Saturday, December 19, 2009

A Mac Mini DVI issue resolved

So, I had been waiting patiently for years to revisit MacOS X, having been left with a seriously bad impression due to (the now defunct) NetInfo. This past week I was ready to give it another go, and purchased one in the latest series of Mac Minis, intending to use my existing DVI wide-screen as a display.

The Mac Mini comes with a Mini-DVI to DVI converter, so I figured this wouldn't be a problem. But after connecting a single-link DVI-D cable from the convert to my display, the display failed to recognize the Mini's output. Using the same cable with another computer, and the display recognized the signal without issue. Moving back to the Mini: no dice. Argh!

After finding nothing useful in a cursory search of the 'Net and ready to throttle Apple, I ultimately tried resetting the PRAM per the manual, despite it not being listed as a way to resolve display issues. Fortunately, this did the trick.

I'm happy I still get to use my existing equipment (including my non-Apple keyboard and mouse). Time will tell if OS X proves to be a better experience this time around.