Q: Lion randomly crashes - black screen

dakardave wrote:

1) the same faulty graphics firmeware update in Lion is now in the latest version of Snow Leopard

2) the new RAM you installed pushed your graphicsprocessor over the edge.

 

I thought the same. I lean towards the first though, since the problem began a few days after the introduction of Lion. My RAM was installed a few weeks before.

cheesebelt wrote:

 

Then I'll say it again : I have the same gear (MBP6,2 i7) and the same problem although I NEVER UPGRADED TO LION !
Still running 10.6.8.

In this forum, it's also been said that going back to SL didn't solve anything.

Just so you don't bother...

Oh, crap! We are doomed then.

1) the same faulty graphics firmeware update in Lion is now in the latest version of Snow Leopard

you led me to the idea to install SL 10.6.3 from cd and do not update it to 10.6.8. I'll try.

Thoughts?

If I'm on 10.6.8, and I'm running fine, can I expect to be fine in Lion?  I've been holding off because of this thread and other reports!

I was running trouble-free on 10.6.8 and experienced my first BSOD the day after I upgraded to Lion.

In case you haven't read my previous posts, I eventually got a logic board replacement. Since then, graphics still appear "glitchy," but I haven't had a BSOD.

I'd say no. Most people have experienced the BSOF only after installing Lion and then it continued even when they went back to Snow Leopard. I am only aware of one person (Mr Cheesebelt) who has had the BSOD without ever upgrading to Lion. (or should I say downgrading to Lion?)

gree_shanti wrote:

 

1) the same faulty graphics firmeware update in Lion is now in the latest version of Snow Leopard

you led me to the idea to install SL 10.6.3 from cd and do not update it to 10.6.8. I'll try.

But if there was a firmware update in the graphics processor during the Lion or 10.6.8 update then as far as I know it would not be wiped even if you were to install an older operating system? Does anyone know for sure?

If not then maybe we should all go back to Tiger.

If not then maybe we should all go back to Tiger.

tiger and even leopard nothing dont know about i5/i7 cpu and gf 330m. I tried to install 10.6.3 retail - it even didnt start to install because retail 10.6.3 haven't some drivers.

are you using macbook pro 2010 (mc372/mc373) ?

Like RichHolland above had the first black screen when I upgraded in less than 5 minutes of use. Had 5 to 20 reboots daily until 10.7.2 when I decided to bite the bullet and return to 1.6.3 (had the original installer discs). Clean install with manual transfer of mail folders, apps, etc. Very lengthy process and not for the faint hearted, as both Mail and Address Book had moved to new formats not compatible with the versions on SL.

Returned to 10.6.3 and updated to 10.6.8. After 2 weeks of use (8hrs/daily) I have had 1 black screen on wake with a monitor switch. Overall it is back to the pleasurable experience using the mac despite the single hitch.

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My advice, if you can't get your hardware replaced (or you cant afford to be without a computer for a day) is to stick with 10.6.x and check back this thread for news.

Having gone 10.6 to 10.7 and back I have:

NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M:

  Chipset Model:          NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M

  Type:          GPU

  Bus:          PCIe

  PCIe Lane Width:          x16

  VRAM (Total):          512 MB

  Vendor:          NVIDIA (0x10de)

  Device ID:          0x0a29

  Revision ID:          0x00a2

  ROM Revision:          3560

  gMux Version:          1.9.21

If anyone is running Lion check what your system profiler says and post here to compare. thanks.

I get a black screen crash whenever I press the "Show Downloads" button on Safari. Nevertheless, I can use my external monitor and play 3D games for hours w/o problems on my 15" macbook pro 6,2.

NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M:

  Chipset Model:    NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M

  Type:    GPU

  Bus:    PCIe

  PCIe Lane Width:    x16

  VRAM (Total):    256 MB

  Vendor:    NVIDIA (0x10de)

  Device ID:    0x0a29

  Revision ID:    0x00a2

  ROM Revision:    3560

  gMux Version:    1.9.21

Hardware Overview:

  Model Name:    MacBook Pro

  Model Identifier:    MacBookPro6,2

  Processor Name:    Intel Core i5

  Processor Speed:    2.4 GHz

  Number of Processors:    1

  Total Number of Cores:    2

  L2 Cache (per Core):    256 KB

  L3 Cache:    3 MB

  Memory:    4 GB

  Processor Interconnect Speed:    4.8 GT/s

  Boot ROM Version:    MBP61.0057.B0C

  SMC Version (system):    1.58f16

  Serial Number (system):    W80238UEAGU

  Hardware UUID:    8575535D-1DD0-5EC0-82F5-91B9CFB0B223

  Sudden Motion Sensor:

  State:    Enabled

which system version are you on?

I've got a 2011 MBP running lion 10.7.1 with i7 2.2Ghz Quad, AMD Radeon 6750m that appears to have the same issue.

I've mainly noticed it blacks out when running After Effects CS5 - nothing major 49 layers in a 1:30m 1920x1080 scene rendering through openGL with 768mb allocated for textures.

None of the images are over 1.5mb...

Super frustrating when your trying to do your job and have to hard reset all the time.. (-_-' )

10.7.1

If the Show Dowloads crash is the only thing, I will consider myself very lucky. So it's been a week with Lion and I have had two crashes from pushing that button.  At first I thought it always black screened after it happened two times in a row, but I just tried again and it didn't cause the black screen!  Just to be on the safe side, I'm using Firefox for a while. I started running gfxCardStatus but I have not changed to Integrated only.

You'd think Apple would thoroughly test a new OS version on all their hardware. This is almost as bad as Linux and it's not like Apple is trying to support all sorts of wacky systems. Or giving away Lion for free....