Mac Mini i5 Radeon 6630M - Recommend LCD 22" Display?
Hello, I have space to go up to a 22" widescreen LCD display. Can someone recommend a 22" or so LCD display for this gen mac mini with Radeon 6630M video adapter that is good for font rendering? (my current LCD doesn't seem compatible for good font rendering).
ViewSonic, Sony, and NEC all make great displays. As for font rendering a lot has to do with your:
Apple menu -> System Preferences -> Turn off font smoothing for font sizes, and the fonts picked by your various applications. The Color calibration in the Apple menu -> System Preferences -> Displays can also help. Always get a minimum 1080p display. 1080i resolutions aren't good for sharpness.
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Here is an interesting one......
I have just taken delivery of 5 new Mac Minis which have the thunderbolt port on them. The Mac Minis each connect using displayport tb/vga adapter to a switch then on to 5 LCD TVs.
The HDMI/DVI is not used.
In this config, if I start a Mac Mini the display will not route through the Thunderbolt/vga adapter to any of the TVs (even though I have selected them on the switch). The display seems to want to go through the default HDMI port.
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You have explained exactly what happened to me last night. I was afraid it was part of the 10.8.3 update or the latest ATV software update that hit this week. I tried from my macbook pro and the airplay from 10.8.3 and the atv software worked fine.
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Full HD 3D with Mac mini/AMD Radeon HD 6630M graphics?
I am able to output full HD 3D (1080p frame packing) with my 2011 MacAir. I used SwitchResX to define a new resolution of 2205 x 1920 for a 3D beamer that is connected via an HDMI adapter. The beamer recognizes this format as 3D and displayes the 2 packed frames as 3D.
I wonder if the same is possible with the Mac mini with AMD Radeon HD 6630M graphics. It SHOULD work the same way, but only if this is ensured, I will buy one.Hi skampi77,
here are the SwitchResX settings that work for an Onkyo AV receiver, and for an JVC 3D beamer (sorry for the German):
I connected the 3D beamer either directly or via the Onkyo AV receiver to the HDMI or (via an adapter) to the DVI output of the Mac mini. And, indeed, the output is in both cases HDMI 1.4a.
I can output full HD 3D images and video. For slide shows, I use a beta version of Graphics Converter v8 ( I asked Torsten Lemke to implement the frame packing format. Please contact him to get access to the beta version, even for testing purposes). This version has in the slide show settings a box "convert output to frame packing" that has to be checked. For video, I use Bino <http://bino3d.org>. In Bino frame packing output is one of the options.
In both cases, one has to switch to the frame packing format before Graphics Converter or Bino is started.
It is helpful to use one of the outputs (DVI or HDMI) for the "control screen", and the other for the 3D output that is switched to full HD frame packing format.
I hope this helps.
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I bought a new i5 Mac mini.
I installed win 7 home premium 32 bit on it without a problem using boot camp from Lion. However windows does not totally fill the screen. There are black bars on all side of the display. About an inch thick.
I have the mini connected via HDMI to my sharp Aquos tv @ 1080p.
What can I do to fox this? My previous mini did not do this with nearly the same setup. There is now where to downlaod drivers for the AMD 6630M HD card in this mini.Hi PaulJO
I have the same problem when I tried downloading and installing the catalyst suite software from AMD web site, it told me that my graphic card was not compatible. Which I know is!!
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Hi. I'm planning to buy the new Mac Mini and an LCD. Have bumped into the HP 2009M, which has both VGA and DVI inputs. Because I'm budgeting carefully, I'm trying to find an LCD with DVI connectivity, and would want to avoid buying myself a separate video adaptor.
Could someone confirm that the two machines are compatible? It says that the new Mac Mini includes a Mini-DVI to DVI adaptor. I'm quite confused because I've read about two kinds of DVI's. DVI-D and DVI-I. I assume that the HP is a DVI-D, in which this is more common.Here's a good explanation of the various flavours of DVI:
http://www.datapro.net/techinfo/dvi_info.html
Yes, that monitor will work with the new Mini you buy. The adapter is included with the Mini. (You no doubt already know you need a keyboard and mouse, as well as a monitor.) -
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Just purchased a new mac mini 320gb. Set it up via dvi to hdmi to display on my Sony Bravia W series 52" LCD. All worked good and was very happy with the crispness of the image etc. Then did system update to 10.5.7 and now there is no longer any signal to the TV at all. I've tried 2 HDMI cables, reset the SMC and drunk a few beers - and none of this activity seems to have helped. Very frustrating!!
Recent forum discussions have not highlighted identical issues - anyone had similar?
Cheers
DKW1My mini did the exact same thing when I upgraded to 10.5.7 on my Sony Bravia XBR4.
The mini would try and start up as I could see the gray screen with the Apple logo and the spinning wheel on the Sony screen. Then the screen would turn black.
I used my other computer to connect to the mini using Screen Sharing. Once connected to the mini, I set the screen resolution to 1920x1080 and a few minutes later the Sony screen finally showed the mini again. Why it took a few minutes, I have no idea.
Something apparently changed in 10.5.7 but mine is working again. -
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Hi, my mac mini (2011) finally won't startup today.
It was since two weeks ago, the mini goes freeze very frequently, I discovered that the fan speed was always below 2000rpm, meantime, the CPU temp was around 80-90 degree, it is around 25 degree in the room, last Friday I installed a software named smcfancontrol, which can manually speed up the fan, and it seems better, and the computer runs faster, I think the CPU is running in full speed.
Today, I opened a video to watch, after about ten minutes, the computer goes freeze again, and of course I force powered it down by pressing the power button on the back, then the tragic came:
- when I try to boot up the machine, the front light turns on, then off with a "ka" sounds like the hard drive shutting down(force powering it down)
- after around two seconds, the light goes on again, and the fan smoothly goes to full speed, there is nothing shows up on screen, as well as no apple boot up sound.
- I tried to reset smc (power down, unplug power cable, wait 15 seconds, plug in power cable, wait 5 seconds, power on), no luck.
- I tried to reset pmu (at least internet says it's pmu, it seems apple website did not mention how to reset pmu on mac mini, power down, hold power button for five seconds, power on), no luck
- I also tried to unplug the memory, try with every single one to boot, no luck
- last Friday, when I can still boot up the computer, I thought there might too much dust, I removed the fan and cleaned it up, it looks a small piece of plastic on the fan plug were damaged, but the smcfancontrol app still can control its speed, therefore I think the fan is OK.
- during many retry, there was one time, the fan goes full speed at startup, with no front light off,(my current status is fan goes to full speed gently).
- the computer is connected with an AV amplifier, then output to a plasma TV, when the computer is powered off, the TV displays a background of amp, when I startup the computer, although no video output from computer, the TV goes to a "No Signal" status, I dont's think this is related to my problem.
the computer is out of warrentee, but bought only for less than two years... I really want it back to work, can someone help me? many thanks!
wish you all have a good day.Hard to troubleshoot when you can't turn on the computer on any more. One option is to bring it to an Apple store to have them look at it. They will tell you what is wrong and how much it will cost to fix. I have never heard of them charging for a diagnostic and an estimate.
If your CPU was running hot all the time and your fan had small plastic pieaces, in my opinion, something got fried. The mini is so compact, that the excessive heat may have also over heated your hard drive causing thd "ka" sound.
If you decide to continue in to use a Mac Mini as a media server, may I would suggest using iStat to monitor it. I use iStat on my 2011 Mac Mini Media Server to monitor CPU usage, all sensors, and internet incoming and outcoming. -
My Mac mini keeps freezing and there is no display
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The model Of my Mac Mini is 1.66GHz core2, With default Hardwere.
Around last week while i was working with it, It Froze Imidiatly and i didn`t have display. I have this problem until now. when i restart it i should stay for a few minute because when i start it again after force shutdown it don`t load. i dont have display and start sound but the power LED is on. i should wait around 5 minute and turn it on again. after Turn on; the OSX boot up normally but it works just for a 10 or 15 min and somtimes the Macmini shows me a message in the balck screen and with big Power icon & tells me shutdown you computer rightnow.
Please guide me about this problem.
Thank you.
Macmini 1.66GHz Mac OS X (10.4.8)Welcome to the Apple discussions.
Sorry to hear about your mini problem. Since it will work for a short period of time, you might want to run the Apple hardware test. Insert the first OS X disc that came with your system, and reboot holding the D key down. Choose the Apple hardware test, language, and if given the option, choose the extended test. Does that point out any issues? -
Mac Mini Server Doesn't Support Duel Thunderbolt Displays!
I purchased a mac mini server with the intent of ultimately running two thunderbolt displays off of it. I pre-ordered in August, waited six weeks for it to arrive and realized that the mac mini server that I had been sent was a lemon. I applied for a replacement, which was built in China and it arrived two weeks later. Everything was going great - I had my mac mini server running a thunderbolt and I was thrilled! Yesterday however, I purchased my second thunderbolt display, connected it and nothing happened. Trouble shooting didn't help. Finally, I called apple and was told that the server version doesn't support duel thunderbolt displays! I had read all of the technical specifications and there was no mention (at that time) that the server couldn't support duel displays. I am now in the process of returning my mac mini server in exchange for a custom build mac mini with upgraded 2.7 GHz i7 processors and 8GB RAM. I'm really disappointed to have to be going through all of these extra steps just to realize the system that I imagined early on. I checked the Apple Thunderbolt display options page at apple and they have now posted that the server doesn't support duel displays (but that informaiton definitely was not there when I first read it!). Why would the server version not support duel displays? To me, it doesn't make any sense. What are your thoughts?
It doesn't support dual TB displays because it uses the integrated
Intel graphics HD 3000. Only discrete graphics cards can handle
dual TB displays. The integrated graphics chip just cant handle
the load.
As for the logic of it, as servers, they are usually single display
and even more often are run headless and managed remotely.
It is marketed as a server and thus the logic. -
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The interface for the commands to the display is a RS232 serial port. As Mac Mini has no RS232 port but there are USB to RS232 cables on the market our question is if one could use apple script or shell script to make the job?
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