Q: Water damaged screen windows install
Ok, so here's the deal. I have a water damaged mid 2012 mac book pro. It's water damaged to the point where it works but it's screen is complety black but I have it hooked up to a tv so it works when on os x. Now heres the problem, I want to install windoes with bootcamp and I have it partitione and a USB with the files but when I shut off my mac it doesn't connect to my tv until I reach the os x screen. So, I can't see all the things I need to press to install windows. Any help would be great
MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)
Posted on Mar 22, 2015 5:10 PM
The physical connection can be via HDMI, but the TV should support VGA resolution.
Windows is not installed yet, so you will only have a FAT partition which will become NTFS when Windows is fully installed. If you verify this, in OS X Terminal you can run the following command.
sudo fdisk /dev/disk0
This prints the current MBR which should have 4 entries, with valid values. If it is a single entry you have additional issues.
If an external wired keyboard/mouse are hooked up, the Option key on the internal keyboard has the same function on the external keyboard (if it is an Apple wired keyboard). On a non-Apple keyboard (for example a MS keyboard), the Windows key should work. Alt/Option should also function. You should not need any contorted/intricate routine to get it to work.
As a test, hook up the external wired KM (Keyboard Mouse), close the clamshell/lid. Wait for 15 seconds or more, and then use the Keyboard or Mouse to wake up the Mac, and ensure that you can see the display properly, and the KM function as normal.
Posted on Mar 22, 2015 7:56 PM