12/24/2023 0 Comments Mac mini no video outputThe seller, dvicetech, immediately suggested shipping me out a replacement DisplayPort-DVI adapter, at his own expense. Having run out of troubleshooting steps to try, I contacted the eBay seller, dvicetech, through eBay’s nice dispute resolution site feature and described the problem, in hopes of being able to either get help in resolving the problem somehow (although my hopes for that were limited at this point), or else exchange the Mac Mini for another one, or get a refund. (Also, I was unable to try at least one of the listed solutions, which was to put the Mac to sleep by pressing Option+Command+Eject the PC keyboard I was using with the Mac Mini in accordance with the Mac Mini’s advertised B.Y.O.D.K.M. Unfortunately, when I tried the solutions, including several new-to-me troubleshooting actions like “reset the parameter RAM” and “reset the System Management Controller (SMC)”, none of them resolved the problem. I Googled using some general terms (“ mac mini no video”), and came up with a Apple support article for this specific problem, which had several suggested solutions. So at this point, I concluded that the problem was either with the DisplayPort-DVI adapter, or with the Mac Mini itself. This also produced the same results: Mac Mini appeared to power up okay, but no display output whatsoever. DVI cable okay? I swapped it out for a different DVI cable that I had on hand, but got the same results.Īt this point, I disconnected the ViewSonic monitor, connected my other on-hand monitor (a Dell), and rebooted the Mac Mini.I’d also been using this monitor with my Windows PC via DVI with no problems. Monitor configured for DVI input? Yes, verified.Video cables connected tightly to Mac and to monitor? Yes.I could also toggle Caps Lock on and off via the keyboard and see the Caps Lock indicator light on the keyboard turn on and off. Mac powered on? Yes, the power indicator LED was on and I heard the startup chime.Monitor powered on? Yes, the yellow status indicator light was on.I checked the standard set of things that I could think of to check: This monitor, a ViewSonic, did work fine with my Windows PC I had just unhooked it from that PC in order to use it with the Mac. The monitor’s status indicator light remained yellow, as though no input source were connected. I turned the machine on, at which point the “power” light on the front of the Mac Mini turned on, I heard the Apple startup chime from the Mac’s built-in speakers, and… nothing at all appeared on the screen. When my Mac Mini arrived, I hooked it up, connecting a USB mouse, USB keyboard, power, and my existing DVI monitor via a DisplayPort-DVI adapter included by the seller. (Definitely a more economical option than going with a new MacBook, which seem go in the $1100 – 1700 range.) This Mac Mini cost $444.50, including shipping using my existing keyboard, mouse, and monitor, that was the total cost for the Mac. Being on a fairly constrained budget for discretionary purchases – again, see “3 young kids” above! – I opted for the “Mac Mini from eBay” option, as suggested on StackOverflow.Īfter examining the available options, and (as always with this type of purchase) looking for a sweet spot in the trade-off between price and performance, I opted for a so-called “Early 2009” model Mac Mini, with 2.0 GHz dual-core processor, 4 GB RAM, 500 GB HD, and the as-of-now latest OS, OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, from eBay seller dvicetech. With 3 young kids in the house, my free gaming time is increasingly spent on the iPod, as that platform is conducive to 10-15 minute play sessions however, the particular game I’d like to play is not currently on the App Store, so being a programmer, I decided to write it myself! (Hopefully, more to come on that topic in a future post on this blog!)īeing brand new to iOS development, I did some research, and ended up with the conclusion that unfortunately, using my existing Windows PC would not be a very good idea Apple really wants you to be using a Mac for iOS development.
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