having this issue. i turned off the hardware acceleration for firefox, but had to enable it in Adobe Flash Player for a game. i'll post an update if i still have a problem.
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Nov 20, 2012, 05:36 AM	#6
mchoffa macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jul 2008	I have an early 2008 24" myself and in the past two months I've had this happen twice and another time the same thing happened but the screens (I've also got an external hooked up) went white instead of black... very frustrating and another reason why I can't wait for the new iMacs to get here ---------- and I do not use firefox by the way... I do however keep chrome (with about 20 tabs), photoshop cs6, safari and a few smaller apps open all day ever day
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Nov 20, 2012, 05:43 AM	#7
evildead1971 macrumors newbie Join Date: Nov 2012	mine is a 2010 and in the past several months i've had this issue. i've brought to the apple store twice already. the 2nd time they did replace the logic board and graphics card. an hour later the screen flickered which is an indication that the screen will go. the next day it did several times. i've used the control-shift-eject combo to bring it back and then it does settle.
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