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    "It’s impossible to know conclusively what might be causing a black screen"

    Beta Culture: Apple Acknowledges Video Problems in New MacBooks
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    Image of Crashproof Crashproof
    12/01/09

    In reply to "It’s impossible to know conclusively what might be causing a black screen"
    What you saw wasn't a BSOD. Swamp gas from a weather balloon was trapped in a thermal pocket and reflected the light from Venus.
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    Image of Craig Jason McBrenner Craig Jason McBrenner
    12/01/09

    In reply to "It’s impossible to know conclusively what might be causing a black screen"
    5.... 4.... 3... 2..... and... oh, it's bogus.

    The MS bashing was good while it lasted though!!

    I have a feeling that I will hear someone try to use this as an example of why Windows sucks sometime in the future, of course ignoring the part where it had nothing to do with Microsoft or their patches.

    Oh, well if you can't spend your time spreading hate on the internet about a technology company for no valid reason then what is there to do?
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    Nathan Obbards promoted this comment Edited by Craig Jason McBrenner at 12/01/09 6:49 PM Craig Jason McBrenner was starred Craig Jason McBrenner was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/01/09

    In reply to "It’s impossible to know conclusively what might be causing a black screen"
    Screens of death should flash yellow and green, because the Subway commercial told me that the colors green and yellow trigger hunger, and hungry people are too distracted to care. Make it so.
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    Image of xbinflux xbinflux
    12/01/09

    In reply to "It’s impossible to know conclusively what might be causing a black screen"
    lifehacker.com/5416106/recent-windows-patch-causes-black-screen-of-death-unrelated-to-microsoft-update

    [lifehacker.com]
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    Image of delphinus87 delphinus87
    12/01/09

    In reply to "It’s impossible to know conclusively what might be causing a black screen"
    I stared at a small white dot on the Image for a good 2 minutes trying to figure out what it was. Then I found out it was a speck on my monitor ./facepalm
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    Image of Nirojan Nirojan
    12/01/09

    In reply to "It’s impossible to know conclusively what might be causing a black screen"
    Looks like prevx takes back there statement that the update caused it, I say its a ploy for free marketing...i mean come on before today I've never heard of prevx...have you?

    [www.prevx.com]
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    Image of Enochrewt Enochrewt
    12/01/09

    @Nirojan: And yet Gizmodo still continues with the VERY misleading headlines...

    From the prevx release linked above

    "Having narrowed down a specific trigger for this condition we've done quite a bit of testing and re-testing on the recent Windows patches including KB976098 and KB915597 as referred to in our previous blog. Since more specifically narrowing down the cause we have been able to exonerate these patches from being a contributory factor."
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    Nathan Obbards promoted this comment Edited by Enochrewt at 12/01/09 6:21 PM Enochrewt was starred Enochrewt was unstarred
    Image of BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2 BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2
    12/01/09

    In reply to "It’s impossible to know conclusively what might be causing a black screen"
    I think someone at Microsoft loved the Soprano's series finale a little too much
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    Image of Panzer23 Panzer23
    12/01/09

    In reply to "It’s impossible to know conclusively what might be causing a black screen"
    I'm waiting for the silver screen of death.
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    Image of winshape winshape
    12/01/09

    @Panzer23: maybe with some prancing unicorns and rainbow-colored kittens?
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    12/01/09

    @winshape: That would be the ultimate use for the Konami Code.
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    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    12/01/09

    In reply to "It’s impossible to know conclusively what might be causing a black screen"
    Sunspots
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    12/01/09

    In reply to "It’s impossible to know conclusively what might be causing a black screen"
    I see what you did there. Pretty witty. My question is, did you actually place the block quote in the black square or did you not? Or, in sticking with the nature of the quote, will you refuse to divulge that secret?
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    Edited by Nathan Obbards at 12/01/09 5:07 PM Nathan Obbards was starred Nathan Obbards was unstarred
    Image of (Starman) Starman (Starman) Starman
    12/01/09

    @Nathan Obbards: And still, they refuse to fix the original article. [gizmodo.com]
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    Image of Bandit Bandit
    12/01/09

    In reply to "It’s impossible to know conclusively what might be causing a black screen"
    Black is the new blue.
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    Image of I-Herd-Nerfs I-Herd-Nerfs
    12/01/09

    In reply to "It’s impossible to know conclusively what might be causing a black screen"
    I think I saw "Black Screen of Death" at a metal music fest a few years back. Very Brutal.
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    Image of PaddyDugan PaddyDugan
    12/01/09

    In reply to "It’s impossible to know conclusively what might be causing a black screen"
    I'm reading this story as I sit waiting for my new 1500 dollar Windows 7 Laptop to arrive. The last thing I want to see today is any color of death screen!
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    Image of Enochrewt Enochrewt
    12/01/09

    @PaddyDugan: You won't, it's only for users of prevx software, Gizmodo is grossly misrepresenting this story. Twice even.
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    TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment Enochrewt was starred Enochrewt was unstarred
    Image of KLanD KLanD
    11/28/08

    In reply to Beta Culture: Apple Acknowledges Video Problems in New MacBooks
    They are aware of the problem and are "working on it".


    IE, it'll be solved in the next MBP. Apple doesn't upgrade they scrap.

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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/28/08

    @KLanD: No, actually, when a hardware issue crops up like this, a firmware fix does get released to solve the problem. The RSD issue (random shutdown) was helped by a firmware fix that prevented the cooling system from shorting again. Of the two macbooks I purchased in '05, one was repaired for the problem, and the other was fixed with the firmware update (the firmware was released after I had my other unit repaired).
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    11/27/08

    In reply to Beta Culture: Apple Acknowledges Video Problems in New MacBooks
    Hmmm.... kidna glad I held off on that new MacBook purchase..
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