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So I mooched off an old external monitor off a family member yesterday and now I just hooked it up to my MBP early 2011 running Mac OS X (10.6.8) using a Mini Displayport to DVI adaptor.
It's supposed to instantly recognize the new hardware but all the external monitor says is no signal.
I also tried searching for new displays in the preferences menu.
Can anybody help me out ?
Thanks
Try hooking it up from VGA or HDMI to Mini Displayport.
I had the same trouble with my MBP and a DVI connector. Hooked the same thing up via VGA and presto.<br>(Still need to try HDMI though)
goto system setup>display> and it an option to extend or mirror the screen. I was messing with it 2 days ago, using my iPad as my MBP screen for a project im working on.
I don't quite follow, how do I do this ?Quote:
Originally Posted by tekki
The cable of the display is DVI to DVI.
Are you suggesting this:
DVI to DVI => DVI to HDMI => HDMI to Mini Displayport
Is this what you mean ?
The MPB doesn't recognize the screen so I'm not able to select any option regarding the screen such as "mirror" for example.Quote:
Originally Posted by DJ JesC
This is what I see:
http://i.imgur.com/oGZwm.png
Set language settings to English especially for you guys :)
i would +1 on hooking it up via the vga cable... mine works straight away with no set up
How could there be a big difference between these two, they 're nearly identical.Quote:
Originally Posted by jamthrax
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...DVI_to_VGA.jpg
But I don't have much options and I'm currently looking for a DVI to HDMI adaptor and follow tekki's advice.
one more thing, is the monitor set to have the DVI on? i remember that being a problem with one of my VGA/DVI monitors.
I am not sure what you mean by that.Quote:
Originally Posted by DJ JesC
It worked fine with a windows pc a week ago