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<blockquote data-quote="Slydude" data-source="post: 1528044" data-attributes="member: 131855"><p>Others will chime in with ideas I'm sure but here's my take on the matter. It seems like at the very least the screen is starting to give up the ghost. In order to get you data off the machine before things go completely awry the easiest way is probably to connect an external monitor. </p><p></p><p>If I'm right that model supports video miroring where the screen appears on an external monitor. You would need a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002PXV0S6/?tag=macforums0e4-20" target="_blank">Mini VGA to VGA adapter</a> and a VGA monitor. When you connect everything and boot the machine your desktop should appear on the external screen allowing you to see things and copy your data. If the graphics chip isn't failing it could run like that indefinitely. </p><p></p><p>The alternative is to remove the hard drive but that is something I'll leave to others to discuss.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Slydude, post: 1528044, member: 131855"] Others will chime in with ideas I'm sure but here's my take on the matter. It seems like at the very least the screen is starting to give up the ghost. In order to get you data off the machine before things go completely awry the easiest way is probably to connect an external monitor. If I'm right that model supports video miroring where the screen appears on an external monitor. You would need a [URL="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002PXV0S6/?tag=macforums0e4-20"]Mini VGA to VGA adapter[/URL] and a VGA monitor. When you connect everything and boot the machine your desktop should appear on the external screen allowing you to see things and copy your data. If the graphics chip isn't failing it could run like that indefinitely. The alternative is to remove the hard drive but that is something I'll leave to others to discuss. [/QUOTE]
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