Water damaged screen windows install

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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

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Answer 1

Loner T

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Mar 22, 2015 7:56 PM in response to Justis Kaiser

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.

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Answer 2

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Mar 22, 2015 5:22 PM in response to Justis Kaiser

Connect and external wired Keyboard and Mouse to your Mac. In OS X close the lid - How to use your Mac notebook computer in closed-clamshell (display closed) mode with an external display - Apple Suppor… and use the external Keyboard/Mouse/TV and bring up OS X display on TV. Now run BCA and install Windows. You can still connect a USB flash for BCA purposes.

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Mar 24, 2015 3:22 PM in response to Justis Kaiser

The 15-in models are dual-GPU Macs, while 13-in models are single GPU models. From MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012) - Technical Specifications, you have the Intel HD4K. This was just to check how BCA would behave with a dual-GPU Mac. It is supposed to hide the integrated GPU. Do you have a miniDP-to-VGA adapter, just in case it is needed?

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Mar 24, 2015 7:50 PM in response to Justis Kaiser

This may help you navigate the installer better - https://help.apple.com/bootcamp/mac/5.0/help/#/bcmp173b3bf2.

Can you try this, start the BCA Process, once it reboots and the first screen of the installer is expected, unplug the DP-to-HDMI connector and plug it back in after a few seconds and see if it makes any difference.

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Mar 22, 2015 6:21 PM in response to Justis Kaiser

Plug in the BC USB, after the lid is closed and the TV has your screen. Run BCA and look at the last option.

If it says Remove Windows, remove the Partition, and choose all three options and continue.

If it says Install or Remove, then choose it and install Windows.

The TV must support Standard VGA.

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Answer 6

Mar 22, 2015 7:41 PM in response to Loner T

I See. Does it have to be vga? I have it through hdmi considering this mac can't natively be hooked up to VGA. My one other questions is this, I can through a intricate process that doesn't make much sense get the menu that appears when you start the mac and hold option to appear on my screen. When i do do this the hard drive labeled boot camp doesn't even appear as an option to boot up with. Any ideas on why?

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Answer 7

Mar 23, 2015 8:47 PM in response to Loner T

hey i have another question. So if i uninstall my partition to try again while the laptop is closed, as soon as it restarts my screen flashes gray (which is better than usual) but then it goes to no connection detected. Any clues?

alsoe, with the last reply, it does give me the 4 items on the list and i can get it to work when my computer is closed. The problem is that after i partition it and it restarts i get no video aside from that gray screen.

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Answer 8

Mar 24, 2015 6:58 PM in response to Justis Kaiser

yes, i meant vga though. http://www.amazon.com/Mini-Displayport-Adapter-Apple-Macbook/dp/B00N8QQRGO/ref=s r_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1427248643&sr=8-6&keywords=lightning+adapter+vga . Something like this.

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Answer 9

Mar 24, 2015 7:27 PM in response to Justis Kaiser

Ok i have next to everything figured out. After partitioning it restarts and i know for a fact it takes me to the windows install/set up screen. I just need a way to get it to send that screen to my tv and i would be good.

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Answer 10

Mar 22, 2015 5:29 PM in response to Loner T

ok so right after i partition it, it restarts. And i already ran bca in order to partition it and add it to a USB in the first place. Do I restart my mac then run bca again?

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