No display, backlight and external display works
I’ve got a MacBook with some weird problems. When I just start it up only with the charger connected I hear the Chime, it starts to boot and when it gets to the end of it’s booting sequence the backlight turns on and that’s it. No image on the display.
When I connect an external monitor via HDMI and boot the laptop it Chimes, shows the Apple logo on the external display and get’s stuck on a black screen afterwards.
When I boot the laptop with the lid closed with an external monitor connected it boots fine and works, unitl I open the lid. Then it just get’s stuck and I can only move the cursor.
When I disconnect the LVDS cable of the internal display and boot with external monitor connected, it works totally fine and I can use the laptop normally.
This is all I’ve found out so far. The LVDS connector itself looks fine, but it could be faulty. It seems like it’s shorting out something when connected but I don’t know where to look. It is possible the MacBook had waterdamage, but there are no signs of any corrosion or something. The waterindicator on the battery control board is red though. Battery also isn’t detected on this macbook but I guess that’s another story.