Macbook Pro freezing when external displays connected

adam · 09-30-2010, 07:45 PM

Right, brilliant news. For whatever reason, beta 3 driver has fixed the main problem of my Macbook Pro freezing! I have all 3 adaptors connected to my original hub which is a Belkin Tunesync and they all come up fine. I have restarted and shut down and started up. Each time the hub is connected to my Macbook before it is switched on. I switch it on and after Snow Leopard has started, it thinks for a minute and all displays appear fine.

The only issue that is still present is the arrangement. The interesting thing is that if I arrange the displays correctly and then restart, my Macbook comes back fine. If I shut down though, the next time I switch my Macbook on the left and centre displays are the wrong way round.

To be honest, I am not that bothered about this issue as I am just really happy I can now connect them all to 1 hub.

An interesting thing to note also is that I ran a disk verify (not because I thought it would fix this issue, just because I like to keep my Mac in good shape). It reported that my HD was corrupt and I had to run the repair from the OS disk, which I did. I also repaired permissions on the disk. Don't know if that had anything to do with helping to fix the issue, just thought I would let you know.

Thanks so much for all your help and if you do have any ideas about the arrangement then let me know.

09-30-2010, 07:45 PM	#17
adam Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 13	Right, brilliant news. For whatever reason, beta 3 driver has fixed the main problem of my Macbook Pro freezing! I have all 3 adaptors connected to my original hub which is a Belkin Tunesync and they all come up fine. I have restarted and shut down and started up. Each time the hub is connected to my Macbook before it is switched on. I switch it on and after Snow Leopard has started, it thinks for a minute and all displays appear fine. The only issue that is still present is the arrangement. The interesting thing is that if I arrange the displays correctly and then restart, my Macbook comes back fine. If I shut down though, the next time I switch my Macbook on the left and centre displays are the wrong way round. To be honest, I am not that bothered about this issue as I am just really happy I can now connect them all to 1 hub. An interesting thing to note also is that I ran a disk verify (not because I thought it would fix this issue, just because I like to keep my Mac in good shape). It reported that my HD was corrupt and I had to run the repair from the OS disk, which I did. I also repaired permissions on the disk. Don't know if that had anything to do with helping to fix the issue, just thought I would let you know. Thanks so much for all your help and if you do have any ideas about the arrangement then let me know.