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
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core, 32-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor
$314.99
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D Gaming Processor - 12 Core And 24 Threads - 5.60 GHz Max Boo
$349.00
AMD Ryzen 5 7600 Processor (5.1 GHz, 6 Cores, Socket AM5) Boxed -...
$150.00
Intel - Core i5-13600K 13th Gen 14 cores 6 P-cores + 8 E-cores 24M Cache, 3.5...
$274.99
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 SR2N7 14 Core 2.4 GHz Server Processor
$15.45
Intel - Core i5-14600K 14th Gen 14-Core 20-Thread - 4.0GHz (5.3GHz Turbo) Soc...
$306.99
AMD - Ryzen 5 5500 3.6 GHz Six-Core AM4 Processor
$69.99
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Desktop Processor (4.6GHz, 6 Cores, Socket AM4) NEW OEM Tray
$119.98
Intel Core i5-13600K - 13th Gen Raptor Lake 14-Core (6P+8E) 3.5GHz LGA CPU
$259.99
BOXED INTEL CORE I5-12400 PROCESSOR (18M CACHE, UP TO 4.40 GHZ) - BX8071512400
$144.75