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<blockquote data-quote="needyallshelp" data-source="post: 1392529" data-attributes="member: 247455"><p>Ok...so a week or so ago i spilt water on my Macbook (original, i know). Now my computer screen has no backlight and the keyboard on my macbook doesnt work. </p><p></p><p>SO: What i need to do is run the Apple Hardware Test. I am running a copy of Lion that i bought from the App store, which means that i need to boot to the Recovery HD. The problem is that I can't access Startup Manager.</p><p></p><p>I've tried:</p><p>1. holding option when i start up (which idt would work considering the keyboard is effed up)</p><p>2. holding command + R (ditto above)</p><p>3. using an external keyboard and holding down option while starting up</p><p>4. using an external keyboard and holding down command + and starting up</p><p></p><p>I can see my bootcamp partition in the startup disk preferences pane and in the finder...so i know it exists. I even re-installed Lion just to make sure i still had a Recovery HD. </p><p></p><p>So what the heck am i supposed to do to get to the startup manager so i can run a hardware test???? Ive searched far and wide for another way to get there but im not sure if it exists...if so then idk if there's any other way to run a hardware test to see exactly whats broke on my machine. I know its a couple things, but its 650 to send it in for repairs and id rather see if it might be a less expensive repair than that.</p><p></p><p>So what do yall think? </p><p>Is my computer bypassing the startup manager for some reason? </p><p>My external keyboard is apple-made, but its kinda old and maybe its not connecting to my mac in time?</p><p>If anyone knows a solution it's someone in these forums.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="needyallshelp, post: 1392529, member: 247455"] Ok...so a week or so ago i spilt water on my Macbook (original, i know). Now my computer screen has no backlight and the keyboard on my macbook doesnt work. SO: What i need to do is run the Apple Hardware Test. I am running a copy of Lion that i bought from the App store, which means that i need to boot to the Recovery HD. The problem is that I can't access Startup Manager. I've tried: 1. holding option when i start up (which idt would work considering the keyboard is effed up) 2. holding command + R (ditto above) 3. using an external keyboard and holding down option while starting up 4. using an external keyboard and holding down command + and starting up I can see my bootcamp partition in the startup disk preferences pane and in the finder...so i know it exists. I even re-installed Lion just to make sure i still had a Recovery HD. So what the heck am i supposed to do to get to the startup manager so i can run a hardware test???? Ive searched far and wide for another way to get there but im not sure if it exists...if so then idk if there's any other way to run a hardware test to see exactly whats broke on my machine. I know its a couple things, but its 650 to send it in for repairs and id rather see if it might be a less expensive repair than that. So what do yall think? Is my computer bypassing the startup manager for some reason? My external keyboard is apple-made, but its kinda old and maybe its not connecting to my mac in time? If anyone knows a solution it's someone in these forums. [/QUOTE]
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