Thunderbolt/ VGA adaptor

I tried connection between a macbook pro (13" _ 2.9gb) and a projector with the mini display to vga adaptor in the thunderbolt port... the computer is reading everything.. but it is not displaying anything on the screen .. . mini display to vga adaptor is working fine in other computers and projectors without thunderbolt port …….. i want to know if thunderbolt port doesn’t support vga adaptor??

It should - is your adapter similar to this one?
Clinton

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Well, I went back into Best Buy to test on 3 other laptops (2 Asus, and their floor model for this Sony). It seems to be doing the same problem so at least I was able to rule out broken hardware issue on my particular laptop.
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Since I couldn't really install Adobe Premiere on their machines, I used the DVIO software (http://www.carr-engineering.com/dvio.htm) and a 5 min clip I captured. I transferred onto their machines, hooked up my Sony D8, and attempted to play the video. It would play for 15 seconds and then stop and jitter with a loud noise (like it does on my laptop). I even tried changing each machine's firewire driver to the legacy one and same results. I pulled a brand new 4 pin to 4 pin firewire cable off their shelf and still the same problem.
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Until recently, I've been using a Macbook Air Core 2 Duo with a MiniDisplayPort output. This is connected via the Apple MiniDisplayPort > VGA adaptor to an LG Flatron W2246 22" display, and running 1920x1080 quite happily.
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