<< Solved >> GT 710 black screen with working cursor on macOS Big Sur.

[Shridhar]

Im facing issue with Nvidia gt 710 2gb ddr3 on macOS Big Sur.
I see black screen once login screen is to appear with working cursor.
I can enter password in dark and I could see HDD less blinking once its done.

Same card worked on Mojave & Catalina before. Recently my GTX 760 stopped working and as there are no graphics card available right now, I have to use backup gt710 available with me.

Could anyone help with this, Thanks

Using open core 0.6.9

EDIT : I tried running big sur installation and im able to see installation welcome screen.

 

[Asural]

Is the following guide helpful?

[SUCCESS] Big Sur on GA-Z87-D3HP + i5 4570 + GT740

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87-D3HP CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 @3.20GHz GPU: Gigabyte GT740 2GB GDDR5 Audio: Realtek ACL892 RAM: 2x4GB Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600MHz HDD: TOSHIBA MQ01ABD050 (was built in PS4 Console before) Ethernet: Intel I217V Gigabit Ethernet Kexts I used for installation...

www.tonymacx86.com

 

[trs96]

Im facing issue with Nvidia gt 710 2gb ddr3 on macOS Big Sur.
I see black screen once login screen is to appear with working cursor.

What brand ? Who makes the card ?

 

[Shridhar]

What brand ? Who makes the card ?

Hey @trs96 , its zotac gt 710 1gb ddr3. However the issue is fixed now

 

[Shridhar]

Is the following guide helpful?

[SUCCESS] Big Sur on GA-Z87-D3HP + i5 4570 + GT740

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87-D3HP CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 @3.20GHz GPU: Gigabyte GT740 2GB GDDR5 Audio: Realtek ACL892 RAM: 2x4GB Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600MHz HDD: TOSHIBA MQ01ABD050 (was built in PS4 Console before) Ethernet: Intel I217V Gigabit Ethernet Kexts I used for installation...

www.tonymacx86.com

I fixed it Asural, not with help of guide though, thanks

 

[UtterDisbelief]

I fixed it Asural, not with help of guide though, thanks

Maybe let us know how you fixed it?

In case someone else has the same problem.

Thanks.

 

[Shridhar]

After trying all the solution I know and I could find on tonymac site. I found a thread where user was facing same issue. Cant find the link to that thread now. But he said he solved it by booting in safe mode. And then restart machine.

So I had to use USB open core to boot macOS with nv_disable and then change nvram values to use nv_disable -x -f flags and boot the macOS. Once machine booted with no graphics acceleration, I removed the flags and restarted the machine.

And to my surprise. IT WORKED.

Its really strange how macOS works sometimes.
I ideally had no problems in past with my gt 710 and my broken gtx 760. Both worked well. Just after my gtx 760 broke. I replaced it with old gt 710.

So it seems macOS cached some info or something related to graphics card due to which it was causing some issue.

One Safe mode boot and restart fixed it simply.

Thanks for you aproaching to help @trs96 and @Asural

 

[Shridhar]

Maybe let us know how you fixed it?

In case someone else has the same problem.

Thanks.

Actually I typed all the text and forgot to post. Thank god. Tonymac site saved the text I typed for me.

 

[UtterDisbelief]

Actually I typed all the text and forgot to post. Thank god. Tonymac site saved the text I typed for me.

Thank you.

 

[osxfr33k]

Wow this actually worked nicely in Monterey as well. Thanks, as always Tony's site is the best place for troubleshooting.