Strange vertical lines with random pixel colours
Hey everyone,
Received a late 2009 Mac model 10,1 for a repair, the screen was disconnected but after reconnecting there are bars of pixels randomly coloured, looks like wall paper. See attached
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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What does an external display look like? Is the image clean on it?
crwdns2934271:0crwdnd2934271:0 Dan crwdne2934271:0
@danj I wouldn't have any way of testing that, I don't see any hdmi or vga ports on the back.
crwdns2934271:0crwdnd2934271:0 Millerbes crwdne2934271:0
@millerbes - Mac's use mini DisplayPort connections which then can connect via an adapter to VGA or HDMI. You'll need to grab one.
crwdns2934271:0crwdnd2934271:0 Dan crwdne2934271:0
@danj - Alright, just ordered one, be here by tomorrow, i've installed a spare HDD into the mac, going to install some sort of headless linux OS onto it for now. Can I plugin my windows USB keyboard into the mac? and what key combo would it be to bring up the boot device screen?
crwdns2934271:0crwdnd2934271:0 Millerbes crwdne2934271:0
@millerbes - How about just installing the proper OS for the system, so the system is more useful. You can go upto macOS High Sierra (10.13.6)
Go here to get it: How to get old versions of macOS
Follow this guide to create a bootable USB thumb drive (32GB)How to create a bootable installer for macOS
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