Black screen on startup?
Since last night I've been getting a black screen whenever I start up my MBP. It started when I was using my laptop normally and out of nowhere (as far as I could tell) the screen went black, and restarting didn't solve it. The only way I've found to restore the display is to close the laptop for about a minute and re-open it.
Resetting my SMC and PRAM hasn't helped. I can't connect to an external display with HDMI (both when the screen is black and when it's normal), nothing is detected. The computer is clearly on when the screen is black - the keyboard light is on, and if I press certain keys I can hear sounds. By pressing the play/pause button (F8) I was even able to get iTunes to play a random song 🙂
Any thoughts on how to fix this? There's clearly something wrong with the display - I'd like to not have to get the black screen on startup, and also be able to connect to an external display again.
MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012), macOS Sierra (10.12.6)