#Parallels desktop 13 black screen mac os
#Parallels desktop 13 black screen install
#Parallels desktop 13 black screen update

Using the spacebar as the 'accept' key, select Start Narrator when you hear the option using spacebar. This will open up Narrator and Accessibility options. Power on the machine and once you hear the hard drive making less noise or stop, press CMD+U. No matter what you do, it will still boot into Windows (for some odd reason) and only the geniuses can fix it. *** If you have sold your EFI (original video card) and are experiencing blank screen issue, the best option is to go to the Apple Store and have them take a look at fixing it.

#Parallels desktop 13 black screen install

Install in your EFI (stock) video card into the lowest slot (x16). Unplug the power cord and remove your NON EFI video card. What has happened is that the Video Driver has broken! THE MACHINE IS STILL TRYING TO BOOT INTO WINDOWS no matter what and since you have NO VIDEO you can't use the machine at all except with Narrator!Ģ. Checked all the cables and they appear to be fine. IT WILL STILL CONTINUE TO BOOT INTO WINDOWS and say 'ERROR, NO OPERATING SYSTEM INSTALLED'

You have tried pulling the HDD out that has Windows installed and holding 'X' to force the machine to boot into OS X. GTX670) with the stock EFI card (GT120), still no video and no Apple logo (because you haven't gotten into OS X yet). Nothing is working, not even replacing the NON EFI card (ex. Press as many random buttons as you want but you still can't select OS X as the boot drive. So you attempt to power down the machine and try holding down the Option key to change boot order. You are stuck in Windows with no video signal or a black screen. You do not have Remote Desktop enabled and cannot remotely access your machine but you try connecting to it anyways. The computer continues to do it's thing and you are able to use it with Narrator enabled. Once the driver has been installed, you restart your computer (into the native Boot Camp Partition) and notice that there is NO VIDEO SIGNAL or a BLACK SCREEN.

#Parallels desktop 13 black screen update

A new NVIDIA Driver has been released or a new Parallels driver has been released and you decide to update for whatever reason.Ħ. Boot Camp and Parallels are both working fine, you are able to boot into your boot camp partition but are also able to run Windows off that same partition within OS X using Parallels.ĥ. Everything appears to be going fine and all the Parallels tools install successfully.Ĥ.

But, rather than creating a new Virtual Hard Disk that takes up space you decide to use your Boot Camp partition and boot Windows that is installed on your Boot Camp partition within Parallels (under OS X).ģ. At the same time you decide to use Parallels v7 or v8 for ease of access to Windows while in OS X.

#Parallels desktop 13 black screen mac os

To take advantage of the full hardware specifications, you are using Boot Camp over running these apps in Parallels alongside Mac OS X.Ģ. You are a user of Boot Camp and occasionally boot back into Windows to play games or use Windows only software. Parallel Users running Windows off Boot Camp partition OR you do not use Parallels but have broken your NVIDIA video driver.ġ. This is for those that are seeing a Blank Screen / Black screen on boot and can't get into OS X even with EFI card or have Black Screen in OS X. Beware! This discussion thread has been opened to provide information about this issue with Parallels/BootCamp with Non-EFI Cards.