Mini DisplayPort to DVI Adapter does not recognize SGI-Saver on DVI (LCD)

I bought a Mini DisplayPort to DVI Adapter for my new unibody 17" MacBookPro.
No dice! The lcd is not recognized, is not seen in the displays control panel, and LCD remains dark. This LCD works fine on the previous generation MacBook Pro when plugging into the DVI connector on that computer.
The Apple adapter seems not to recognize the DVI lcd panel. What's the fix? A firmware update perhaps?!?

The adapter works perfectly with a lower resolution Dell LCD panel. I'm hoping that Apple would have a firmware update to enable operation with the older generation LCD.

Similar Messages

  • The Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter does not detect my external monitor.

    Processor  2.5 GHz Intel Core i5
    Memory  12 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
    Graphics  AMD Radeon HD 6750M 512 MB
    Software  Mac OS X Lion 10.7.4
    I just purchased this dongle, and when I plug it into my thunderbolt port it doesnt do anything. It works for my MBP 2012 13'' which I just purchased today.
    iMac 2011 21.5''

    Hmmm, if once booting, you turn the Monitor OFF & back ON, does it see it?

  • Included Mini-DVI to DVI adapter does not support HDCP and iTunes HD movies

    Hi.
    Just downloaded Twilight in HD (to own) from the iTunes Store and had the annoying message about HDCP not being supported by my display, and that I could not play the movie in HD.
    My Mac Mini is plugged to a very HDCP-compliant Sony Bravia 40" LCD TV via Apple's mini-DVI to DVI adapter (included in the new Mac Mini's box) and a DVI to HDMI cable.
    (HDCP works well for this TV with a PS3, another Sony Blu-Ray player (the 2 are for zones A and B), an AppleTV)
    Since I have other recent Macs with a Mini DisplayPort, I happen to also have an Apple branded Mini DisplayPort to DVI adapter.
    So I replaced the (mini-DVI to DVI) adapter by the (Mini DisplayPort to DVI) adapter and plugged it on the Mini DisplayPort on the Mac Mini.
    I can now play the HD version on my Sony TV!!
    This really sounds like a joke!
    A joke that is going to make me go the shop and buy another (Mini DisplayPort to DVI) adapter, since I like to always have one, as well as the VGA adapter, with my MacBooks.
    Let's hope there will sonn be an iTunes, Leopard, or mini-DVI to DVI adapter firmware update very soon to fix this.

    I am actually very surprised that your miniDisplayPort to DVI transition works with HD content.
    I'd consider that a bonus and cherish it until Apple removes that functionality in a future update.
    It is probably a bug as it should not work.
    The thing to keep in mind is that DVI cables do not support the necessary DRM/encryption signals for HD video content.
    This is one of the main reason DisplayPort was introduced.
    So I am not surprised that miniDVI to DVI to HDCP does not play HD content on your TV.
    In fact this is +expected behavior+ due to the lack of DRM/encryption signals.
    No matter how you convert from miniDVI to DVI, the port cannot create something that it doesn't have in the first place.
    The more I am surprised that the miniDisplayPort to DVI to HDCP transition provides these signals. I would have expected them to be filtered out in the DVI cable in the middle as this cable cannot pass something on that DVI is not designed to carry (HD DRM/encryption signals).
    It could very well be a 'bug' in the miniDisplayPort to DVI cable controller, which Apple might 'fix' in a future driver update.
    It is likely a mistake that this works.
    What you really need is a miniDisplayPort to DisplayPort to HDCP conversion. Or directly a miniDisplayPort to HDCP cable. Those are the only routes that are guaranteed to work passing HD video DRM/encryption signals along.
    But as far as i know neither of these two cables are available yet.
    Which might be the reason why Apple - for the time being - allows your miniDisplayPort to DVI route to work. Emphasis on +for the time being+.
    I would not count on the fact that this will work forever.
    And I would certainly not count on a software update that will make the DVI route work. This will never work due to DVI's incapacity of providing DRM/encryption signals for HD content.

  • New Intel WIFI Wireless Network Adapter does not recognize Wireless Router

    I have had a Linksys BEFW11S4 Version 4 Wireless router for quite some time.  It works like a champ and I have one Laptop wired to it and a second using Wireless working just fine.  Recently, I received a new ThinkPad W500 Laptop with an Intel WIFI Link 5100 AGN wireless network adapter.  The older laptop that works just fine with the router uses a
    11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Express Adapter by Atheros.  However, the NEW laptop with the Intel Adapter fails to connect to the Router.  It will either indicate a failure while "Waiting for Association" or it will indicate a failure when waiting to "renew IP Address".  Sometimes, it will show a signal strength close to ZERO (Even as the older laptop with the other adapter is showing a signal strength close to 100%) When I called Linksys support, I was told that the facts that the Router (a) works find with the wired Laptop and (b) works fine with the 11a/b/g NEtwork Adapter and (c) works fine when WIRED to the new laptop all indicate that the problem is NOT with the router at all -- but with the Network Adapter.  Can anyone tell me what has to be adjusted in the Adapter settings?  Right now, I am using IBM Access Connections for BOTH of the wireless laptops.  I have made sure to set IDENTICAL values for SSID and WEP (128-bit) [static] password.  I have also ensured that all OTHER settings are the same for the two laptops.  Yet, in one laptop, there is NO PROBLEM while in the other, I can not get the Wireless Adapter to "see" the signal from the Router.  TO further check this, I have [temporarily] disabled the WEP password, enabled SSID broadcast, and disabled the MAC address restrictions that I put in (so that the system would be totally "open") yet the Intel Adapter STILL did not "find" anything.  In addition, when I use the "Find WIFI" feature in Access Connections, I find that SOMETIMES the network with SSID is found and sometimes, it will display "unknown network" and not pick up the SSID.
    This is all very frustrating.  If anyone has experience with the Intel WIFI Link 5100 AGN Adapter, I would appreciate any hints, tricks, ideas, etc.
    Think you!!!!
    --Zvi

    I installed the LATEST version of IBM Access Connections as well as verifying that I have teh LATEST drivers for the Intel Wireless NEtwork Adapter.
    What now happens is that I am able to authenticate to the Router.  However, I get a failure on "renewing IP Address" -- which [according to the diagnostic message] means that the Rotuer fails to provide me with an IP address to use.  Do you have any suggestions?

  • Mini Clubman iPod connectivity feature does not recognize iPhone iTunes?

    I recently purchased the new Mini Clubman and had the iPod connection installed. It works great with our iPods and Nano but doesn't recognize the music on the iPhone (the iPhone works great with the other Clubman features). I was told by the Mini dealer that the new iPhone software upgrade would remedy this; does anyone have any additional or contrary information? Thanks!

    I really don't think that the Mini salesman will know the contents of the next iPhone software update.

  • Mini DisplayPort to HDMI Adapter Cable not working on MacBook Pro

    only showed my background on my tv, didn't recognize actions though. I could see my desktop background but it didn't show what I was seeing on my laptop screen. Help? Do I need an adapter?

    It's working perfectly. What you have is an extended desktop.  If you move the mouse cursor off the edge of the MBP's screen you will see it appear on the TV.  Similarly you can drag windows from the MBP's screen to the TV.  At present the MBP's screen is the primary display and shows the menu bar and dock, and the TV is the secondary display.  To change this go into System Preferences -> Displays -> Arrangement.  You will see an image of two screens, a smaller one representing the MBP's display and a larger one representing the external display.  At the top of the smaller screen in the image is a bar, this represents the menu bar at the top of the screen.  Drag it from the smaller screen to the larger screen.  The external display will become the primary display and the menu bar and dock will appear there and any new windows or applications that you open subsequently will appear there too.

  • Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter won't work on thunderbolt port

    Hello
    I bought 2 new Macbook Pro 13' , 2.9 Ghz Intel Core i7, with 8 Go 1600Mhz DDR3,  Intel HD Graphics 4000 512 MB, Mac OS X Lion 10.7.4 (11E2617).
    I have connected a Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter in order to show presentations on different LCD projectors but  no image appear.
    The external monitor is detected but no image is shown. I have tried to change the frequencies: parts of the screen appears but no a correct image. I have the same symptoms with the 2 Macbook Pro. Using old Macbook Pro with the same Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter, the slides are showns normally.
    I make a test with a Mini DisplayPort to DVI Adapter and with a Mini DisplayPort to HDMI Adapter and everythings works correctly with both adapters.
    Does anybody has a solution?
    Thank in advance for your help
    Philippe

    By any chance were you using a VGA->DVI adapter when trying to use the Mini-DisplayPort->VGA adapter? As in Mini-DisplayPort->VGA->DVI?
    I had trouble with this. I found going straight to Mini-DisplayPort->VGA or Mini-DisplayPort->DVI worked perfectly but once I added a VGA->DVI or DVI->VGA adapter to the chain the screen would be detected by OS X but the monitor itself would give the "No signal detected" message. I tried all these combinations on the same monitor.
    Not sure if it helps your situation but I have noticed some similar issues.
    EDIT: Oh, and I have the new MacBook Pro 15inch with Retina all fully updated. I noticed that with my late-2009 White Macbook didn't have this issue with the cables and adapters.

  • Mini Displayport to HDMI Adapter - Sound?

    I have hooked up my mini by the Mini Displayport to HDMI adapter to my Philips FlatTV. Sound is only played by the internal mini speaker, not from TV.
    According Apple Support the sound should be working on the TV when using the adapter. They reckon my adapter is broken.
    I know that there is no sound from the Minidvi to HDMI adapter unless you use external audio cable, but with the Mini Displayport?
    Has anyone actually managed to make this work?
    Thanks!

    As already pointed out in this thread, Apple currently do not support routing audio out via the Mini Displayport connector even though the Displayport specifications allow for this. Therefore a 'standard' Mini Displayport to HDMI adapter will not be able to provide audio since the Mac will not be sending it.
    However many people have been disappointed with Apple's omission and as a result at least one manufacturer of adapters has developed a solution to workaround this.
    If you look at http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?cid=104&cp_id=10428&cs_id=1042802&pid=5311&seq=1&format=2 you will see the 'standard' style Mini Displayport to HDMI adapter which due to Apple, does not currently provide audio. If you however look at this model http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?cid=104&cp_id=10428&cs_id=1042802&pid=6331&seq=1&format=2 then it gets round the problem by connecting to both the Mini Displayport on a Mac and the Mac's Mini TOS-Link digital output and then 'merges' them together before sending them out via a single HDMI cable. This would therefore provide audio to your TV.

  • " help me please"  I have Windows 7 installed on my mac pro and Bought Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter to connect to lcd tv But it does not work? why? please help me

    " help me please"  I have Windows 7  32 bit installed on my mac pro and Bought Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter to connect to lcd tv But it does not work? why? please help me
    I have to boot with a Windows
    When I use the Mac operating system not have a problem  and DisplayPort to VGA Adapter Working properly
    why does not work with windows ?
    What should I do؟
    I'm grateful to give advice
    tanks
    [email protected]

    Someone in another section answered this. Thanks.

  • Mini DisplayPort to HDMI Adapter plays video but does not do Audio

    Ok I was told by someone at the Apple Store durring my one to one secession that I could get a mini to HDMI cable and the video and audio from my laptop would be displayed on the TV.
    This was the cable I was told to get http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0025V2VO0/ref=oxya_ohproduct
    Mini DisplayPort to HDMI Adapter (female) Cable for Apple Mac
    Now it displays the video on the TV but no audio.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini_DisplayPort
    Apparently it's the current range of MBP's that's the issue. In theory, the displayport standard supports audio.

  • Mini DisplayPort to VGA adapter not waking monitor

    Hi,
    I've had my Mac mini for about a month now (the 2010 model with 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo and 2GB of RAM). Initially I had it connected to a 32" TV via HDMI which worked perfectly. However I have now switched to a 24" Iiyama ProLite E2410HDSD which doesn't have a HDMI socket. I've bought a Mini DisplayPort to VGA adapter.
    Whenever I put the mini to sleep or switch it off, the display does not come back on. To get it to work, I have to unplug the adapter from the mini and plug it back in again. Is there any way to get it to work all of the time?
    Thanks,
    Thomas
    Edit : Just booted into Windows 7 using Boot Camp, and putting that to sleep and waking it works perfectly!
    Message was edited by: thomasw234

    I think I know what's wrong, but I don't know of a good way to fix it. The Iiyama is not constructed correctly. It appears that it's DDC channel goes down when it's sleeping, which it shouldn't do, unless it allows auxiliary power on the VGA cable to keep the channel active, which it also seems like it isn't doing.
    Does the Iiyama have a DVI input? That might work better with the correct adapter. Although if they messed up the architecture of the VGA port, they may have messed up DVI, too.
    null

  • Mini DisplayPort to VGA adapter not working under Vista (Boot Camp).

    Hi there,
    I'm facing a very serious issue with MacBook Pro Unibody running MS Vista under Boot Camp: using the Mini DisplayPort to VGA adapter to hook a projector is 95% impossible because the only resolution available is 640x480 or sometimes 800x600. No solution came from the adaptor firmware update, still same behavior: connecting the external projector/monitor toggles 640x480 resolution with no more choices available. Just 5% of attempts on selected projectors gave me access to the complete resolutions list.
    This is having a serious impact on my job where I do need both Mac&Windows running natively and with external display capabilities, please I'm looking for some feedback from users facing the same problem or someone who had an official answer on this issue from Apple. Do avoid posting about using modded display drivers please: I know they exist but the adaptor should be working with original ones.
    I can understand Apple does not support MS Vista issues but this seems to be a hardware/driver one.
    I'd like to point out I'm using a clean Vista installation with Apple drivers (from the Leopard DVD) and I've run Vista (same version, same gfx drivers etc) under Boot Camp on my previous MPB (with integrated DVI output+adapter) on hundreds of different projectors with never a single problem.
    Any feedback is really appreciated.
    L.

    I'm having the same problem. When I try to connect to the switch in our conference room (connecting both a flat panel display and/or a projector, both with much higher native resolutions), all I get is 640x480. This is a huge problem to using bootcamp, and I really need to get this to work. I was able to get a higher resolution 1280x800 on a separate, portable display, so I'm wondering if people have the problem with standalone projectors or only with projectors connected to some sort of switch, in my case an Extron MPX423A. I have also tried this in both Windows Vista (32-bit) and Windows 7 RC1 (32-bit), with the bootcamp drivers and the latest NVidia drivers, and the behavior is the same all around.

  • Does Mini DisplayPort to VGA adapter support DDC/CI?

    I have a Mac Pro and a MacBook5,1.
    Mac Pro is attached to a BenQ monitor which supports DDC/CI communication.
    With a capable software I'm able to set brightness and contrast of the monitor without using monitor's OSD (thanks to DDC/CI communication).
    If I attach the same monitor to my MacBook5,1 with VGA cable through a Mini DisplayPort to VGA adapter, DDC/CI stops working.
    I'm no more able to set brightness and contrast and the app reports that monitor isn't DDC/CI capable.
    I'm sure its not an issue related to the app that I'm using to set brightness and contrast. It detects correctly both of the monitor (the internal and the external one) and I'm sure that I'm sending DDC/CI commands to the external monitor and not to the internal one.
    So, does Mini DisplayPort to VGA adapter support DDC/CI, and therefore passthrough its signal?
    Or is it a problem of MacBook and its Mini DisplayPort which does not support DDC/CI at all? I don't think so.
    I hope you can help me.
    Regards
    Andrea

    No. Unlike DVI, which in the DVI-I configuration has both digital and analog pinouts, DisplayPort (and mini-DisplayPort) are purely digital. Mini-DP to DVI then DVI to VGA will not work. If you look carefully at the Apple Mini-DisplayPort to DVI adapter, you'll notice it's a DVI-D connector - digital pins only.
    The Apple mini-DisplayPort to VGA adapter contains a digital-to-analog converter.
    So, you'll have to choose. If you want VGA, get Apple's mini-DisplayPort to VGA adapter.

  • Thunderbolt display: devices not discovered after using Mini DisplayPort–to–VGA adapter

    I have an interested problem related to using my MacBook Air in clamshell (closed) mode, connected to a Thunderbolt display. The problem appears to be related to moving my MacBook air between my office and my home.
    At the office, I use the MacBook Air with an external VGA display, connected via the Mini DisplayPort–to–VGA adapter. At home, I use the MacBook Air together with a Thunderbolt display. An Apple USB keyboard is also connected to the display.
    Mini DisplayPort–to–VGA adapter implicated
    The following sequence of events causes the problem to occur:
    Use the MacBook air (open) together with a VGA display, connected via a Mini DisplayPort–to–VGA adapter (depicted at right);
    Put the MacBook Air to sleep by closing the lid, and disconnect the Mini DisplayPort–to–VGA adapter (I am not sure if the order of these two steps is significant—I usually perform them almost simultaneously when packing up my MacBook Air and getting ready to leave the office); and
    With the MacBook Air still closed, connect it to a Thunderbolt display with a connected USB keyboard.
    At this point, I would expect to be able to wake up the MacBook Air by tapping on the space bar of the keyboard. However, what I have observed is that this does not wake the MacBook Air.
    I can wake the MacBook however by moving or clicking a Bluetooth mouse that is paired with the MacBook Air.
    At this point, although the MacBook Air is awake, and the display is working, the USB keyboard connected to the display still does not work. This is the problem, in a nutshell.
    Unplugging the USB keyboard from the display, and plugging it back in causes the MacBook Air properly to identify the keyboard.
    I used Apple System Profiler to save a list of identified devices at two points in time:
    Immediately after waking the MacBook Air by moving the Bluetooth mouse (at which point the USB keyboard was not working); and
    After unplugging and plugging in again the USB keyboard (at which point the USB keyboard worked fine).
    Many devices are enumerated in the second list that are missing from the first. For example:
    Keyboard Hub@fe110000  <class IOUSBHubDevice, id 0x1000378ef, !registered, !matched, inactive, busy 3 (37993 ms), retain 6>
    AppleUSBHub  <class AppleUSBHub, id 0x1000378f2, !registered, !matched, inactive, busy 1 (37987 ms), retain 6>
    IOUSBInterface@0  <class IOUSBInterface, id 0x1000378f4, !registered, !matched, inactive, busy 1 (37986 ms), retain 6>
    Keyboard Hub@fe110000  <class IOUSBHubDevice, id 0x1000378f6, registered, matched, active, busy 0 (7 ms), retain 10>
    AppleUSBHub  <class AppleUSBHub, id 0x1000378f9, registered, matched, active, busy 0 (1 ms), retain 9>
    IOUSBInterface@0  <class IOUSBInterface, id 0x1000378fb, !registered, !matched, active, busy 0, retain 7>
    Apple Keyboard@fe112000  <class IOUSBDevice, id 0x1000378fd, registered, matched, active, busy 0 (112 ms), retain 11>
    and many child devices…
    Using the Mini DisplayPort–to–VGA adapter appears to be a necessary step to causing this problem to occur. If I merely disconnect the MacBook Air from the display, let it go to sleep, and then reconnect it again, the USB keyboard will work immediately and can be used to wake the computer from sleep.
    Some devices are discovered even when the computer is in sleep mode. This is how it should work.
    The problem appears to be that when a Mini DisplayPort–to–VGA adapter has been used since the last time the computer was connected to a Thunderbolt display, the MacBook air does not discover devices completely when it is again connected to the Thunderbolt display while in sleep mode.
    Can anyone else reproduce this problem?

    Hi glraczon.support,
    It sounds like the external display you are using (projector) operates at a smaller resolution than your MacBook Pro. You may want to configure the display preferences in System Preferences for the external projector.
    Here is an article that may help you with that process:
    OS X Mountain Lion: About the Display pane of System Preferences
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5369
    Thanks,
    Matt M.

  • I have a Mini DisplayPort to VGA adapter, then I purchased 3 VGA adapters: a VGA to HDMI, VGA to Component, and VGA to RCA. When I hook them up to my TV (I've tried multiple TVs) they do not detect a display, even when I click Detect Displays.

    Does anyone have any suggestions on a solution for this?  The only other Mini DP I found was a HDMI connection.  I want to make sure I can connect to not only TV's via HDMI, Component or RCA, but also projectors (some of which may be older requiring a Component or RCA connection).
    I'm using this Mini DisplayPort:
    http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB572Z/A?fnode=MTY1NDA3Ng&mco=MTA4NDU0NjA
    These are the VGA Adapters I'm using:
    VGA to HDMI:
    http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001OLCHJ6
    VGA to Component:
    http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000P3Q0YW
    VGA to RCA:
    http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000Y7T5UU
    Any help would be greatly appreciated.

    None of the three lower adapters pictured in your post will do you any good with your MBP.
    1. The VGA-HDMI adapter does the reverse of what you want: it yields VGA output from HDMI input. The opposite is not possible; a VGA input does not contain all the information necessary to create an HDMI output. You'll have to get a direct mini-Displayport-to-HDMI adapter instead.
    http://store.apple.com/us/product/H1824ZM/A/Moshi_Mini_DisplayPort_to_HDMI_Adapt er?mco=MTY3ODQ5OTY
    2. VGA-Component: Lots of posters here when the MDP-equipped MBs and MBPs first came out tried adapters like this one with no success. What does work with the MDP (and a VGA adapter) is a converter box like this:
    http://www.amazon.com/Startech-Component-YPbPr-Video-Converter/dp/B000G6Y0S6
    3. VGA-Composite: This doesn't work with MBPs either. For Composite or S-Video output, you need a converter box like this:
    http://www.amazon.com/PC-To-TV-Video-Converter/dp/B001CJOLBW/ref=pd_cp_e_2
    or this:
    http://www.startech.com/AV/Converters/Video/High-Resolution-PC-VGA-to-TV-Convert er-with-Remote-Control~VGA2NTSCPRO
    These converter boxes will work fine in combination with your Apple MDP-VGA adapter.

Maybe you are looking for

  • Mail doesn't show attachments or shows multiple time of the same attachment

    Dear All, In our organisation we use Exchange 2007 with Roll-up 3-v2 and we have many members who use Mac Snow Leopard and Lion standart mail program. When we send out emails with attachnemt those thins happen: Items with several attachments appear t

  • Problem Deploying my EJB in JDeveloper3.2

    Hi there!! I'm totally new in EJB. I've been working with JDeveloper3.2. I want to create an EJB to access a SQL Server Database. I did a simple database with just one table named person, which has 3 fields: id, name, and age, so I created a containe

  • DPM 2012 R2 UR2 and Windows 2003 SP2 Agent Version Issue

    Hi All, I have UR2 installed on my DPM 2012 R2 server and have followed Mike's guide on getting them protected: http://blogs.technet.com/b/dpm/archive/2014/06/11/details-on-protecting-windows-server-2003-computers-using-data-protection-manager-2012-r

  • Transfer object,  FindByPrimaryKey, session facade

    I would like to request help on coding a 'facade session' bean that invokes the FindByPrimaryKey method on a BMP entity bean, and how to put the returned values into a transfer object. I've been trying to modify the code provided in Sun's 'Duke's Ban

  • Migrate Rman Catalog over cross platform's

    I need some suggestion for migrating Rman Catalog... Current Rman Catalog: 10gR2 on HPUx and would like to migrate and upgrade to 11g on Linux....Any suggesions... My thoughts: exp and import schemas from hpux to linux 10g -10g and upgrade 10g catalo