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2008 Macbook booting to blackscreen

MagicMarker · 2015-09-24 12:21:05

I switched on my Macbook after it was left unused for a year, and all I got was a black screen. It sounded like the hard disk was spinning, there was something going on anyway. I removed the battery and tried again and it worked. But it has since stopped working again and removing the battery doesn't help anymore. Is it a…

24-09-2015 12:21PM

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MagicMarker

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I switched on my Macbook after it was left unused for a year, and all I got was a black screen. It sounded like the hard disk was spinning, there was something going on anyway.

I removed the battery and tried again and it worked. But it has since stopped working again and removing the battery doesn't help anymore.

Is it a gonner? Or is it possible to fix?

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#2 25-09-2015 11:10AM

ZENER

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Can you connect an external monitor to it ?

Ken

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