New to MacBook Pro

[daviddan1]

I have owned or used several iPhones and a few iPads but I have never had a MacBook. I was able to get a MacBook Pro from a friend for $100 was told that it worked. He didn’t have a power cord to it and battery was dead so I didn’t get to check it out until I got the mag plug charger for it turn it on and at first I didn’t get anything from it but after some research I finally got it to come on as described . But I’m still not getting anything on my display. I hit power and it seems to be coming on since the sleep lite comes on stays solid help me please

 

[maerz001]

Get your $100 back

 

[matram]

If you have access to a monitor you could try to plug that in and see if the computer works but the display is broken. I have used laptops as servers, i.e. headless, so if that is of interest you may get something out of your 100 dollars.

 

[maerz001]

daviddan1:
„Why did you say get my $00 back? I can tell that it’s turning on and I have done some research on the display problem and it seems to be a recurring issue with that model. It’s a model A1226. Any idea as to what I should look for or at? I’m getting a DVI cable and plug it into my tv just to see if I get some kind of picture.

So if you’re still hardware is it the navidia chip that I have been reading about? If so shouldn’t Apple have to replace it?“


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Your MB warranty is long gone. 10 years ago! Why do you think Apple should do this?

 

[daviddan1]

Get your $100 back

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If you have access to a monitor you could try to plug that in and see if the computer works but the display is broken. I have used laptops as servers, i.e. headless, so if that is of interest you may get something out of your 100 dollars.

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Funny how great minds think alike lol. I was planning on doing something like that only I was going to hook it up to my tv. I know that it’s turning on because I can hear it starting up. Not much different than a windows laptop. But the screen doesn’t revel a thing as to just what it is trying to do. It’ll even go into sleep mode after a few minutes of inactivity. So I am going to get a DVI to HDMI cable and see what happens. I do appreciate you taking the time to read and suggest because I not nearly as familiar with Apple as I am with Microsoft