Trying to fix a Macbook Pro 15" mid 2010.
Unfortunately the display as graphical issues and is just alternating black and white vertical bands at all times. The system has had its hard drive removed by previous owner who was using it with an external monitor.
I would like to do the same (or even fix the LCD at some point) unfortunately, I cant find a way to send the video signal to my external monitor at boot so I can install macOS from a boot drive onto the new SSD I have.
Tried so far....
1. Command F1 when 1st booting... no output
2. Plugged in external monitor and USB keyboard, powered on and closed the lid then tapped the USB keyboard... no output
3. disconnected the video ribon cable inside the machine hoping it would recognize no display and automatically send it to the external port... no display.
Not sure what to do next to get the signal out the machine when first turning on.
I have a Macbook Pro retina Late 2013 - if I install Macos (Sierra) to an external hard drive of that machine and transfer the drive into the 2010 - would that work or will I just get lots of Kernel Panics?
Any thoughts and Ideas welcome.
Unfortunately the display as graphical issues and is just alternating black and white vertical bands at all times. The system has had its hard drive removed by previous owner who was using it with an external monitor.
I would like to do the same (or even fix the LCD at some point) unfortunately, I cant find a way to send the video signal to my external monitor at boot so I can install macOS from a boot drive onto the new SSD I have.
Tried so far....
1. Command F1 when 1st booting... no output
2. Plugged in external monitor and USB keyboard, powered on and closed the lid then tapped the USB keyboard... no output
3. disconnected the video ribon cable inside the machine hoping it would recognize no display and automatically send it to the external port... no display.
Not sure what to do next to get the signal out the machine when first turning on.
I have a Macbook Pro retina Late 2013 - if I install Macos (Sierra) to an external hard drive of that machine and transfer the drive into the 2010 - would that work or will I just get lots of Kernel Panics?
Any thoughts and Ideas welcome.