Is the Mini-Dvi adapter suppose to click into the back on the Mac mini?

Is the Mini-Dvi adapter suppose to click into the back on the Mac mini? It does on my mac book but not on the Mac mini. I sort of have to just jam it in there, no nice clicking sound, and it does not feel very secure.

If after 'jamming it in there' it actually works, then at least you know it's the correct type of adapter. However, if it doesn't work, you are definitely not inserting it correctly or into the correct location. In either case, you may have a damaged port - all the connections on the rear when applied correctly with anything like a decent quality standard type connector should work smoothly. You should never have to 'jam' anything into the back of your mini.

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Today I went to the Apple Store and got myself one of those fancy new Mini-DVI to DVI adapters, hoping it would work with my screen at home, which I had previously running on the Mini Displayport to VGA Adapter on my original MacBook.
Strangely, when I plugged the cable into the adapter, and into my computer, nothing happened. I did not get video on the screen, nor did my MacBook detect it. I have tried re-plugging the Mini-DVI adapter and clicking Detect Displays in the Displays Preferences multiple times, but no luck.
I have seen the screen work with DVI about a year ago, but that was on one of the original MacBook Pros. Am I better off returning this DVI adapter and instead buying a Mini-DVI to VGA Adapter?
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I have a 22 inch ViewSonic that I got from a friend about a year ago. I did indeed plug the monitor directly into the adapter.
I brought my computer, adapter and cable all into the Apple Store, and they said it was all OK, but did replace my DVI adapter thinking it was probably defective. I got home, tested it on my monitor, but still not working. I tested it on a newer HP monitor that's on the family computer, and oddly it worked there.
A bit of research revealed that the adapter did not send Analog signals on DVI anymore, which confuses me, since the MacBook actually does have Analog signals on that port. I brought my DVI adapter in original packaging in to the Apple store again, and they replaced it with a VGA adapter for free, and sure enough, that solved the problem for me.
Lesson Learned - don't use DVI with older monitors, stay with VGA.
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Help! Problem using Mini-DVI adapter

I'm a teacher, and I need some help.
I've been using a Mitsubishi XD 250 data projector at school. The setup I have is exactly the same as it was last year, but something strange is happening.
The data projector uses VGA, so I have the VGA-to-Mini-DVI adapter from Apple.
I turned on the projector this morning, as I have a presentation for one of my classes today, but it's not working! The projector comes on, and the iMac shows that it recognizes the external display, but the projector says "No Signal." I have no idea what the problem is, as I've tried restarting both the iMac and the projector as well as connecting and disconnecting the cables.
Any suggestions? I suppose it's possible that something happened to the VGA cable over the summer, but is that likely considering that the iMac recognizes the external display?
I really need to give this presentation today, so any help would be greatly appreciated!

Dett;
It is probably simply the wrong signal source being set on your projector. This is normally a remote control switch or your projector. I don't know this model but they all have multiple input choices. Change the input until you see your Mac.
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I just received a mini DVI to VGA adapter cable today.
I connect mini DVI side of cable into my Macbook v. 4.1 and connect the other side into DGA cable, which connected to LCD projector.
When I connect the cable to my Macbook, the opened application streched out to a full screen (seems like computer detets the cable) but projector says 'no signal'.
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Thanks much
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I'm still stucked.
By reading some articles, it says even using mini DVI adapter, the signal is still digital and if the projector doesn't accept digital signal then it's no use....
My projector is Epson EX3200 and it doesn't have any DVI or HDMI input.
Does this mean my projector doesn't accept a digital signal?
But, but, but if even uing mini DVI adapter cable it still doesn't conver to analog signal then why they call the cable a mini DVI to VGA cable???
Why should this world be so complecated.....

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Typically that is an indication the wireless connection is on the edge of reception and the added EMI from the display throws the connection off. What you want to experiment with is placement and proximity of devices. Move the wireless access point closer if possible. Move the display further away from the Mac if possible. Think about line of sight between the wireless access point and the Mac. Is the monitor sitting right in the middle between the two?
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Hello and Welcome to Apple Discussions,
The current Intel iMacs have a MiniDVI port which can use one of the following three adaptors:
Mini DVI - DVI
Mini DVI - VGA
Mini DVI - Composite/S-Video.
However, the iMac G4 uses the Mini VGA port and can use these two different adaptors:
Mini VGA - VGA
Mini VGA - Composite/S-Video (1.0/1.25GHz only).
The iMac G4 can output Video or VGA but will only support display-mirroring (there is a firmware hack available to enable dual-display support on some iMac G4s but it is not 100% safe.)
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Yes, if you can get an s-video cable and plug that into the SCART adapter, that would be better than plugging in composite video.
Clearly, having an SCART connection is not going to "improve" the video going in, you're going to be limited by the lowest quality connection. An s-video connection will provide a higher (but probably not a lot) quality signal than composite video.
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Yes, if you can get an s-video cable and plug that into the SCART adapter, that would be better than plugging in composite video.
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I assume you want to send the video from your mac book to some kind of external display.
in that case then no the cables you have will not work since they have a mini jack at one end.
The mini dvi adapter is for sending video out of your mac book to a tv /projector or display through an S video cable (audio and video) or an RCA cable (video only). If using the mini dvi with rca you could plug your current cable into your headphone out jack and use the red and white part of it to send audio to a tv or external speaker.

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