Makes some sense. I believe the VGA detection is done by probing various
combinations of pins as connected or not. If you are good with
electronics you can make a VGA terminator following the instructions here:
http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/general-hardware-discussion/1763-how-does-video-card-
Hi,
The funny thing about this is, I have a Mac Mini with the VGA adaptor.
Everything is slow until I connect the monitor. Now here's the funny
thing, I just connected the VGA cable, the monitor is not even plugged
into power. Guess what, the Mac is happy.
Chris
On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:59:33
I'm guessing that the Mac is constantly scanning for monitor presence
when none are hooked up. With an actual VGA or DVI display hooked up the
Mac can query the display for information such as supported resolutions
and refresh rates. So a DVI to VGA adapter doesn't help because the Mac
is still
Indeed, I had a coworker test this by trying Snow Leopard's Safari
with and without a monitor attached, and sure enough, fast with, slow
without. No monitor here though. I tried a DVI-to-VGA adapter but
that didn't help. I'll look through what others suggested here for
solutions.
On Thu, Oct 2
Esther,
Do you know what is the correct adaptor to use for desktop computers
like G5, Mac pro etc. I have tried running those machines without
monitors but with a video adaptor. It has a flat USB like plug in the
other end of a cable, but the plug is wider than USB, common to
connect to
Hi,
Sounds like you do not have a display connected to your Mac Mini. This
will cause your Mac to be slow in the way you describe. You might
connect a video connector for Mac Mini, and the issue should disappear.
Hope this helps,
John André
On 29. okt. 2009, at 00.48, Doug Lee wrote:
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>
Hi Doug,
I'll point you to a Mail Archive list post that gives links to the correct
video adapters for both new Mac Mini models (since March 3, 2009 -- with
Mini-DVI ports -- "Apple Mini-DVI to Video Adapter") and for the older Mac Mini
models with DVI ports (manufactured before Mach 2009 ---
I have no compatible monitor at this location, but I just heard of
some sort of "dongle" that's supposed to fool the machine into
thinking I have one. Any info on where to obtain such a thing?
On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 05:36:22PM -0700, Mac Cougar wrote:
Plug in a monitor for the performance issu
Plug in a monitor for the performance issues.
On Oct 28, 2009, at 4:48 PM, Doug Lee wrote:
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> Last Friday I installed Snow Leopard as an upgrade of Leopard on my
> Mac Mini. I also installed the newer Xcode from the Snow Leopard CD
> over the Xcode I already had. I finally reinstalled the Port
Last Friday I installed Snow Leopard as an upgrade of Leopard on my
Mac Mini. I also installed the newer Xcode from the Snow Leopard CD
over the Xcode I already had. I finally reinstalled the Ports
package, though I did not recompile all my ports yet.
But I got a number of very nasty surprises
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