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    mid 2011 27" iMac - dying GPU

    Hi all I have an iMac from mid 2011, 27" i7 with the 2GB GDDR 5 AMD 6970m card. And im getting some black screens, with vertical 1pt. red lines, when i then reboot i get Grey or mostly Blue screens. I have tried this: Boot into Single-User mode Execute the following commands: /sbin/fsck...
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    Please help me fix my iphone 5c

    so i bought a used/ broken iphone 5c from my friend he said that the last time he had it he dropped it and it turn off and now it does not turn on or even charge. so i bought it off him and he said it will just need a screen replacement which i did, i bought a new screen off amazon, fitted it...
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    Macbook Pro Hot, Blank Screen and Unresponsive

    I have had a problem of putting my Macbook Pro to sleep then coming back to it a couple hours later to find it hot with a black screen and totally unresponsive requiring a forced shutdown. Some outside advice led me to try disabling "Wake for network access" and this did seem to fix the problem...
  4. Olivia23

    27" iMac Black Screen

    Today is the 2nd time my 27" imac has crashed to a black screen with just a cursor showing. Last time it crashed I was able to restore everything just fine. This time when I was trying to restore, somehow my hard drive went missing. I called apple support which I should have done from the...
  5. janeauburn

    White or black

    I love both the white front (gold) and black front iPhones. Which did you get and why?
  6. lizzyrae78

    Iphone 6s Camera shutter not opening...Black screen

    I am having a problem anytime I go to take a picture on my phone and the display is black. Generally the only way I can get the shutter to open is to swipe left or right to video or square mode and sometimes the screen will been show a live view. This is is on the front or rear camera it doesn't...
  7. niroshan

    Black screen before login for few seconds then login screen appear

    I just upgraded ram from 4GB to 8GB on my MacBook pro 2012 (macOS Sierra 10.12.2) . I now starting to see black screen before login screen for few seconds then login screen appear. Is it normal to have black screen for few seconds before login screen or did I do anything wrong during the...
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    Titan X not working in Sierra

    Hi everyone, I posted this originally in the OS forum but I was advised by user Pastrychef to post it here. He kindly gave me some advice on what could be wrong but so far I still have't had any luck in getting this to work so I thought I'd post again here. I've been using a Titan X (Non EFI...
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    Titan X has stopped working now that I've installed Sierra

    Hello. I've done a search on this but can't seem to find anyone with the same issues. I have a Mac pro 5,1 with a Titan X installed. It worked fine on El Capitan but since upgrading I now just get a black screen. I've installed the latest NVidia drivers as well as changing the stings in the...
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    Black screen on iMac 27" late 2009

    I have a late 2009 27" iMac with blue vertical lines. I opened it and tried to bake the video card and put it back in but I got a blank screen with the backlight on. I connected my iMac to TV to see if the video card is toast but it showed up okay on my TV screen. I bought a display port cable...
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    iPhone SE not waking up

    I have been hitting a serious problem on my iPhone SE 64GB Space Grey (running 9.3.5, also hit it in 9.3.1) for the past few weeks which sounds identical to this problem last year affecting iPhone 6s/6s+ until it was apparently fixed in iOS 9.1...
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    Windows 10 on Mac Boot Camp Boots to black screen after first restart

    Hi! Im struggling on installing Windows 10 via Bootcamp. Im running MacOS Sierra on a Mid 2012 MacBook Pro with all the latest Updates and newest Version BC. I have replaced the optical Drive with a Second SSD 256GB (disk1) that Runs macOS Sierra perfectly. Now I want to Install windows 10 on my...
  13. longjohnk

    Macbook A1278 display problem

    I've got a 2011 Macbook Pro 13" that developed an issue with the display. It turns black after the machine runs for a bit (usually 10 min). It turns black but can be restored by turning the brightness all the way down then all the way back up. The display backlight turns off completely...
  14. Hustler1337

    Anyone been getting issues with Google Chrome on Sierra?

    Hi Guys, Ever since updating my Mac to MacOS Sierra, I've been having issues with Google Chrome. Some pages would just display a blank white page whilst others would show a black screen or blocks of black on the page. I can't seem to figure out what's wrong and am thinking it could be related...
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    iMac screen sometimes becomes black

    Hi I would be greatly appreciated if someone told me what can be wrong with my iMac 27 mid 2010. After replacing of supply board in service center it felt well about half a year, but recently it started to blackening the screen after Mac OS boot and turning it whenever it wants, sometime helps...
  16. SolidCake

    Black screen on FileVault reboot Mac Pro 4,1

    Hey guys, Ever since I got my Mac Pro 4,1 and flashed it to 5,1 I am unable to encrypt the main drive using FileVault. When I enable FileVault and reboot from the reboot prompt the Mac boots to a black screen and stays black. My Mac Pro is currently on macOS Sierra but I have had the same issue...
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    Panic report Macbook pro retina

    Apple lovers, I bought this macbook pro retina mid 2012 (see details below) and its been travelling with me all over the world! Now since a week its been malfunctioning > 5 minutes after turning it on the mac shuts down the screen to complete black while the keys still give light OR it restarts...
  18. SamaraDn

    Tried to fix my Iphone 5

    Hi My iphone 5 suddenly wouldn't charge anymore, i have had some trouble with getting contact with the charging-port earlier. And once when it got completely out of battery, it wouldn't charge anymore, and the screen has been black ever since. Now i bought a new charging-port, and a new...
  19. realpancake

    iMac 2010 wont go past startup, strange blinking!

    Hi, So I tried to do a little research before I posted anywhere but I've not found many with the same issue as me. I recently was having problems with the screen going black / off after working for a while. I was working with it on the lowest brightness as any higher would just make the screen...
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    iPod Dead iPod Classic (bought 2014)

    Bought the iPod Classic in 2014 right when it was discontinued. I've never dropped it, the thing barely has any scratches, its pins are all intact, and everything is fine from the outside. I hadn't used it for about a month, during which time it was charging on the nightstand. Decided to use it...