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im in need of your advice & suggestions.
(**im tryin to be as specific as possible in explaining my issue so PLEASE bare with me)
Im currently working with a Macbook that has a broken screen, to "fix" the issue n bee able to still use my MB, i bought a VGA adapter and hooked it to a DVI to HDMI adapter to my HDTV. It has worked perfectly for 2+ years now, it never gave me a problem till this past Monday (4/16).
I had hooked up a external keyboard and mouse (logitech - PC format) to use instead of the uncomfortable notebook keyboard n mouse mat since i use the Mac to do Graphic design, with this keyboard i can press F9 and all my windows gather in my desktop and i can choose from there which one to use (idk what this shortcut is called), however, on monday i was typing with the MB keyboard when i accidentally pressed the F7 key by mistake thinking it was the F9 key on my Logitech Keyboard and my external display screen turned blue. In the past i had accidentally pressed F7 and the displays would change, i would press it back and the display will returned back to normal, however, not this time. I restarted the MB, check the connections, yet the screen kept turning blue everytime i restarted or shutdown the computer. i unplug the HDMI connection from the MB and turned the notebook on, once it was turned on i could ONLY see the background image, i plugged in the HDMI connection and to my suprise the screen on the MB turned black and the external display turned blue. KEEP IN MIND that the screen on my MB doesnt work because the LCD lights wont turn on but i can still see my desktop if i bend the screen at an angle in which "Light" hits it. I decided to fix the issue directly from my MB using the system preferences > display > mirror effect as i had done so when i originally connected the MB to my HDTV but as im bending the monitor screen on the MB in order to see the desktop, i notice that the internal screen only shows the desktop background, no icons, no right click, no folders, files\, etc.. therefore, i could not open the System Preferences Window nor do anyteen to fix it.
i searched the forum and found similar cases, however, others could actually open their System Preferences and fix the problem from there, i cant. i tried also the commands: Cmmd+Brightness, Cmmd+Shift+ F1, etc and nothing has worked
BUT WAT KEPT POPPIN UP was a window that read "The application Spotlight quit unexpectedly"> Mac OS X and other applciations are not affected and it gives me 3 options: Ignore, Report, Relaunch. when i move the cursor over to the window, as soon as it enters the window (with out pressing or choosing any option) the cursor turns into the "Rainbow" Cursor and stays like that for a while. i have choosen all 3 options in different cases and the window keeps on poppin up, im wondering if this had anyteen to do with the display!? .. what i dont understand is if both displays only show the Background Image and nothing else, why does this window keep on poppin up?
Any feedback or input will be greatly appreciated!!
-L23
im in need of your advice & suggestions.
(**im tryin to be as specific as possible in explaining my issue so PLEASE bare with me)
Im currently working with a Macbook that has a broken screen, to "fix" the issue n bee able to still use my MB, i bought a VGA adapter and hooked it to a DVI to HDMI adapter to my HDTV. It has worked perfectly for 2+ years now, it never gave me a problem till this past Monday (4/16).
I had hooked up a external keyboard and mouse (logitech - PC format) to use instead of the uncomfortable notebook keyboard n mouse mat since i use the Mac to do Graphic design, with this keyboard i can press F9 and all my windows gather in my desktop and i can choose from there which one to use (idk what this shortcut is called), however, on monday i was typing with the MB keyboard when i accidentally pressed the F7 key by mistake thinking it was the F9 key on my Logitech Keyboard and my external display screen turned blue. In the past i had accidentally pressed F7 and the displays would change, i would press it back and the display will returned back to normal, however, not this time. I restarted the MB, check the connections, yet the screen kept turning blue everytime i restarted or shutdown the computer. i unplug the HDMI connection from the MB and turned the notebook on, once it was turned on i could ONLY see the background image, i plugged in the HDMI connection and to my suprise the screen on the MB turned black and the external display turned blue. KEEP IN MIND that the screen on my MB doesnt work because the LCD lights wont turn on but i can still see my desktop if i bend the screen at an angle in which "Light" hits it. I decided to fix the issue directly from my MB using the system preferences > display > mirror effect as i had done so when i originally connected the MB to my HDTV but as im bending the monitor screen on the MB in order to see the desktop, i notice that the internal screen only shows the desktop background, no icons, no right click, no folders, files\, etc.. therefore, i could not open the System Preferences Window nor do anyteen to fix it.
i searched the forum and found similar cases, however, others could actually open their System Preferences and fix the problem from there, i cant. i tried also the commands: Cmmd+Brightness, Cmmd+Shift+ F1, etc and nothing has worked
BUT WAT KEPT POPPIN UP was a window that read "The application Spotlight quit unexpectedly"> Mac OS X and other applciations are not affected and it gives me 3 options: Ignore, Report, Relaunch. when i move the cursor over to the window, as soon as it enters the window (with out pressing or choosing any option) the cursor turns into the "Rainbow" Cursor and stays like that for a while. i have choosen all 3 options in different cases and the window keeps on poppin up, im wondering if this had anyteen to do with the display!? .. what i dont understand is if both displays only show the Background Image and nothing else, why does this window keep on poppin up?
Any feedback or input will be greatly appreciated!!
-L23