Mini DisplayPort TOO LOW!!!!

Seriously? This major design flaw is making me so angry...
Check it out;
http://i36.tinypic.com/1zguolh.jpg
I bought a Mini DisplayPort to DVI adapter. I tried to put it in the back of my iMac but noticed after a lot of frustration that the whole port bay is too low. All the USB ports are ok (still fits the USB) but the Mini DisplayPort won't fit the cable!!!!
Please tell me there is some DIY fix for this because I JUST got my iMac back from repair (hard drive was failing) and do not feel for another 1 week repair. I do not have the time and patience for it.

There is no probable fix you can do yourself. It appears that the technician put it back together wrong. They need to make it right.
Dah•veed

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I hope this is the right place for such a question. I didn't find a radeon forum that doesn't focus on games only. Maybe I should turn to the producer directly?
Otherwise, any idea on this is appreciated. Thanks.

Mini display port reminds me too much of ACD. Nice idea, but quick back-pedal. MDP makes sense for docking a MacBookPro to that one display, but other than that - the jury's still out. Noticed they haven't introduced a 30" MDP? Or ANY new displays for that matter... WHY IS APPLE GIVING THE DISPLAY MARKET TO DELL??? Love Apple but "been there done that" with their efforts at proprietary connections. Firewire is the only one that succeeded because it IS truly lightyears beyond USB (any version). And it didn't hurt that Sony agreed. Just installed a flashed PC 4870 from Applemecanix on eBay and reveling at the increased number of jitter-free movie windows I can have open compared to Mac Edition 3870 (great card BTW). The flashed PC version has 2 DVI ports (only 1 is dual link) and 1 GB of memory compared to half that on the "official" upgrade. And you can make an offer on eBay and get it MUCH cheaper than the "upgrade" version. My Applemecanix was an EFX card by the way. You can find instructions on the internet for flashing any number of PC 4870's but I calculated it was worth paying someone else $100 bucks to do it, with the right of return. If you are hard-pressed for cash and have a boot-camp windows installation you might be better off flashing it yourself. You'll have to buy a flashable PC version (retailers have gotten smart, they're charging more for these) and get the Mac power cords direct from ATI/AMD.
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I brought a new ipad mini with retina. The color saturation is too low to me, especially the purple. My wife started to complain because the color is really different from iphone and ipad. Can user adjust that?

I brought a new ipad mini with retina. The color saturation is too low to me, especially the purple. My wife started to complain because the color is really different from inphone and ipad. Can user adjust that?

Other than a couple of minor adjustments, such as the one that Diavonex suggested above, there is nothing that a user can do in settings to adjust color. There is no way to calibrate the color like you can do with a computer monitor.

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I just ordered a MacBook Pro 15" retina but the Mini DisplayPort to DVI Adapter that Apple sells seems to be only like maximum 5" only.
Is there any other reputable brand that sells a longer one (at least 10")?

Not sure if ill get in trouble for this, and im not associated with this seller in any way apart from buying from them.
We bought 3 of these for our office and they work very well.
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/6Ft-Thunderbolt-Mini-DisplayPort-to-DVI-Cable-Adapter- For-MacBokk-Pro-Air-iMAC-/300732088573?pt=UK_Computing_CablesConnectors_RL&hash= item46050780fd
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I have a Late 2009 27" iMac and a 42" HDTV that I would love to hook up with eachother so I can start using Plex-and-the-likes on the bigger screen.
But I'm wondering if the Mini DisplayPort of this iMac supports audio, as I do not want my sound to come from the other side of the room when watching stuff on the TV.
I've been reading around on the net, but I can't seem to find anything conclusive that tells me that it works (some discussions and thread claim that it should work, but some official documentation regarding the Late 2009 and Mid 2010 iMacs (http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3913) only mentions the Mid 2010 one with audio output in the Mini DisplayPort
Not sure if it matters, but I'm running a fully up-to-date OS X Lion.
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According to http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4241, your late 2009 iMac's displayport should support hdmi audio output, (but I have no idea whether there might be OS-X version limitations).
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miniDP-to-hdmi cable from amazon.com @ $8.67
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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.
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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.
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If your monitor has DVI input, get the DVI adapter. DisplayPort is digital, DVI is digital, but VGA is analog - the signal conversion will result in a (slight) drop in quality.

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:
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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.
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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
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http://www.amazon.com/PC-To-TV-Video-Converter/dp/B001CJOLBW/ref=pd_cp_e_2
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Apple 20" CD connects fine to MacBook Pro 2009 via DVI to Mini displayport (adapter) but not to Radeon 5770 (either MDP ports) on MacPro 2008?! Have Eizo CG223 on DVI to 5770. Any ideas?

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Y

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Apple's Mini Displayport to Dual link DVI Adapter... What to do?

So i'm doing a new setup with 6 monitors (Eyefinity 6), and i've got everything set up so far... Except for adapters. So i went and got 4 Of those Accel MDP to DVI SL adapters, in addition to the two passive that come with a card. Didn't work...
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It's under Windows 7, running on my mac Pro 2.26.
Hooking them both up to a iphone cube-wall charger keeps them up and running, but they fail to supply the necessary resolution (One only registers 640X The other dimension, the other thinks the monitor is 1920X1080, when it really is 1920X1200).
Not to mention, attempting to use any of them in an extended desktop led to a MACHINECHECKEXCEPTION bsod.
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IDEALLY it would be a male mini-dvi to female mini-displayport. This doesn't seem to exist.

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27'' iMac i7 w/ Mini-Displayport = connection nightmare...

Hi guys
this IS a long post , please accept my apologies & bear w/ me...
when i got my 1st Intel iMac ( white, 17''.. ) i built a desk to stash away cabling & peripherals out of sight yet highly accessible/practical, i learned this pays off when i played in a band & ''managed'' the rehearsal room's/instrument's cabling !
recently i sold my alu 20'' iMac & got a 27'' iMac i7 + Ergotron MX wall mount & wasn't too happy because the Mini-Displayport ( mDP.. ) to HDMI adapter for my plasma TV hang sloppily at the bottom of it but....O.K, i guess i could live w/ that !
later, some extra $ came my way & i got a Wacom Cintiq 21UX + Ergotron LX desk arm. that's when all **** broke loose :
the Cintiq has a DVI-I plug, the iMac's mDP to DVI adapters are plain DVI so an extra adapter cable w/ further 2 very boxy/nasty plugs had to be added.
worse, the iMac only having 1 mDP in/out port means i can't have BOTH the TV AND the Cintiq connected, hence more cables + adapters hanging under the once slick & gorgeous iMac/Ergotron combo.....NOT nice ! since the HDMI cable is 15mm & the Cintiq is another 15mm, the bundle coming off the iMac is thick & makes moving the Ergotron around awkward ….
no problem i thought, time to buy a mDP extension/splitter ! this would :
1 - spare it a daily plug/unplug routine thus preserving the iMacs port's health - mDP don't strike me as the sturdiest of plugs + the price repairing it if it went wrong - ouch !…
2 - given the difference in diameter of the cables i have & the one of a mDP, moving the arm around would become A LOT easier…
3 - would place the adapter plugs - by now there are 5, each 1 prettier than the next.. - out of sight w/ the other cabling
considering Apple's, & quality accessory makers catering for this kind of machine, extensive industrial design experience, this can't be BUT straightforward right ?…..well much to my dismay, no, NOT REALLY !
1st frustration :
after EXTENSIVE web search there are a few extensions out there but i only found one splitter cable - Tripp Lite's P584-001-M2M : http://www.tripplite.com/en/products/model.cfm?txtModelID=4747
however when asked if it would allow to have BOTH my TV & my tablet connected ( but to use 1 at a time..) their answer was :
''....Since the P584-001-M2M is designed for use with devices that will connect direct to the unit via Displayport connection, we cannot guarantee compatibility when using the DVI to Displayport adaptors mentioned in the inquiry...''
in short : it sounds like they don't know & they are NOT alone - so far NO ONE has been able to shed some light on this !!??
2nd frustration :
said splitter is some 20 cm long & the splitter box is as big as a Vicks Vaporub jar : that + the 5 or 6 adapters will look REAL nice & polished hanging from the iMac, right ?
3rd frustration :
the only other way to go ( subject to confirmation it does work.. ) is either this way -
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http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/gxm/dh2go/?productTabs=1#specs at a cost of £150 + cables - any one knows/has/works with these boxes ?
4th frustration :
in a day & age where Mac Minis & iMacs are ROUTINELY used as home media centers, NO ONE saw this coming ? hence no one produced the necessary hardware to solve this ?……….i understand DVI-I isn't the most advanced plug format out there BUT if Wacom uses it on the Cintiq 21UX, it's not also so ''last ice age''...
so, PLEASE; PLEASE; PLEASE does anyone know where can i get either :
1 - a 1 meter long cable w/ a male mDP plug & a splitter box w/ BOTH a HDMI & A DVI-I i could plug my stuff into without any adapters
2 - a 1 meter long cable w/ a male mDP plug & a splitter box w/ 2 female mDP plugs i could plug my adapters into but out of sight
3 - ANY other solution/suggestion so i can leave my iMac's mDP plug well alone AND not have a cable bundle as thick as a thigh coming out at the back thus making the Ergotron unusable
ANY help WILL be GREATLY appreciated - many thanks for your patience
cheers
Nuno

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