Trouble installing snow leopard with external monitor

naehring2000 · Oct 21, 2011, 04:11 PM

Hi guys, I got myself into a bit of a pickle here, I have an iMac intel (late 2006) that I broke the display on a couple years ago. Recently I tried to resurrect using an external monitor until I could find a decent priced replacement display. I decided to upgrade the OS since I couldn't get any upgrades for my programs because I was still running Tiger, anyways I begin the install of Snow Leopard and my external monitor goes into second monitor mode with nothing displayed except the wallpaper and I can't eject the snow leopard cd or see whats going on, on my built in display. I also can't use my keyboard to access the display settings.

Please help!

naehring2000 · Oct 21, 2011, 06:05 PM

UPDATE: After forcing the install disc out at startup, the computer has a yellow tint to the display now.

kapproveb · Jan 23, 2012, 12:07 AM

Hello! I have basically the same exact issue as you accept that I haven't attempted the actual upgrade yet. I anticipated that I might end up in the same mess. Did you find a solution?

Oct 21, 2011, 04:11 PM	#1
naehring2000 macrumors newbie Join Date: Oct 2011	Trouble installing snow leopard with external monitor Hi guys, I got myself into a bit of a pickle here, I have an iMac intel (late 2006) that I broke the display on a couple years ago. Recently I tried to resurrect using an external monitor until I could find a decent priced replacement display. I decided to upgrade the OS since I couldn't get any upgrades for my programs because I was still running Tiger, anyways I begin the install of Snow Leopard and my external monitor goes into second monitor mode with nothing displayed except the wallpaper and I can't eject the snow leopard cd or see whats going on, on my built in display. I also can't use my keyboard to access the display settings. Please help!
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Jan 23, 2012, 12:07 AM	#3
kapproveb macrumors newbie Join Date: Jan 2012	second display and snow leopard upgrade. Hello! I have basically the same exact issue as you accept that I haven't attempted the actual upgrade yet. I anticipated that I might end up in the same mess. Did you find a solution?
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Oct 21, 2011, 06:05 PM	#2
naehring2000 Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Oct 2011	UPDATE: After forcing the install disc out at startup, the computer has a yellow tint to the display now.
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