Hi Scott and Ann,
Yes, I am of the mind, as much as I was hoping against hope that it
wouldn't be the case, that it is a hardware problem.
In answer to Scott's questions, this is an out of the box refurbished
Mac Book I bought from Apple. Basically, I fired it up and used
VoiceOver to set it up happily believing all was fine and enjoying the
speed and power of the machine. Then, a few days later, my brother
pointed out that there was no screen at all. This surprised the heck
out of me, as I had been using it just dine. Thus, I've been doing
research on keyboard commands and all kinds of obscure possible
solutions. I am, however, as I said, at the point of believing it is
a component failure. I'll get it to the local Apple store as soon as
the weather improves around here.
Take Care
John D. Panarese
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On Feb 14, 2007, at 5:05 AM, Scott Howell wrote:
John, well I'd have to agree with Ann on this one. I am curious
however, have you ever connected an external monitor to the laptop?
I can't imagine how this would affect things, but perhaps if you had
left the video adapter in, that might cause a problem. If its under
warranty, I'd probably just take it to an Apple store if possible
and let them take a swing at it. I have to admit, it really does
sound like a hardware problem. I'd think that if you got at least
some screen output during even part of the boot process, it would be
an os option perhaps. I don't believe there's a means to disable the
screen from the open firmware, but even then you'd still get some
output or no one could use it.
Have you any devices connected? I'm sure something you've already
checked, but just tossing ideas out there. I'd remove all devices
connected and see what if any results you get if you haven't done
this. Do you have any pcmcia cards in the machine? Have you tried an
external monitor?
best of luck,
Scott
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