The Apple Macbook Pro would turn on, but the screen would not. The screen would stay black. I could tell the computer was on because when I hit the “caps lock” key, the green light on the key would turn on and off.
I fixed this the following way (this is basically resetting the Power Management Unit — PMU):
I disconnected the computer from the power cord, and from all other cables.
I held down the power button for several seconds to turn off the computer.
I let it sit 5 minutes.
I restarted the laptop while holding down the Shift key. This restarted the computer in Safe Mode, with the screen visible again.
After I logged in (in Safe Mode) to make sure everything was ok, I simply restarted the computer the normal way, and the screen behaved normally again.
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If that doesn’t work for you, you could try these steps, documented at apple.com:
Holding down Command, Option, P, and R to reset your PRAM and NVRAM
Just performed power/shift key to safe mode and it worked!!! None of the other fixes did… so THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!
Totally worked. Heard the snap and screen went black after I’d finished editing a bunch of wedding photos.. then I restarted and forgot to unplug power cord so first time didn’t work. 2nd time with power cord out worked perfect and I’m up & running again, thank you!!
We have around 15 Apple computers in the company.
New, thin notebooks have a high amount if problems. This is inherent in the slim design.
usually screen turns black. I had it happened 6 times in 5 weeks after I bought this latest notepad.
Now been told that i cannot return it although first problem started before 15 days return period and I been lied to by telling me there is no problem.
Very disappointed in the integrity of Apple
Thank you!!!! Saved my day!!
your a genius!!! Hilding the shift key worked. Does anyone know if it is the Nvida card going bad
Resetting nrvam worked for me I am so happy thank u
Aww thanks maan you were awwsome I was
Just gonna spend 180$ for new display screen thanks man
Glad the info helped! Happy New Year!
I tried everything I found online and nothing worked ! Fed up !
Before going and buying a new motherboard for 1000$. Have just the video card chip replaced for 150-250$. eBay/google it. I got mine fixed that way and it runs perfect now! Also Apple has a recap on that which is expiring this year sometime(2016)
Resetting NVRAM worked… thank you very much.
Thank you for your solution 🙂
It works!!!
I told the computer technician at the IT department the trick to deal with that problem and they thanked me.
Thank you so much this just saved my life!
Thank you soooo much its working….
Thanks!!!
I have problem also with my macbook pro a1286.. i used to forced shutdown my macbook.. but when i try to open it again, its only a black screen.. even the keyboard and apple logo at the back didn’t show light’s..
I did already the com.. opt.. p and r but didn’t worked..:(
Can you guys help me please??
YEA!!! It totally worked. Thank you so much!
Tks a lot, it worked!
Hello. I woke up this morning to a macbook pro ( 2.4 GHz core 2 duo/2GB/256MB VRAM 200GB ) that had a black screen. I’ve gone through many of the fixes listed on this site but so far, nothing has worked fro me. Do you have any other options I can try?
This solution worked, but at first I was too impatient to notice.
Started up in Safe Mode, but only saw a very dim “something” appear
on the screen of my 2006 MacBookPro 1.1. So I tried other solutions I found posted. None worked.
But finally returned to this safemode startup. …and once again, the very dim
something appeared. I got distracted by another chore which probably took
5-10 minutes. When I got back to the MBP, the screen was nice and bright.
I logged in….everything worked. So I restarted, which happened more slowly than expected.
So I zapped the PRAM and now everything is back to normal….THANK YOU! THIS IS A LIFESAVER!
Hi there, the “shift-restart-version” did the trick for me, so many thanks, wonderful, I had been really desperate…
Ok, I tried this. At first I thought it didn’t work because starting in safe mode was the same as starting normally. I was unhappy, however I tried turning it on again after waiting a minute and it started fine.
I’ll also say the problem was the computer was technically on but the little start up noises never happened and the computer screen stayed black.
Thank you cmd option P R worked. Lifesaver as have work to do today
Thanks! The safe mode option worked when the other two did not.
Hi. My mac book pro A1226 with black screen.tried setting all the stuff mentioned in Google .nvram c.o.p.r. or c.o.p.f etc etc but nothing display.however can hear fan running sound chime at startup but give up. ..
Thx! This seems to have solved my problem!
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