Hey,
So I updated to Yosemite cause I thought that maybe fix my problem. But it didn't.
Still have the same problem on startup. I get a black screen right after the apple logo loading screen.
When booted in safe mode, graphics are very very very slow. See video I recorded with my phone:
I'm beginning to think it has something to do with a graphic driver or my video card.
Anyone got any ideas?
MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)
The version I'm on right now is: 10.10 OS X Yosemite
The BUG in process issue appears to be a common problem with Yosemite, so that doesn't appear to be a concern. Something I noticed is that some of the lines in the verbose boot mention FakeSMC. Is this something you installed on purpose? Usually this is not used on real Macs.
No, I didn't install it on purpose. I read about it somewhere and thought it was a solution. Only to find out it was a "Hackintosh" thing. I have no idea how to uninstall it. You think that made it worse?
If you were experiencing the same issue before installing it, it likely didn't make things worse, but you should go ahead and uninstall it like this:
Boot into single user mode and type in the following commands:
Then boot into Safe Mode and reboot a few times and see if that message goes away in verbose boot. It should also get rid of those 'SuperIODevie: [FATAL]' errors. Let me know how everything works once you've gotten that done.
So I tried to do as you said and this is what I got:
http://i58.tinypic.com/2uxxxrp.jpg
It says "read-only file system" at the end of each line. I'm guessing thats not good. Is it?
mount -uw /
not mount -uw/
Okay, all done. Got rid of FakeSMC. I got a blank screen again when booted in normal mode. All works fine in safe mode, except for the slow graphics etc. as mentioned above.
Yes, I did. The quick test came out clean. The extended tesr either took very long or froze so I never finished it and intervened. The clean quick test is also the reason I'm thinking it's not a hardware problem. But it could be.
I was doing some gaming some time before all of this happened. Is something like the game overloading my graphic gard possible? Cause I'm 90% sure it's something with the graphic card. Just don't know what.
How long did you wait before interrupting the test? And exactly which MacBook Pro do you have? If you're unsure, go in the Menu Bar to  > About This Mac and it will be underneath the OS X version number. Also, let me know what it says next to graphics.
I guess I waited for about a half an hour. Maybe less. Got a bit impatient maybe?
I have a MacBook Pro 13" (mid 2010), so the Hardware Test only runs with a cd I got with I bought the MacBook.
It's a 2.4 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo with 4GB RAM.
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 320M 256 MB
Okay, I'm going to try and walk you through a recovery installation. This will leave all of your files and data just how it is, while reinstalling only the operating system. Here's the procedure:
Let me know how everything works once that's all done. It's probably going to take the better part of an hour, possibly more depending on your internet connection speed. Hope this all helps!
Hey,
I had actually tried that before. But just to be sure I tried it again. I followed every step you described, step by step. The OS reinstalled without damaging or touching any of my files. But also without fixing the issue. It's still there.
In safe mode, or recovery mode the MBP workes just fine. But the moment it's started up normally something goes wrong. If only we knew what proccesses run in the background at that time that normally don't run in safe mode.
Anyway, I'm very thankful for your help. Seriously, you are really helping out alot. Hope you know any further steps? I guess the genius bar is coming closer and closer.
Last call for help.. Anyone? 🙂
Hey, sorry, been away for the weekend. Have you made any progress or still having the same issues?
Black screen and very slow graphics
