Help ! External monitor Mac OS X (10.6.8)

[MyUsername]

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

[tekki]

Try hooking it up from VGA or HDMI to Mini Displayport.

[tekki]

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)

[JesC]

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.

[MyUsername]

Try hooking it up from VGA or HDMI to Mini Displayport.

I don't quite follow, how do I do this ?
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 ?

[MyUsername]

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.

The MPB doesn't recognize the screen so I'm not able to select any option regarding the screen such as "mirror" for example.

This is what I see:




Set language settings to English especially for you guys

[jamthrax]

i would +1 on hooking it up via the vga cable... mine works straight away with no set up

[MyUsername]

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.


But I don't have much options and I'm currently looking for a DVI to HDMI adaptor and follow tekki's advice.

[JesC]

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.

[MyUsername]

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.

It worked fine with a windows pc a week ago