External screen to LVDS connector
Hi everyone,
I’ve got a Macbook Air with a broken screen that I’m trying to salvage. I want to turn it into a desktop computer using an external screen, keyboard and mouse. I know for a fact only the screen is broken, as the rest of the laptop and left half of the screen was working fine before I wiped and restored the OS. Now however I see only a black screen when I turn it on and it won’t connect to an external display.
The only option I can think of is to somehow connect an external monitor to the built-in LVDS connector. Does anyone know of an adapter I can use? Replacing the screen is not economically viable for a computer this old.
Update (01/03/2022)
A quick update. I rebooted using Option+Command+P+R and finally got a mouse pointer! The computer was in internet recovery mode and searching for a Wifi network that doesn’t reach here. The middle of the screen is broken so previously I wasn’t seeing the spinning globe. I managed to choose the correct network and entered the password, after which it finally started booting and I got the recovery screen. The external monitor then started working and I’m reinstalling the OS right now.
Cette question est-elle utile ?
Thats a good sign! Just need to replace the display then.
par Dan