LG IPS display with HDMI plugged to Macbook Pro worked only once

Hi!
I bought this display (http://www.lg.com/us/monitors/lg-IPS237L-BN-led-monitor).
I plugged it to my Macbook Pro 13 with Mac OS X Mountain Lion updated to the latest version using a HDMI cable and a HDMI to Mini Displayport conversor. It didn't work the first time, but after searching in the forums i tried deleting the file /Library/Preferences/com.apple.windowserver.plist and it worked! Later on my Mac ran out of baterry and shutdown. I turned it on again but since then, i haven't been able to get the display working. It just says "no signal", and i can see it gets recognized in someway by Mac OS because when i plug it or turn it on the laptop screen goes blue, but then nothing happens and i can't find the display under System Preferences > Displays.
I have tried the following:
- Deleting all the files related to com.apple.windowserver.plist (including those under ~/Library/Preferences/ByHost)
- Delete also those files in single user mode and also in verbose mode.
- Deleted Overrides files for displays (/System/Library/Displays/Overrides)
- Restarted in Safe mode.
- Deleted .GlobalPreferences files
- Reset NVRAM and SMC
- As a last resort i tried reinstalling Mac OS. That didn't work either.
I have tried those and a couple of things more that i can't rememeber, but at this point i'm clueless. I guess my Mac is caching something related to the display and that's why it doesn't work. It's not certainly a cable or device problem since i already could make it work once.
Any ideas what could i be missing? I'm pretty sad i can't use my new display! Any help appreciated!

It was the **** cable. As it worked once, i never cared to test with another one. As soon as i did, it worked. So many wasted hours but pretty happy now.

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