I have a powerbook G4 with a broken screen that I recently got from a friend. It works with an external monitor but when i put in the restore disk the laptop tries to use the laptop screen. how can i get it to output to the external monitor when i put the recovery disk in so i can reinstall OSX?
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Need help reinstalling OSX on a powerbook G4 with a broken screen.
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If you have a USB keyboard and mouse, I think you could force it into clamshell mode (power on then quickly shut the lid).
Even if it's open, it should be able to run in mirrored mode. There's a special key to toggle mirrored.
If you want to run closed, let it boot up open and you should be able to get it into mirrored mode. Then, close the lid. It will sleep. Use the external keyboard or mouse to wake the PB (leaving it closed).