So I am considering the purchase of a banged up macbook as a fixer-upper. It has a broken monitor and there currently is not an operating system installed. I need to test it to make sure that it can boot up before handing over any money for it. My plan was to use the Knoppix live boot cd and a mini-dvi to rca adapter that connects to a small portable television. I have a macbook of my own so I am using that to test if my approach will work. Upon boot up Knoppix starts up just fine and the dvi adapter is auto-detected so it is getting a signal. But my little television displays three rows, each containing scrambled copies of the proper screen, without color, that slide almost like a vhs tape that is tracking incorrectly. Occasionally a "No Signal" message appears and then a second later it flashes back to the sliding rows. I am assuming that there is some setting I must change in the "Monitior Settings" to get the proper appearance. But I have no idea what that setting might be. Any thoughts / suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.
Matt
1U BareMetal pfsense opnsense Router Firewall DNS Server 6x 10GB Ethernet Ports
$149.00
Globalscale Technologies DreamPlug AppNeta M22 Linux Server Dual GB Ethernet
$24.99
6x Powered By Linux Computer Sticker Decals Desktop Laptop Server Badge Decal
$2.99
Custom Server 15" Depth X11SSH-F E3-1270 V6 3.8Ghz 4 Core - 128GB NVME 32GB RAM
$399.00
Linux 23 in 1 Bootable Windows Alternative Collection Live Distro Mint Ubuntu OS
$18.95
Globalscale Technologies DreamPlug AppNeta M22 Linux Server Dual GB Ethernet
$21.99
Many Linux or BSD Versions on Live Boot 16GB Key USB Disk Stick You Choose One
$12.95
6x Ubuntu Linux Computer Sticker Decals Desktop Laptop Server Badge Decal Vinyl
$2.99
VPS Windows / Linux Server - 12GB RAM, 4 Core, 1 TB HD, Unltd. bandwidth 1 Year
$277.58
IBM System X 3250 M5 Single Xeon Quad Core E3-1220 v3 @3.1GHz,8GB RAM,Linux SUSE
$159.00