Problems swapping external displays

I use my MacBookPro with two external displays (not simultaneously), with the MBP lid shut. I have an Apple 20" cinema dispay in the office and an Acer (can't remember the model) at home. When I take my MBP home and plug it into the Acer the MBP does not properly recognise the external monitor and it just stays black showing the spinning "busy" wheel. The same thing happens when I plug in my Apple display after using the Acer. Sometimes, after about one or two minutes, the display finally appears as it should. Otherwise I have to switch the power supply off and on again to put the MBP to sleep and then wake it again to refresh the screen.
For two years, I was using the same two monitors with my G4 Powerbook without any problem whatsoever. Does anyone else have this problem? Is there a solution to it?

Are you sure that the external power supply is properly connected to your MBP? I have occasionaly wondered why my external monitor was not working when connected to laptop with lid shut. Then discovered that it will not work unless the laptop is connected to the external power supply.
A phone call to a very helpful Apple support technician solved my problem. Apparently the memory needed to be refreshed (or something like that). This was done by rebooting the computer and holding down the following four keys together: AppleAlt+pr.
You hold down these four keys while the computer boots and release them after the second chime.
However, as I am not an expert, I have no idea if this is relevant to your issue.
MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.7)

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Interval Since Last Panic Report: 133836 sec
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Anonymous UUID: C6A1C75B-0106-4A76-B7DC-E605EEDED792
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Interval Since Last Panic Report: 318880 sec
Panics Since Last Report: 1
Anonymous UUID: C6A1C75B-0106-4A76-B7DC-E605EEDED792
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0x52cc9f28 : 0xad6630 (0x85ac004 0x100 0x2af95b 0x38)
0x52cc9f58 : 0x161ad7f (0x85ac004 0x100 0x4bcd2cee 0x0)
0x52cca098 : 0xafc27f (0x85ac004 0x9d68004 0x0 0x0)
0x52cca0d8 : 0x9d7e70 (0x85ac004 0x9d68004 0x0 0x0)
0x52cca118 : 0x9d41b3 (0x0 0x9 0x0 0x0)
0x52cca278 : 0x9d6354 (0x0 0x600d600d 0x7027 0x52cca2a8)
0x52cca348 : 0xc6da74 (0xc1d00050 0xbeef0003 0xa413800 0x71)
0x52cca3e8 : 0xc6dee9 (0x4433d000 0xa413800 0xace0804 0x0)
0x52cca428 : 0xc6650a (0x4433d000 0xace0800 0x52cca458 0x2a764f)
0x52cca458 : 0xc94047 (0x9313940 0xace0800 0x442d5000 0x443d0000)
0x52cca4c8 : 0xc87f3f (0x9313940 0xad3c000 0x0 0x1)
0x52cca528 : 0xc88169 (0x442d5000 0x442d5768 0xad3c000 0x0)
0x52cca578 : 0xc8854a (0x442d5000 0x442d5768 0x52cca87c 0x52cca81c)
0x52cca898 : 0xc85963 (0x442d5000 0x442d5768 0x1 0x0)
0x52cca8b8 : 0xc502fb (0x442d5000 0x442d5768 0x52cca8e8 0x2a764f)
0x52cca8e8 : 0xc870ce (0x442d5000 0x52ccaa1c 0x52cca928 0x442d50c8)
0x52cca928 : 0xc54539 (0x442d5000 0x52ccaa1c 0xbc 0x20000043)
0x52ccaa58 : 0xc8a15d (0x442d5000 0x0 0x52ccab6c 0x52ccab68)
0x52ccab08 : 0xc50985 (0x442d5000 0x0 0x52ccab6c 0x52ccab68)
0x52ccab88 : 0x561b92 (0x442d5000 0x0 0x52ccaddc 0x52ccac18)
0x52ccabd8 : 0x5623ef (0xcd3200 0x442d5000 0xa9acf88 0x1)
0x52ccac28 : 0x562c9c (0x442d5000 0x10 0x52ccac70 0x0)
0x52ccad48 : 0x28499c (0x442d5000 0x10 0xa9acf88 0x1)
0x52ccbdf8 : 0x21d7eb (0xa9acf60 0xb00e5a0 0x17cc0 0x4607)
0x52ccbe38 : 0x210977 (0xa9acf00 0x0 0xa5a1260 0xa3d3f80)
0x52ccbe98 : 0x216bda (0xa9acf00 0x0 0x0 0x0)
0x52ccbf18 : 0x293a8e (0x52ccbf44 0x0 0x0 0x0)
0x52ccbfc8 : 0x29f018 (0x9c03cc0 0x0 0x10 0xa5632e0)
Kernel Extensions in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.GeForce(6.1.0)@0xc45000->0xcedfff
dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(6.1.0)@0x96c000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.1)@0x95f000
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com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal(6.1.0)@0x14ee000->0x190bfff
dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(6.1.0)@0x96c000
com.apple.NVDAResman(6.1.0)@0x96c000->0xc44fff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6)@0x92d000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.1)@0x95f000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.1)@0x93e000
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: World of Warcraf
Mac OS version:
10D573
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 10.3.0: Fri Feb 26 11:58:09 PST 2010; root:xnu-1504.3.12~1/RELEASE_I386
System model name: MacBookPro5,1 (Mac-F42D86C8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 17972731107906
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10.6.5 Problems with external Display

Hi, I'm getting crazy... Yesterday Night I update my MBP to the Os 10.6.5 and this morning i try to connect my MBP to the LCD and nothing just for a few second the display change to blue trying to recognize the lcd and then nothing, can anyone tell me how to fix the problem? tks a lot

I'll throw a few things out for you to consider or try (in no particular order):
1. Reset SMC (http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3964)
2. Reset PRAM (http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.6/en/26871.html).
3. In the Displays Preferences play around with resolutions and Detect Displays.
Good luck.

Problem with external display

Hi! Since I upgraded to Mavericks on my MacBook Pro (mid 2012) my notebook doesn´t recognize the attached display wich is connected with my dvi-thunderbolt adaptor. Any suggestions? Best regards!

Sorry, it´s a vga-thunderbolt adaptor...

Late 2010 Unibody MacBook -- Resolution problems with external display...

Hi Apple Community,
I have a late 2010 white unibody which I've been using with my 30" LCD TV, both as a secondary monitor and in clamshell mode. I connect with an apple display to hdmi cable. I've been using this setup for a few months and it has always looked FANTASTIC. Never any issues. Then out of the blue, just the other day, the resolution on my 30" had become all screwed up. Now it is very pixelated, color and resolution are all off, and everything lags.
What I've tried so far: I've checked all the display settings in system prefs. Res set to 1080i, color calibration is set to factory settings, etc. I restarted multiple times, with the monitor connected and without. I rebooted in safe mode to reset all display settings to factory. I've checked my cords, used the secondary hdmi port on my TV, messed with display settings on the television and still NOTHING.
I cannot for the life of me figure out why this suddenly started happening. Any suggestions would be greatly greatly GREATLY appreciated! (I had to watch Game of Thrones on my computer screen! My 13" computer screen! Oh! The indignity!)
Thank you all in advance!
PS - I run Lion and all software is up to date!

Hi Apple Community,
I have a late 2010 white unibody which I've been using with my 30" LCD TV, both as a secondary monitor and in clamshell mode. I connect with an apple display to hdmi cable. I've been using this setup for a few months and it has always looked FANTASTIC. Never any issues. Then out of the blue, just the other day, the resolution on my 30" had become all screwed up. Now it is very pixelated, color and resolution are all off, and everything lags.
What I've tried so far: I've checked all the display settings in system prefs. Res set to 1080i, color calibration is set to factory settings, etc. I restarted multiple times, with the monitor connected and without. I rebooted in safe mode to reset all display settings to factory. I've checked my cords, used the secondary hdmi port on my TV, messed with display settings on the television and still NOTHING.
I cannot for the life of me figure out why this suddenly started happening. Any suggestions would be greatly greatly GREATLY appreciated! (I had to watch Game of Thrones on my computer screen! My 13" computer screen! Oh! The indignity!)
Thank you all in advance!
PS - I run Lion and all software is up to date!

Very frustrating problem with external display-works but doesn't

I just set up my new LED Viewsonic monitor with my new MBA and it works flawlessly...except when I first want to hook it up. When I first want to use it I plug everything (laptop is closed) and then proceed to turn on the monitor. When the monitor turns on it shows white noise UNTIL I open my laptop and go to the general settings. Why the heck is this happening?! I have it from HDMI out to a HDMI>DVI converter into the back of the monitor. It's just annoying and seems very peculiar. This also happens when everything is already working and the computer goes to sleep and I try to wake it up=white noise, until I open it up and go to the display tab under general settings.
I appreciate any help that anyone can offer!!
Thank you!

I feel kind of stupid, but I guess I all I had to do was wait about 5-10 seconds and then it worked. Nevermind

External display problems with snow leopard

I just upgraded from Leopard to Snow Leopard on my Macbook and it's created lots of problems with my LCD external display:
- The display won't work at its native resolution (1680x1050) - it will flash up an image for 1/10 of second and then go black. I can only get it to work at a lower resolution, which looks AWFUL.
- If I try to start up my Macbook with the lid closed and the display connected, the display won't work at all (it jams on the start up screen). It only works if I keep both of them running
I never had these problems when using Leopard. I've searched lots of forums and found that many people are having similar problems with external displays. Apple still haven't fixed the bug after repeated efforts from people to get if fixed.
Here are some threads (now closed) on this if you're looking for solutions:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2132912&tstart=0
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2136455&tstart=1
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2132837&tstart=0
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10084332
Common suggested fixes are:
- Force OS X to use LCD font smoothing (does not work for me)
- Clear the PRAM on start-up (does not work for me)
- Delete /Library/Preferences/com.apple.windowserver.plist (does not work)
- Change energy management setting to high performance (only works on graphics cards in Macbook 15" and 17").
From reading these forums it appears that this is a well-know bug. Has anyone else got any suggestions to fix this? And why hasn't Apple fixed this yet after so many people bringing it to their attention? It's clearly a bug that wasn't in Leopard.

I'M FED UP WITH APPLE! They've always been a little shady, but the last half of 2010 took the cake!
First it was the iPhone 3g "upgrade" to IOS4 which was garbage and killed my ability to use the 3g until I figured out how to crack the software, wipe the thing clear then reinstall the original software. Next up was purchasing the iphone 4 as a Christmas gift for someone running tiger on their mac, only to find out that the iphone 4 doesn't work on tiger when they tried to sync their contacts - and then having to rush out and purchase snow leopard so that they could enjoy my gift. Then I install Snow Leopard (note - I purchased the family pack) onto my own leopard-running(10.5.+) powerbook only to have the external LCD display I've been using for years suddenly stop working.
Oh, okay, to be fair, it works IF I RESIGN MYSELF TO SET it to "mirror image" (which defeats the purpose of having multiple displays) and drop the resolution down to a pathetic, unsharp, nearly distored setting that is almost painful to look at knowing that this monitor was just A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO showing me crystal clear images.
Then I exhaust myself trying to find a fix only to discover that APPLE in their infinite brilliance (AKA - their torture of loyal customers) knows of the issue - worked it out - then created an update that created the issue all over again. I'm so done! No more macs. I'm going back to the evil land of PCs. At least there, you know you're getting crap, it doesn't sneak up on you after getting you to trust it time and time again.

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