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AshleySueMas: /* Booting with an external display */

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Booting with an external display

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Troubleshooting Guide

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Troubleshooting Guide

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MacBuild Laptop Eval

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← Older revision		Revision as of 00:17, 6 November 2013
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	You should see the Startup Manager display on the external monitor if this works. If it doesn't work, try hitting the Detect Displays button (usually Command - F2, but it may differ for particular models). If it still doesn't work, it's a good indicator that something is very wrong, making this laptop NO GOOD.		You should see the Startup Manager display on the external monitor if this works. If it doesn't work, try hitting the Detect Displays button (usually Command - F2, but it may differ for particular models). If it still doesn't work, it's a good indicator that something is very wrong, making this laptop NO GOOD.

−	[[Category:Macintosh]]	+	[[Category:Macintosh Archive]]

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    power [label="Does it power on?"]
    display [label="Does the display work?"]
    troubleshoot [label="Refer to the Troubleshooting Guide.\n  Were you able to resolve the issue?"]
    resolved [label="Return to the step that led\n you to the troubleshooting process" shape=box]
    nogood [label="This is a NO GOOD laptop.\n Attach a PARTS label and\n check the NO GOOD checkbox." shape=box]
    harvest [label="Place on the Harvest pile" shape=box style=bold]
    start -> laptop
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    troubleshoot -> nogood [label="No"]
    nogood -> harvest
-   display -> reset [label="Yes"]
+   display -> build [label="Yes"]
    display -> troubleshoot [label="No"]
+}

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 If the problem is likely to be caused by the LCD panel as opposed to the logic board, there is hope for the laptop.
-===Booting from an external display===
+===Booting with an external display===
-There are a few ways to boot from an external display.  This is the process:
+There are a few ways to boot with an external display.  This is the process:
 # Turn the laptop off
 # Connect the external display

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	If the problem is likely to be caused by the LCD panel as opposed to the logic board, there is hope for the laptop.		If the problem is likely to be caused by the LCD panel as opposed to the logic board, there is hope for the laptop.
		+
		+	===Booting from an external display===
		+	There are a few ways to boot from an external display. This is the process:
		+	# Turn the laptop off
		+	# Connect the external display
		+	# Turn the laptop on while holding the Option key
		+
		+	You should see the Startup Manager display on the external monitor if this works. If it doesn't work, try hitting the Detect Displays button (usually Command - F2, but it may differ for particular models). If it still doesn't work, it's a good indicator that something is very wrong, making this laptop NO GOOD.

	[[Category:Macintosh]]		[[Category:Macintosh]]

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    troubleshoot [label="Refer to the Troubleshooting Guide.\n  Were you able to resolve the issue?"]
    resolved [label="Return to the step that led\n you to the troubleshooting process" shape=box]
-   nogood [label="This is a NO GOOD laptop.\n Attach a PARTS label and\n check the DEAD checkbox." shape=box]
+   nogood [label="This is a NO GOOD laptop.\n Attach a PARTS label and\n check the NO GOOD checkbox." shape=box]
    harvest [label="Place on the Harvest pile" shape=box style=bold]

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 ===Laptop turns on, but the display does not work===
-There are several failure modes laptop displays will fail with, and they are all useful to some degree for diagnosing problems:  Among the more common failure modes are:
+There are several failure modes laptop displays will fail with, and they are all useful to some degree for diagnosing problems. Among the more common failure modes are, as taken from [http://home.comcast.net/~macdan/tibook_display.html here]:
 [[Category:Macintosh]]

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    badopt [label="Write 'Bad Optical Drive'\n on the Keeper label" shape=box]
    keeperon [label="Attach the completed\n Keeper label to laptop" shape=box]
-   troubleshoot [label="Refer to the Troubleshooting guide.\n  Were you able to resolve the issue?"]
+   troubleshoot [label="Refer to the Troubleshooting Guide.\n  Were you able to resolve the issue?"]
    resolved [label="Return to the step that led\n you to the troubleshooting process" shape=box]
    dead [label="This is a DEAD laptop.\n Attach a PARTS label and\n check the DEAD checkbox." shape=box]
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+}
 </graphviz>
 [[Category:Macintosh]]

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    ask [label="Ask where it goes" shape=box style=bold]
    minspec [label="Does it meet MINIMUM PROCESSOR\n SPEC for building in MacBuild?"]
-   hd [label="Attach a PARTS label and\n check the HD checkbox"]
+   hd [label="Attach a PARTS label and\n check the HD checkbox" shape=box]
    ramps [label="Does it have RAM\n and a power supply?"]
    add [label="Add RAM and/or\n power supply" shape=box]
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    minspec -> ramps [label="Yes"]
    minspec -> hd [label="No"]
    ramps -> add [label="No"]
    ramps -> power [label="Yes"]
@@ Line 50: / Line 51: @@
    optical -> badopt [label="No"]
    badopt -> keeperon
+}
 </graphviz>