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Q: Lion randomly crashes - black screen

Lion crashes ever now and thenand stays on a black screen. Its totally unresponsive, all I can do is force shut down but I've done this about 4 times already today any idea what's going on, or how to fix?

 

Thanks!

Posted on Jul 20, 2011 2:55 PM

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  • by benwatts660,

    benwatts660 benwatts660 Oct 25, 2011 9:14 AM in response to Victor Hoffmann
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    Oct 25, 2011 9:14 AM in response to Victor Hoffmann

    Same here Victor. I am a bit nervous claiming this at such an early stage but my target machine appears also to be cured..

    Result obtained by not bothering to visit Genius bar, or any Apple shop, but just wait patiently for a fix, while using GFX software to control the video cards.

    It appears also that my Boot Camp partition of Windows 7 is also cured..

     

    I too am signing off this thread and wish all the rest of you the same success.

     

    Ben

  • by benwatts660,

    benwatts660 benwatts660 Oct 25, 2011 9:15 AM in response to Victor Hoffmann
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    Oct 25, 2011 9:15 AM in response to Victor Hoffmann

    Same here Victor. I am a bit nervous claiming this at such an early stage but my target machine appears also to be cured..

    Result obtained by not bothering to visit Genius bar, or any Apple shop, but just wait patiently for a fix, while using GFX software to control the video cards.

    It appears also that my Boot Camp partition of Windows 7 is also cured..

     

    I too am signing off this thread and wish all the rest of you the same success.

     

    Ben

  • by Allyn Martin1,

    Allyn Martin1 Allyn Martin1 Oct 25, 2011 9:20 AM in response to whetty101
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    Oct 25, 2011 9:20 AM in response to whetty101

    After applying the MBP2010 Graphics update I am getting a Mad Whirrling Fan!!!! CPUs going NUTS now!

  • by ricochetrabbit,

    ricochetrabbit ricochetrabbit Oct 25, 2011 9:29 AM in response to whetty101
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    Oct 25, 2011 9:29 AM in response to whetty101

    I upgraded the software last night and my MBP2010 has not crashed.  Is anyone else having an issue with their automatic graphics switching?  My mac will not switch between both and iStat doesn't indicate the change (and in "About This Mac" as well).

  • by zeroMPHfallover,

    zeroMPHfallover zeroMPHfallover Oct 25, 2011 9:32 AM in response to whetty101
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    Oct 25, 2011 9:32 AM in response to whetty101

    Just a heads up to those of you reporting success:

     

    I also achieved immediate success after applying the update, in the sense that I was able to push my computer past it's "normal" breaking point (where it typically would have BSOD'd) for a few hours last night.

     

    Then, at work this morning, it BSOD'd immediately after signing in. Then it did it 3 more times immediately after rebooting and signing in. Update seemed to work at first, but after leaving it overnight, BSOD's are back and frequent as ever.

     

    Re-launched gfxCardStatus to maintain a usable computer.

     

    Booked an appt at the Genius Bar where I'm going to demand a free repair as per Apple's KB article on the issue.

  • by elio.dainese,

    elio.dainese elio.dainese Oct 25, 2011 9:49 AM in response to whetty101
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    Oct 25, 2011 9:49 AM in response to whetty101

    After the update I've tried the (mine) well-tried methods to generate the problem (clic on right arrow into Photo Boot effectes, launching all original OSX apps at the same time) and I wasn't able to reproduce the BSOD again..

     

    Hope for the best...

  • by Ian Kelleigh,

    Ian Kelleigh Ian Kelleigh Oct 25, 2011 10:01 AM in response to whetty101
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    Oct 25, 2011 10:01 AM in response to whetty101

    Running on external 22" display with MacBook closed, I still get BSOD after about an hour of playing games on Steam. Fans were really running high. Everything else works pretty well however, it's just not going to play nicely with games.

     

    Made a Genius Bar appointment for this week, hoping that at this point they have been properly instructed on how to handle the issue quickly and without hassle.

  • by Tess888,

    Tess888 Tess888 Oct 25, 2011 10:02 AM in response to bootareen
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    Oct 25, 2011 10:02 AM in response to bootareen

    I noticed that as well...Safari is not such a memory hog anymore!  Even though this update didn't help everyone on this forum, everyone should at least get a functional computer eventually with Apple's 1 year extended warranty...

     

     

    bootareen wrote:

     

    This fixed the issue for me, but it also fixed Safari's memory leak. Anyone else?

  • by Tess888,

    Tess888 Tess888 Oct 25, 2011 10:08 AM in response to Ian Kelleigh
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    Oct 25, 2011 10:08 AM in response to Ian Kelleigh

    You may want to check this out...

     

    http://www.google.com/#sclient=psy-ab&hl=en&source=hp&q=steam+causes+computer+to +crash&pbx=1&oq=Steam+causes+&aq=3&aqi=g4&aql=1&gs_sm=c&gs_upl=0l0l1l3164l0l0l0l 0l0l0l0l0ll0l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=cd4659920e981d1f&biw=1646&bih=83 0

     

     

    Ian Kelleigh wrote:

     

    Running on external 22" display with MacBook closed, I still get BSOD after about an hour of playing games on Steam. Fans were really running high. Everything else works pretty well however, it's just not going to play nicely with games.

     

    Made a Genius Bar appointment for this week, hoping that at this point they have been properly instructed on how to handle the issue quickly and without hassle.

  • by Ian Kelleigh,

    Ian Kelleigh Ian Kelleigh Oct 25, 2011 10:16 AM in response to Tess888
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    Oct 25, 2011 10:16 AM in response to Tess888

    No, that's not the issue. Steam runs just fine, it's the games that really heat up the system that cause the problem. They worked fine until Lion.

  • by tomas.a,

    tomas.a tomas.a Oct 25, 2011 10:37 AM in response to whetty101
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    Oct 25, 2011 10:37 AM in response to whetty101

    Can you check some problem? After install video update 1.0. I have freeze my macbook at login screen if I didn't write my password I had have a bsod. so I need very fast write my password. sorry about my English(((

  • by vea1083,

    vea1083 vea1083 Oct 25, 2011 10:45 AM in response to Allyn Martin1
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    Oct 25, 2011 10:45 AM in response to Allyn Martin1

    Allyn Martin1 wrote:

     

    After applying the MBP2010 Graphics update I am getting a Mad Whirrling Fan!!!! CPUs going NUTS now!

    I would suggest resetting the SMC to fix the fan noise issue, check this Apple Support Article:

     

    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3964

     

    You may also want to reset your PRAM and NVRAM:

     

    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379

     

    Message was edited by: vea1083 - Added PRAM & NVRAM Reset Article...

  • by Tess888,

    Tess888 Tess888 Oct 25, 2011 11:00 AM in response to Ian Kelleigh
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    Oct 25, 2011 11:00 AM in response to Ian Kelleigh

    I had VMware 3.1.3 installed in Snow Leopard and it worked great...never a blip...then I installed Lion, and although it was supposed to work, it was awful on my system...fading graphics, missing mouse pointers, overheating, and sometimes the BSOD...When version 4 came out, I installed it again and all issues were gone (this was wa before the current update)...perhaps something similar is going on...just a thought...

     

     

    Ian Kelleigh wrote:

     

    No, that's not the issue. Steam runs just fine, it's the games that really heat up the system that cause the problem. They worked fine until Lion.

  • by iEdu,

    iEdu iEdu Oct 25, 2011 11:10 AM in response to RT381
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    Oct 25, 2011 11:10 AM in response to RT381

    The sane here! We have to do something! Write to Tim, or so. This video update did not fix my MBP 15' mid 2010

  • by massimilianofrom,

    massimilianofrom massimilianofrom Oct 25, 2011 11:12 AM in response to whetty101
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    Oct 25, 2011 11:12 AM in response to whetty101

    I'm having the same problem. iMac with Lion installed goes on sleep mode while i am using it. It happens so frequently that it bothers me to finish this post. Apple used to be a reliable company before becoming 'big'. I feel that they do not test their software enough before launching them on the market. I got big problems with iPhone ios 5 too. If that's the case, they should lower the price of the hardware. It's not worth it anymore.

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