Mac OS X 10.2.8: Blue or Dark Screen After Updating

After installing Mac OS X 10.2.8 (Build 6R65) on a Macintosh that uses an ATI graphics chipset, including Power Macintosh G3 and PowerBook G3 Series (Bronze Keyboard) computers, the screen may look blue or dark in some applications.
Symptom

In some applications, including Microsoft Entourage and Disk Utility, the display's image is blue or "melts".

When restarting or in some applications, the screen is black, as if the computer had been turned off.

This can happen if your ATI graphics chipset-based computer has 192 MB or more of RAM, and you install Mac OS X 10.2.8 (Build 6R65).




Solution

Download and install Mac OS X 10.2.8 (Build 6R73), or later. You can get it using the Software Update feature in System Preferences. For more information about using Software Update, see technical document 106704, "Mac OS X: How to Update Your Software".

Mac OS X 10.2.8 (Build 6R73) is known to resolve the issue for PowerBook G3 Series (Bronze Keyboard) computers. If you have a different computer and the issue persists, follow these steps:

1. Open Terminal (/Applications/Utilities/).
2. Type:

sudo mv /System/Library/Extensions/AppleNDRV/ATIDriver.bundle /Users/Shared/

Note: There is a space after "mv" and another after ".bundle".

3. Press Return.
4. Type: sudo touch /System/Library/Extensions
5. Press Return.
6. Restart the computer.

If desired, you can remove ATIDriver.bundle from the Shared folder.


This document will be updated as more information becomes available.

Published Date: Oct 11, 2016