Stalled install

Well, trying to install 10.6 on my 2006 17″ Macbook Pro resulted in this black – well almost black screen. It seems that the backlight just didn’t want to come on, so using a flashlight to see what was on the screen, I was able to get things going (as I thumb this out). So after two upgrades, I suggest you backup, have a flashlight handy and disconnect everything (network, external drives etc) before running 10.6.

Update – after finding the cursor, I clicked continue and the system bumped along its merry way. The login screen was also all the way dark, but a quick tap of the brightness control fixed that for me. Everything seems hunk dory now… especially with Aperture and iMovie up and running much snappier than before.
Screen shot 2009-09-02 at 8.52.35 PM


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7 responses to “Stalled install”

  1. Bhavin Mistry Avatar

    HAHAHAHAHA … sorry.. 🙂

  2. Raj Boora Avatar

    Well everything turned out ok after it went through and did its thing – far better than some Windows install horrors I've heard about.

  3. Armin Ataee Avatar

    LMFAO! Black Screen of Death

  4. Robert Lucas Avatar

    Far better than windows install horrors LOL. Don't think I have ever heard of windows randomly shutting off the backlight in an LCD or simply saying… no, no network interface for you. Fail Leopard.

  5. Raj Boora Avatar

    Well, my interface came back this morning and the install completed "in the dark" – better than borking the disc on the install I would say.

  6. Kam Dalal Avatar

    Hmmm… installing Windows should be a no brainer… I've never had a problem. Maybe you should get a PC and load Windows 7 on it… lol.

  7. Rooshil Patel Avatar

    yay for best of both worlds =P

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