The display of my MacBook Pro completely dies some two minutes after turning on the machine.
I get the , I get the progress bar and login screen. I log in. And either shortly after I'm in or during the start up process the screen goes black.
No backlight, not even the screen itself without the backlight is working, it just died completely.
However, this doesn't happen every time the machine is turned on. Some hours have to pass before this happens again. If I try it in the meantime it just doesn't turn on at all.
The Mac runs Big Sur, but I don't know which version exactly.
The machine itself doesn't die. Connecting an external monitor works. Its really just the display.
I thought it might be due to a loose connector inside the machine or something else with the boards that stops working correctly when the machine has warmed up due to the start up. But I'm not sure about that.
I did open it up and disconnected and reconnected everything that had anything to do with the display but to no avail.
I'm thinking about trying to reinstall the version of OS X it shipped with, it's a 2014 13-inch MBP btw, and then reinstall Monterey after a clean wipe and everything, but I don't know it that would actually work.
I really don't know what to do and would greatly appreciate any help or advise, thank you.
I get the , I get the progress bar and login screen. I log in. And either shortly after I'm in or during the start up process the screen goes black.
No backlight, not even the screen itself without the backlight is working, it just died completely.
However, this doesn't happen every time the machine is turned on. Some hours have to pass before this happens again. If I try it in the meantime it just doesn't turn on at all.
The Mac runs Big Sur, but I don't know which version exactly.
The machine itself doesn't die. Connecting an external monitor works. Its really just the display.
I thought it might be due to a loose connector inside the machine or something else with the boards that stops working correctly when the machine has warmed up due to the start up. But I'm not sure about that.
I did open it up and disconnected and reconnected everything that had anything to do with the display but to no avail.
I'm thinking about trying to reinstall the version of OS X it shipped with, it's a 2014 13-inch MBP btw, and then reinstall Monterey after a clean wipe and everything, but I don't know it that would actually work.
I really don't know what to do and would greatly appreciate any help or advise, thank you.
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