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My wife's mid 2010 Macbook pro had a problem with screen just going blank while she was on it. She put it aside and I picked it up about a year later and am trying to resurrect it.
Replaced the battery and fired it up - it works, but the screen does go black shortly (a few minutes) after using it. Power still on, as the keys are still back-lit. One time, the was some sound (an ad) playing as the screen went blank, and it repeatedly skipped, sounding like a stuck CD, so I don't think that it is still functional when blank.
After online searches, I've reset the PRAM (opt/cmd/P/R) several times, which seemed to keep the screen up for a little longer period, but it still went black.
I did a "safe reset"(?) by restarting with shift/S. I thought that did it, because I had no problems for a couple of days, but alas the blank screen is back.
I've seen other resets/factory resets but don't want to erase or delete everything on there (I still don't know everything, because I haven't had the time to look all through everything before the screen goes blank.)
I did read of a glitch that some Macbook pros from that era have that may cause this. There was a possible fix that could be downloaded, but required a newer OS (this one's is 10.6.8). I couldn't download a new OS due to the screen blacking out.
Can someone help me? Any suggestions? Am about to safe restart again and see if that works. I realize it is an old computer, but I'd like to get it functional so that my daughter can use it for homework, etc. No need for gaming, lots of streaming/surfing, etc.
Many thanks
Replaced the battery and fired it up - it works, but the screen does go black shortly (a few minutes) after using it. Power still on, as the keys are still back-lit. One time, the was some sound (an ad) playing as the screen went blank, and it repeatedly skipped, sounding like a stuck CD, so I don't think that it is still functional when blank.
After online searches, I've reset the PRAM (opt/cmd/P/R) several times, which seemed to keep the screen up for a little longer period, but it still went black.
I did a "safe reset"(?) by restarting with shift/S. I thought that did it, because I had no problems for a couple of days, but alas the blank screen is back.
I've seen other resets/factory resets but don't want to erase or delete everything on there (I still don't know everything, because I haven't had the time to look all through everything before the screen goes blank.)
I did read of a glitch that some Macbook pros from that era have that may cause this. There was a possible fix that could be downloaded, but required a newer OS (this one's is 10.6.8). I couldn't download a new OS due to the screen blacking out.
Can someone help me? Any suggestions? Am about to safe restart again and see if that works. I realize it is an old computer, but I'd like to get it functional so that my daughter can use it for homework, etc. No need for gaming, lots of streaming/surfing, etc.
Many thanks
