RoyalAllen44
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Q: Black Screen and Werid Colors

Hello everyone I am having a problem with my mac. My LCD was broken so I replaced it with a new exact screen resolution. So now when I start my MacBook pro , all I have is a black screen. Until I plug in a hdmi wire. Then it works but the colors are all weird.  Does anyone know how to fix this issue?

 

Below is my Mac book pro screen. I looked into the Unversail Access and color display. Neither fix the problem.

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Below is my small hdmi tv connected.

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MacBook Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11.1)

Posted on Dec 20, 2015 8:21 AM

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Q: Black Screen and Werid Colors

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  • by RoyalAllen44,

    RoyalAllen44 RoyalAllen44 Dec 25, 2015 11:42 PM in response to my ginger
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    Dec 25, 2015 11:42 PM in response to my ginger

    I did all that you said above. Reset help the Mac boot without External. Now Just this strange color scheme. I played around in Expert mode on calibration madethings a little better. I erase and reinstalled Mac and still had the color not being displayed  correct. It's only something in the Mac software that is causing it. Some type driver or something.

  • by my ginger,

    my ginger my ginger Dec 26, 2015 3:37 PM in response to RoyalAllen44
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    Dec 26, 2015 3:37 PM in response to RoyalAllen44

    Go to the windows side and see what resolution your running. Then go back in the mac side and see what it is there. See if you can duplicate it on the mac side. You might even want to check the colorsync on each side. If it was a software problem the reinstall should have resolved it. It may be an incompatibly  in the screen and the MBP.You may need to check back with the people you bought it from. Your external monitor may run at a different screen resolution than the MBP screen.

  • by my ginger,

    my ginger my ginger Dec 26, 2015 4:38 PM in response to RoyalAllen44
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    Dec 26, 2015 4:38 PM in response to RoyalAllen44

    What year is your MBP? If you have the option in energy saver to turn off graphics switching, you could try that and see if it helps.  https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202043

  • by RoyalAllen44,

    RoyalAllen44 RoyalAllen44 Dec 26, 2015 10:39 PM in response to my ginger
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    Dec 26, 2015 10:39 PM in response to my ginger

    I have a 2011 Mac Book Pro. I tried doing as suggested. With energy save but it didn't make a difference. Still the same display. I figure a reinstall would of fix it as well. But sadly no. I do notice when I play with color that it almost put's into normal color range. But when I took out the old display I remember checking all the numbers , Serials and Ids they where all the same as the old one. There is something that is just making it to bright. When it boots it normally colored for 2 seconds. Then it just increases and goes to the weird coloring. But then again no expert with Mac. But I have A1286 model.

  • by my ginger,

    my ginger my ginger Dec 27, 2015 10:29 AM in response to RoyalAllen44
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    Dec 27, 2015 10:29 AM in response to RoyalAllen44

    You said that on the windows side the screen worked perfectly. Did you go into there in control panel settings and check the resolution. Then see what the difference was.You may end up having to take it to an apple store as they have test equipment to check it with. Is the inverter board the same as what came with the MBP? And before the other screen went bad, were you getting anomalies  with it?

  • by RoyalAllen44,

    RoyalAllen44 RoyalAllen44 Dec 27, 2015 9:28 PM in response to my ginger
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    Dec 27, 2015 9:28 PM in response to my ginger

    Yeah I might to have to bring it in. Today my hard drive decided to quit on me. But I was able to use a external to boot from. But I think I might of found the problem to color issue finally. It's seems that since this the default screen it won't use the default color profile. After I booted and upgrade again. A pop up occurred and said wasn't able to download and use factory color display. Something like HMD or HD , not quite sure what it was. But thanks for all the help and support so far it has been helping a lot. The resolution is same everything is correct except the color profile like I mentioned. Not sure how to get it.

  • by my ginger,

    my ginger my ginger Dec 28, 2015 10:41 AM in response to RoyalAllen44
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    Dec 28, 2015 10:41 AM in response to RoyalAllen44

    You may have already tried this, but I'll send it along anyway.  http://www.computer-darkroom.com/colorsync-display/colorsync_1.htm When doing the calibration  in system preferences display,you should at times in that window see a representation of your screen. If that window shows a good resolution , but the screen itself does not, the the problem has to be the screen itself. My understanding is, that when installing the operating system, it reads the MBP for the needed software.

  • by RoyalAllen44,

    RoyalAllen44 RoyalAllen44 Dec 28, 2015 11:21 AM in response to my ginger
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    Dec 28, 2015 11:21 AM in response to my ginger

    Yes you probably right it just is probly the screen it's self. I have tried to calibrate screen couple times but never got any better. I agree that it must be the screen. I got a screen for A1286. Maybe I got the wrong one. Thanks for all the support. I appreciate your expertise.

  • by RoyalAllen44,

    RoyalAllen44 RoyalAllen44 Dec 28, 2015 11:29 AM in response to RoyalAllen44
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    Dec 28, 2015 11:29 AM in response to RoyalAllen44

    https://www.laptopscreen.com/English/model/Apple/macbook~pro~15~unibody~model~a1 286/?ghash=2375512065&gclid=CMKm5uzP-sgC…

    This what I had ordered. My MBP had A1286.

  • by my ginger,

    my ginger my ginger Dec 28, 2015 11:39 AM in response to RoyalAllen44
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    Dec 28, 2015 11:39 AM in response to RoyalAllen44

    You might want to get the serial number of your MBP and check that way as to what screen you should have. Do you know if the screen you need is the one for retina display and the one you now have is also? I do not know it your MBP has or has not the retina display. But if that was an option having the wrong type of display could be the problem.

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