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clarkdv

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Mar 7, 2012
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Murfreesboro, TN
I have a 2008 white MacBook that had the LCD removed, but the MacBook still works. I've been using it with an external display connected but now I want to use it headless, with NO display connected, and connect to it via Screen Sharing.

It's running Lion, the latest that the C2D MacBook will support.

When I have the external display connected I can connect to the MacBook easily via Screen Sharing, but when I boot it with NO display connected, I can not connect via Screen Sharing. It gives me the login, after a looooog wait, but then never connects.

I've tried a Mini-DVI to VGA adapter with a resistor in it as per many online tutorials of how to create a dummy video adapter, but that doesn't work either.

I know that I can install a dead LCD and video cable and it will probably work but I don't want to have to do that, and shouldn't have to!

Any ideas?

Thanks!
 
I used a G4 Powerbook like this for a long time, it was literally a "pile of parts" hiding behind the monitor it was connected to. It was the awesomest computer I ever had.

Good luck with it.
 
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