- #LONELY SCREEN NOT WORKING ON 2009 MACBOOK INSTALL#
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- #LONELY SCREEN NOT WORKING ON 2009 MACBOOK WINDOWS 10#
- #LONELY SCREEN NOT WORKING ON 2009 MACBOOK PRO#
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Essentially, it turns on for a second, but powers down immediately. This is what's happening: I'll press the power button, and if I release immediately, it makes the same noise it does when you force shut down. I then held the power button down for a few seconds, and I heard the computer shut down, indicating that the computer had been on the whole time, just not responsive. I hit the power button, and nothing happened. I clicked, pressed the space bar, hit random keys on the keyboard - nothing. When I opened it this morning, I expected the computer to boot up as usual, but I was greeted only by a black screen. I didn't shut the computer down, I simply closed it and let it sit for the night. It was working perfectly fine last night.
#LONELY SCREEN NOT WORKING ON 2009 MACBOOK PRO#
WARNING: This deletes all data in all partitions.I have a 2009 MacBook Pro that won't turn on. That last bit adds some complications, so go forth only if you’re brave (and have a backup). Of course, you’ll need to cover those extra GPT partitions with a protective partition on the MBR side to keep them in alignment to avoid problem when altering partitions in the future from either side. Maybe you want need more partitions on your system than MBR’s paltry 4? Perhaps to enable macOS’s filevault or to enable Windows Bitlocker? Although your BIOS booted Windows will still only see 4 partitions overall, when you boot into GPT macOS it should see even more.
I did have to buy a $15 external USB DVD drive since my internal DVD drive was busted. I chose the simpler route of staying all MBR and just using DVDs.
#LONELY SCREEN NOT WORKING ON 2009 MACBOOK INSTALL#
and then install rEFInd into that EFI system partition.Older Macbooks cannot boot from a USB drive (!). So if you have two graphics cards then you MUST pick the legacy BIOS path.
#LONELY SCREEN NOT WORKING ON 2009 MACBOOK DRIVERS#
I think this is a bug in the nVidia drivers and 99.99% they won’t fix it.
#LONELY SCREEN NOT WORKING ON 2009 MACBOOK WINDOWS 10#
Windows 10 will endlessly reboot, entering automatic repair etc. In UEFI mode, they are BOTH enabled and this will kill your Windows installation when you eventually install the graphics drivers. First is the integrated Intel graphics and then you also have a discrete nVidia graphics card. If you purchased your Macbook Pro with the graphics card upgrade, you actually have TWO graphics cards inside. From there, your Mac can proceed into either native UEFI or switch to legacy BIOS (actually it’s UEFI simulating a BIOS via the EFI-CSM module). When you power on your Mac, it first runs the UEFI firmware. Some additional notes if you want to deviate from the above or want to learn more UEFI or Legacy BIOS – avoid endless reboots Their presence kills Windows System Restore functionality.
#LONELY SCREEN NOT WORKING ON 2009 MACBOOK DOWNLOAD#
There are the steps I took to get Windows 10 on my spare mid-2009 15″ Macbook Pro.