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    Cracked screen, boot from USB, external monitor not recognized...

    So, here's the situation: I have an early 2009 17" Macbook Pro. The screen has sadly been broken for some time, so the laptop stays at home with an external monitor constantly plugged in and I use it only in clamshell mode. I wanted to do a clean install of the OS, so I backed everything up...