Mac Mini Early 2009 No display

Hi,
I have a new Mac mini and when I try to hook up tomy Sony SXRD HDTV, I get a blank/black screen. I do get to see the blue/gray screen with apple logo and gears moving but nothing after that.
I have tried both miniDVI and miiDP and no luck. I tried the miniDP adpater with my macbook and no hitches. I also, tried running safe mode but same result the screen goes blank. When I try installing Leopard again by holding the ALT key the computer hangs.
I have also tried resetting PRAM and that did not work either. After all this playing around, I know the TV, cable, adpter are ok. I did try runing the mini on a Apple Monitor and it worked without any problems.
I have run out of options and would definately like to know what I could do to get this problem fixed. PLEASE HELP

Do you have a second Mac or PC at your disposal? If so, I recommend trying to make a VNC connection, or with two Macs running Leopard, set up screen sharing. In this way, from the second computer, you will be able to see what the mini is doing, e.g. what resolution it is outputting to the Sony. You will even be able to change the resolution setting of the mini from the second computer, hopefully in a way that causes the Sony screen to light up. Once that is done, that setting should persist and thereafter the mini and the Sony should work together as expected.

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hfs_swap_BTNode: invalid backward link (0x0061002D)
hfs_swap_BTNode: invalid node height (115)
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(4, 7022)
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   Missing thread record (id = 741429)
   Invalid directory item count
   (It should be 0 instead of 2)
   Missing thread record (id = 741435)
   Invalid directory item count
   (It should be 0 instead of 2)
   Missing thread record (id = 741432)
   Invalid directory item count
   (It should be 0 instead of 2)
   Missing thread record (id = 741444)
   Invalid directory item count
   (It should be 0 instead of 2)
   Missing thread record (id = 741438)
   Invalid directory item count
   (It should be 0 instead of 2)
   Missing thread record (id = 741459)
   Invalid directory item count
   (It should be 0 instead of 2)
   Missing thread record (id = 741441)
   Invalid directory item count
   (It should be 0 instead of 2)
   Invalid directory item count
   (It should be 9 instead of 13)
   Missing thread record (id = 741450)
   Invalid directory item count
   (It should be 0 instead of 2)
   Missing thread record (id = 741426)
   Invalid directory item count
   (It should be 0 instead of 2)
   Missing thread record (id = 741465)
   Invalid directory item count
   (It should be 0 instead of 2)
   Missing thread record (id = 741453)
   Invalid directory item count
   (It should be 0 instead of 2)
   Missing thread record (id = 741492)
   Invalid directory item count
   (It should be 0 instead of 2)
   Missing thread record (id = 741456)
   Invalid directory item count
   (It should be 0 instead of 2)
   Missing thread record (id = 741462)
   Invalid directory item count
   (It should be 0 instead of 2)
   Missing thread record (id = 741468)
   Invalid directory item count
   (It should be 0 instead of 2)
   Missing thread record (id = 741471)
   Invalid directory item count
   (It should be 0 instead of 2)
   Missing thread record (id = 741447)
   Invalid directory item count
   (It should be 0 instead of 2)
   Missing thread record (id = 741474)
   Invalid directory item count
   (It should be 0 instead of 2)
   Missing thread record (id = 741417)
   Invalid directory item count
   (It should be 0 instead of 2)
   Missing thread record (id = 741477)
   Invalid directory item count
   (It should be 0 instead of 2)
   Missing thread record (id = 741480)
   Invalid directory item count
   (It should be 0 instead of 2)
   Missing thread record (id = 741483)
   Invalid directory item count
   (It should be 0 instead of 2)
   Missing thread record (id = 741489)
   Invalid directory item count
   (It should be 0 instead of 2)
   Missing thread record (id = 741486)
   Invalid directory item count
   (It should be 0 instead of 2)
   Missing thread record (id = 741498)
   Invalid directory item count
   (It should be 0 instead of 2)
   Missing thread record (id = 741504)
   Invalid directory item count
   (It should be 0 instead of 2)
   Missing thread record (id = 741507)
   Invalid directory item count
   (It should be 0 instead of 2)
   Missing thread record (id = 741423)
   Invalid directory item count
   (It should be 0 instead of 2)
   Missing thread record (id = 741495)
   Invalid directory item count
   (It should be 0 instead of 2)
   Invalid directory item count
   (It should be 201 instead of 227)
   Missing thread record (id = 741510)
   Invalid directory item count
   (It should be 0 instead of 1)
   Missing thread record (id = 691884)
   Invalid directory item count
   (It should be 0 instead of 4)
   Missing thread record (id = 691911)
   Invalid directory item count
   (It should be 0 instead of 1)
   Missing thread record (id = 691913)
   Invalid directory item count
   (It should be 0 instead of 1)
   Missing thread record (id = 691915)
   Invalid directory item count
   (It should be 0 instead of 1)
   Missing thread record (id = 691917)
   Invalid directory item count
   (It should be 0 instead of 1)
   Missing thread record (id = 691919)
   Invalid directory item count
   (It should be 2 instead of 5)
   Missing thread record (id = 691904)
   Invalid directory item count
   (It should be 0 instead of 1)
   Missing thread record (id = 691906)
   Invalid directory item count
   (It should be 0 instead of 2)
   Missing thread record (id = 691909)
   Invalid directory item count
   (It should be 0 instead of 1)
   Missing thread record (id = 743122)
   Invalid directory item count
   (It should be 0 instead of 3)
   Invalid directory item count
   (It should be 165 instead of 417)
   Invalid volume directory count
   (It should be 140922 instead of 140936)
   Invalid volume file count
   (It should be 701648 instead of 701678)
** Checking Extended Attributes file.
   Incorrect number of Extended Attributes
   (It should be 347482 instead of 346415)
** Checking volume bitmap.
   Volume Bit Map needs minor repair
** Checking volume information.
   Invalid volume free block count
   (It should be 59615838 instead of 50477719)
          invalid VHB nextCatalogID
          invalid VHB attributesFile.clumpSize
   Volume Header needs minor repair
(2, 0)
   Verify Status: VIStat = 0xa000, ABTStat = 0x0040 EBTStat = 0x0000
                  CBTStat = 0x0800 CatStat = 0x00004200
** Repairing volume.
   Missing directory record (id = 691885)
** Look for missing items in lost+found directory.
          FixOrphanedFiles: Created thread record for id=743119 (err=0)
          FixOrphanedFiles: Created thread record for id=743121 (err=0)
          FixOrphanedFiles: Created thread record for id=742222 (err=0)
          FixOrphanedFiles: Created thread record for id=743122 (err=0)
          FixOrphanedFiles: Created thread record for id=691904 (err=0)
          FixOrphanedFiles: Created thread record for id=691906 (err=0)
          FixOrphanedFiles: Created thread record for id=691909 (err=0)
          FixOrphanedFiles: Created thread record for id=691911 (err=0)
          FixOrphanedFiles: Created thread record for id=691913 (err=0)
          FixOrphanedFiles: Created thread record for id=691915 (err=0)
          FixOrphanedFiles: Created thread record for id=691917 (err=0)
          FixOrphanedFiles: Created thread record for id=743120 (err=0)
          FixOrphanedFiles: Created thread record for id=743357 (err=0)
          FixOrphanedFiles: Created thread record for id=743358 (err=0)
          FixOrphanedFiles: Created thread record for id=743359 (err=0)
          FixOrphanedFiles: Created thread record for id=743360 (err=0)
          FixOrphanedFiles: Created thread record for id=743361 (err=0)
          FixOrphanedFiles: Created thread record for id=743362 (err=0)
          FixOrphanedFiles: Created thread record for id=743363 (err=0)
          FixOrphanedFiles: Created thread record for id=741510 (err=0)
          FixOrphanedFiles: Created thread record for id=741522 (err=0)
          FixOrphanedFiles: Created thread record for id=741523 (err=0)
          FixOrphanedFiles: Created thread record for id=691884 (err=0)
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          FixOrphanedFiles: Created thread record for id=742785 (err=0)
          FixOrphanedFiles: Created thread record for id=742253 (err=0)
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          FixOrphanedFiles: Created thread record for id=742213 (err=0)
          FixOrphanedFiles: Created thread record for id=742214 (err=0)
          FixOrphanedFiles: Created thread record for id=742215 (err=0)
          FixOrphanedFiles: Created thread record for id=742216 (err=0)
          FixOrphanedFiles: Created thread record for id=742841 (err=0)
          FixOrphanedFiles: Created thread record for id=742869 (err=0)
          FixOrphanedFiles: Created thread record for id=742925 (err=0)
          FixOrphanedFiles: Created thread record for id=742449 (err=0)
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          FixOrphanedFiles: Created thread record for id=743037 (err=0)
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          FixOrphanedFiles: Created thread record for id=742309 (err=0)
          FixOrphanedFiles: Created thread record for id=742981 (err=0)
          FixOrphanedFiles: Deleted thread record for id=691886 (err=0)
          FixOrphanedFiles: Created thread record for id=691903 (err=0)
          FixOrphanedFiles: Created thread record for id=741414 (err=0)
          FixOrphanedFiles: Created thread record for id=741420 (err=0)
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          FixOrphanedFiles: Created thread record for id=741435 (err=0)
          FixOrphanedFiles: Created thread record for id=741432 (err=0)
          FixOrphanedFiles: Created thread record for id=741444 (err=0)
          FixOrphanedFiles: Created thread record for id=741438 (err=0)
          FixOrphanedFiles: Created thread record for id=741459 (err=0)
          FixOrphanedFiles: Created thread record for id=741441 (err=0)
          FixOrphanedFiles: Created thread record for id=741450 (err=0)
          FixOrphanedFiles: Created thread record for id=741426 (err=0)
          FixOrphanedFiles: Created thread record for id=741465 (err=0)
          FixOrphanedFiles: Created thread record for id=741453 (err=0)
          FixOrphanedFiles: Created thread record for id=741492 (err=0)
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          FixOrphanedFiles: Created thread record for id=741462 (err=0)
          FixOrphanedFiles: Created thread record for id=741468 (err=0)
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          FixOrphanedFiles: Created thread record for id=741447 (err=0)
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          FixOrphanedFiles: Created thread record for id=741417 (err=0)
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          FixOrphanedFiles: Deleted thread record for id=740809 (err=0)
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          FixOrphanedFiles: Created thread record for id=741405 (err=0)
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          FixOrphanedFiles: Created thread record for id=741408 (err=0)
          FixOrphanedFiles: Created thread record for id=741409 (err=0)
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          FixOrphanedFiles: Deleted thread record for id=743584 (err=0)
          FixOrphanedFiles: Deleted thread record for id=743585 (err=0)
          FixOrphanedFiles: Deleted thread record for id=743586 (err=0)
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          FixOrphanedFiles: Deleted thread record for id=743595 (err=0)
          FixOrphanedFiles: Deleted thread record for id=743596 (err=0)
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          FixOrphanedFiles: Deleted thread record for id=743599 (err=0)
          FixOrphanedFiles: Deleted thread record for id=743600 (err=0)
          FixOrphanedFiles: Deleted thread record for id=743601 (err=0)
          FixOrphanedFiles: Deleted thread record for id=743602 (err=0)
          FixOrphanedFiles: Deleted thread record for id=743603 (err=0)
          FixOrphanedFiles: Deleted thread record for id=743604 (err=0)
          FixOrphanedFiles: Deleted thread record for id=743605 (err=0)
          FixOrphanedFiles: Deleted thread record for id=743606 (err=0)
          FixOrphanedFiles: Deleted thread record for id=743607 (err=0)
          FixOrphanedFiles: Deleted thread record for id=743608 (err=0)
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          FixOrphanedFiles: Deleted thread record for id=743610 (err=0)
          FixOrphanedFiles: Deleted thread record for id=743611 (err=0)
          FixOrphanedFiles: Deleted thread record for id=743612 (err=0)
          FixOrphanedFiles: Deleted thread record for id=743613 (err=0)
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          FixOrphanedFiles: Deleted thread record for id=743615 (err=0)
          FixOrphanedFiles: Deleted thread record for id=756412 (err=0)
          FixOrphanedFiles: Deleted thread record for id=782888 (err=0)
          FixOrphanedFiles: Deleted thread record for id=2049005 (err=0)
          FixOrphanedFiles: Deleted thread record for id=8863256 (err=0)
** Rechecking volume.
** Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
** Checking Extents Overflow file.
** Checking Catalog file.
   Missing thread record (id = 691886)
   Missing thread record (id = 2049005)
   Incorrect number of thread records
(4, 23903)
          CheckCatalogBTree: dirCount = 140939, dirThread = 140941
** Checking multi-linked files.
** Checking Catalog hierarchy.
   Invalid directory item count
   (It should be 0 instead of 25)
   Invalid directory item count
   (It should be 0 instead of 25)
   Invalid directory item count
   (It should be 0 instead of 25)
   Invalid directory item count
   (It should be 0 instead of 25)
   Invalid directory item count
   (It should be 0 instead of 25)
   Invalid directory item count
   (It should be 0 instead of 25)
   Invalid directory item count
   (It should be 0 instead of 25)
   Invalid directory item count
   (It should be 0 instead of 25)
   Invalid directory item count
   (It should be 0 instead of 25)
   Invalid directory item count
   (It should be 0 instead of 25)
   Invalid directory item count
   (It should be 0 instead of 25)
   Invalid directory item count
   (It should be 0 instead of 25)
   Invalid directory item count
   (It should be 0 instead of 25)
   Invalid directory item count
   (It should be 0 instead of 25)
   Invalid volume file count
   (It should be 701653 instead of 701678)
** Checking Extended Attributes file.
   Invalid map node
(8, 0)
** Checking volume bitmap.
** Checking volume information.
   Verify Status: VIStat = 0x0000, ABTStat = 0x4000 EBTStat = 0x0000
                  CBTStat = 0x0800 CatStat = 0x00004200
** Repairing volume.
   Missing directory record (id = 2049005)
   Missing directory record (id = 691886)
** Look for missing items in lost+found directory.
** Rechecking volume.
** Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
** Checking Extents Overflow file.
** Checking Catalog file.
** Checking multi-linked files.
** Checking Catalog hierarchy.
** Checking Extended Attributes file.
** Checking volume bitmap.
** Checking volume information.
   Invalid volume file count
   (It should be 701678 instead of 701653)
   Verify Status: VIStat = 0x8000, ABTStat = 0x0000 EBTStat = 0x0000
                  CBTStat = 0x0000 CatStat = 0x00000000
** The volume MACINTOSH HD could not be repaired after 3 attempts.
          volume type is pure HFS+
          primary MDB is at block 0 0x00
          alternate MDB is at block 0 0x00
          primary VHB is at block 2 0x02
          alternate VHB is at block 975093950 0x3a1ec0be
          sector size = 512 0x200
          VolumeObject flags = 0x07
          total sectors for volume = 975093952 0x3a1ec0c0
          total sectors for embedded volume = 0 0x00
fadil-shamir-khans-mac-mini:~ silentarts$
After all of that was done, I am now able to go back to Disk Utility and Completely Verify My Disk.
What should my next step be? Should I try booting to Mavericks from that hard drive or should I try to Repair the Disk?

I upgraded to Mavericks, and had a "grey screen of death" when re-booting for the first time. Re-setting the PRAM fixed it for me. Worth a try:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ph14222

Start Snow Leopard from USB on a mac mini early 2009

Hi.
It is possible to start Snow Leopard from a USB drive (Pendrive, USB disk, etc)??????
The DVD drive of my mac mini doesn't work properly and I have some problems with my HDD.
Thanks in advance.
BR

Get at least a 16GB USB thumb drive and use this tecnique to make a bootable USB drive:
Borrowed from Kappy,
Drive Preparation
1. Open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder.
2. After DU loads select your external hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.
4. Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the drive entry) from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
5. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Security button, check the button for Zero Data and click on OK to return to the Erase window.
6. Click on the Erase button. The format process can take up to several hours depending upon the drive size.
7. After formatting is complete quit DU and return to the installer. Install Snow Leopard being sure to select the external drive as the target.
Note that you will need a Snow Leopard DVD. The above will only work for you if you can boot your computer from a Snow Leopard DVD. If you have a new model that came with Lion pre-installed then the above will not work because a Snow Leopard retail DVD cannot boot your model.

Mac mini early 2009 - can't install Lion?

Hi, I can't quite believe this - can I really not install Lion because my mac mini only has 1GB of RAM? This is very disappointing. I've just got myself an iPhone 4S, so effectively I can't use any of the iCloud features because my mac mini can't run Lion. And apparently there is no alternative. Thanks a lot for letting me know that in advance, Apple! That wasn't mentioned in the vast amount of advertising I've been subjected to lately!
So is there anything I can do about this? It's ridiculous that my phone is apparently cleverer than my desktop. I bought the mini because I was told it was a reliable, workhorse-type computer, and now I find I can't use a major feature of the new iPhones. I might as well be using a PC! In fact, I'll have to turn iCloud off on my phone again now, as it won't bloody sync with anything anyway!
I'd appreciate any guidance here,
Suz

Hi Suz, it's pretty easy to upgrade/add more RAM sometimes, & recommend professional do it other times, & as Allan says, more is better, & I'd hate to run Lion with only 4GB of RAM. Yours may not be one of the easy ones to do.
Find your Mini here...
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/mac-mini/
Then on this page scroll down to your Mini & click the Memoery link under it...
http://eshop.macsales.com/installvideos/

Using Tiger on a Mac mini (early 2009)

I'm looking at using a mini as a Zimbra server; however, Zimbra for Leopard is currently available only as a beta release. Obviously I could use an older mini that came with Tiger--I have a couple of them available--but the speed improvement (going from 1.83 to 2.26 GHz) and higher RAM capacity (from 2 GB to 4GB) of the newer minis is attractive.
Does anyone know if Tiger can be run on the new minis? I realize that installation could be an issue but I've had success in the past by installing it on an external HD (using an older Intel Mac) and then booting the newer machine from that HD.

Okay, thank you. I'd have liked to see some reference or actual test, but your responses were enough to get me to do some more searching, and I found that both LowEndMac and Wikipedia list 10.5.6 as the minimum OS, while Apple has a warning against downgrading from the bundled version of the OS at http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2186

What hard drive would my mac mini early 2009 need if i wanted to upgrade it?

i wanted to upgrade my hard drive will any hardrive fit it or has it got to be something special?
please reply many thanks

I would recommend:
(a) get an external USB case for your new drive (just a few $$/££s),
http://www.amazon.com/eForCity-Portable-External-Enclosure-Aluminum/dp/B003AMGHL Q
(b) put the new drive in that and connect it to your mini as an external USB drive
(c) get SuperDuper (google it)
(d) make a bootable, clone copy of your entire internal drive on the external USB one
(e) make the external USB drive your startup drive
(f) run this way for a few days to make sure the new larger external drive is OK - it will be slower (USB) but it should be OK
(g) then open your mini and swap the drives
(h) restart from your larger internal drive, and put the smaller original drive in the external case
(j) after a few more days, running off your internal larger drive, you can reformat the external drive as a useful backup external drive.
HTH

HT3986 Mac mini later 2009-- can i install windows 7 -64 bit on it?

hi there,
can i install dual system on mac mini later 2009?
windows 7 32bit or 64 bit?
thanks

Although I have the "Early" 2009 mini, I believe they're close enough.
I have a dual system installed. Mac OS X Mountain Lion and Windows 7 64 bit. I have 8GB of RAM.
You should be aware though that Apple does not officially support the 64 bit version of Windows 7 on this machine, although it seems to be working for the most part using Boot Camp 4.0 drivers.
My only complaint is about the nForce Ethernet Driver. There seems to be some problem with it. Whenever the nVidia Control Panel for video is launched, there is an error reported:
The ethernet itself appears to be working fine using some driver dated back to 2010. While I can go to nVidia's website and locate an updated driver for the GeForce 9400 GPU, I cannot seem to find one for the nForce Ethernet. Honestly, I am not even interested in the Network Control panel, but I get another error when I try to uninstall it.
Would be nice is this could be fixed. Windows 7 32 bit didn't have this issue but I want to run the 64 bit version so I can see all of my RAM.

Mac mini gets green tinted display severel times. Help... :(

I just bought a new 2,3 ghz Mac Mini 3 days ago to use as a mediacenter.
I have it set up using my Phillips Tv as screen with a HDMI cable.
Audio is toslink to my amp.
I have a eyetv hybrid connected and a belkin usb hub with severel WD disk.
My problem is that suddenly the display turns green for a couple of seconds
and after that everything on the screen is tinted green.
Sometimes after a while it turns itself back to the right colours again.
There is no consistency in when it does this, and again no consistency in
when it turns itself back again.
The funny thing (as i see it) is that i had a Mac Mini mid 2009 connected
exactly as i have setup the new Mac Mini. And everything worked fine.
I run sabnzbd, air video server, eyetv 3 and XBMC on it. There is aswell
a python script that lauches sickbeard on startup running.
Can anybody please help me to what the problem is???

Try a different gamma setting to brighten up movies. To do this, go into Displays Preferences and click on the Color tab and then the Calibrate button. Put a check mark in the box for Expert Mode and click Continue to start the calibration process. When you get to the screen for gamma, move the slider to the left and it should brighten up middle levels of the picture. See if that helps with movies.
As to RAM, it depends on which generation mini you have as to how much RAM it will take. And you haven't said which one you have.

First is it possible to connect my imac eaRLY 2009 as display for my macbook white 2010?

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Thanks to all my Mac buddies for your assistance

The Early2009 20" or 24" iMac don't have any video-in capabilities.
Depending on your needs, you can investigate or tryout AirDisplay or ScreenRecycler which enable use of a Mac from another Mac or Windows PC through network/wireless connections.
Stefan

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System preferences Mirror options checked.
I have been running dual monitor on this mac since purchase. Monitor 1 is 24" display, Montor 2 is a 32" 720dpi tv only used for watching videos. This set up has been running well.
The dual monitor function works fine but I never use it that way. I am interested in "mirror" option when watching a video from various applications.
Again this was working fine until ML update.
Any one else experience this issue?

Oh. You are so in jail.
Plug the mini straight into the wall power supply.
You do have 4 - 8GB memory installed, right?
Disconnect everything but power and the display port to regular monitor connection. Make sure that external monitor is switched to the type of connection: DVI, HDMI, VGA. Wrong setting and your mini could be booted up sneering at you from behind a dark screen.
Boot mini.
Any change?

HT2998 Hi, I try to conect Mac Mini from 2009 with my HD Tv Samsung F 6400 . With Mini Dvi conection and adapter to HDMI input in TV I got picture but not sound! I have analog cable from the phones out from mac but imposible to conect to TV? Can you HLP

Hi, I try to conect Mac Mini from 2009 with my HD Tv Samsung F 6400 . With Mini Dvi conection and adapter to HDMI input in TV I got picture but not sound! I have analog cable from the phones out from mac but imposible to conect to TV? Can you HLP?

You really need a newer Mac Mini with a true HDMI output, because that Mac Mini's DVI output does not support Audio.
You might try a 3.5mm to RCA adapter
from the Mac Mini's headphone jack to the TV's audio input,
but that would require being able to select the Audio input in the TVs menu while using it's HDMI input.
Optionally you could also use an external 2.1 Speaker System or patch the audio from the Mac Mini to your home stereo system to enhance that older Mac Mini's audio.

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