Using a Mac Pro with a 52 inch Vizio LCD
Hello all. I have hooked up my Mac Pro to my Vizio (52 inch LCD). DVI to RGB (using a converter). My Vizio says it has no signal. I called Vizio they said to call apple. I have not called apple yet on this was wondering if anyone else out there has hooked a Mac Pro to a Vizio with success and if so how they did it. I have the NVIDIA GEForce 7300 card.
Thanks in advance for the help.
Hey Tom, Thanks for taking the time to respond. I was losing my mind on this one! Hopefully this will be resolved soon.
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