Mini DisplayPort to VGA adapter not working under Vista (Boot Camp).

Just tried the new driver on Vista and still no luck. Once there is a boot camp update to officially support Windows 7 I am planning on upgrading our systems and will test again. I am hoping that solves this issue as it really is getting annoying now.

I have update my support ticket but nothing from Apple regarding a resolution. Matter of fact got into a debate about what is supported in Windows and not by Apple.

Confirmed to be working.

Installed 195.72 from laptopvideo2go and it works. I'm running win7 x64 RC on an early 2009 macbook pro (the one without the SD card slot).

I just installed without removing drivers. I tried with three monitors and it works okay. Haven't tried with projector though. I tried it with my TV but got 640x480 only. I'll be testing it out on a projector later this evening.

Eric

I just tried on a projector. Fail.

This is only seems to be reliable on external desktop monitors.

Crap, I have the same problem on my MacBook Pro. I Installed the latest Nvidia driver 195.62(2009.12.04), but no luck either... Apple/Nvidia PAY ATTENTION!!!

Apple, I'm yet another customer who ran into this problem. In front of 400 conference attendees who came to see my nice presentation. Unlike other bugs I can live with, this bug is the kind you tell 400 of your closest friends about so that they avoid the Mac for business use. For each one of us who posts, there are 100's who haven't posted. I sat on my thumbs on this post for 3 months before adding my name to the list, always hopeful I'd have a fix before the end of 2009.

I am one of the few people using Windows XP at work still. Only reason being because I cant use anything else with a projector and my macbook pro. I also like that the apple page for boot camp and windows 7 support (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3920) says there will be official support by the end of the year for Win 7. Only problem is that was supposed to be last year. I really do wish apple would pay attention and fix this issue. I don't want to have to buy a cheap acer laptop so I can run Windows 7 and stay up to date for my company.

Wow I noticed the day I posted my previous reply, that Apple updated the linked page showing they are planning on a new Boot Camp update to support Windows 7. I guess the good thing is that they are reading this forum and hopefully will resolve this issue as soon as the new boot camp update comes out.

I had the same issues with using the VGA adaptor to a projector as described in various posts above. I know it's not a cure-all, but I just wanted to report that when I removed the VGA extender cable and went with a standard 6 ft cable, the problem was resolved. However, something else came up that was rather curious.

The main reason I'm running Windows at all is because I need to be able to project some materials from Blu-ray and HD DVD movies in class. I just got the combo drive for that purpose and it works fine with my laptop display and with my home projector via DVI-HDMI (it's a home theatre projector--Sony VPL-AW15--WITH HDMI but W/O DVI). However, whenever I try to run an HD DVD or Blu-ray via VGA (the school projectors are all VGA--no DVI or HDMI, sadly), a message pops up saying "no HDCP" (as expected) -- please switch to analog (VGA or D-sub). I have set it to "projector only" (the software does not like dual display settings for HD DVD/Blu-ray) and my understanding is that VGA IS analog already, so I don't know why I would get such a message. Is the VGA Mini Display adaptor converting a digital signal in the adaptor, or simply receiving an analog signal and "translating" it for the connection format? If the former, this would explain the HDCP issue (and make my drive/windows/adapter acquisition a rather expensive failed experiment). If the latter, then something is amiss somewhere as HDCP is not supposed to be an issue for VGA output, as far as I know.

Well Apple finally released their updated Boot Camp drivers ( http://support.apple.com/kb/DL996). I am hopeful that perhaps these not only support Windows 7 but also solve our video display issue. I probably won't be able to test this out until late tomorrow or Thursday. If anyone happens to try it before hand it would be great to know if they fix the video issue (on Vista or Windows 7).

Crossing my fingers.

I have tested these drivers have fixed the projector issue!!!

Drivers for 32-bit Windows 7:
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL996

Drivers for 64-bit Windows 7:
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL979

As discussed here:
http://www.scottsavage.net/2009/10/macbook-pro-nvidia-projects-at-640x480/

Thanks for the update , General Vodka!

I see the update provides some other help for those who have to / want to use Windows for one reason or another, too.

+Support for advanced features on Apple Cinema displays.+
+Support for Apple Wireless Keyboard and Apple Magic Mouse.+
+Improved tap-to-click support - The ability to tap the trackpad to click the mouse button is now supported on all Mac portables that run Boot Camp.+
+Command line version of the Startup Disk Control Panel.+
+Support for Windows 7 (32-bit/64-bit)+

It would be nice to see Microsoft, given the "head start" given to them by Apple in the early days of Microsoft Word etc when "Wordperfect" ruled the business world, spend as much time helping Mac users with some of their own products, too.

I guess I shouldn't grumble too much, given that my wife regularly sends me pdf and graphics documents (*prepared on other PCs!) that her own "up to date" work PC can't handle, to update on our Macs so I can convert them to MS Office formats and then send back to her for use on her Sony Vieyo or somethingorother (a while back I even found myself using my Mac as an intermediary to convert incompatible PC formats for two lawyers I was working with whose PC word processing formats couldn't talk to each other!) , but it would surely not be a bad thing if Microsoft finally got around to at least buying/ licensing/ developing their own processes that let a Windows computer at the very least access a Mac formatted hard drive! Hey, such things have been around for far more than a decade and, in reverse, come as part of the standard operating software with every Mac!

Anyone know if the next "service pack" for Windows 7 will finally, after a decade or so, allow PCs to read an HFS+ drive without the need for third party software? 😉

Cheers

Rod

Hi,

I am very happy to report that it seems that the new Boot Camp drivers do in fact fix the projector issue! We tested today on one of our Vista systems and it worked (had to upgrade Boot Camp drivers from v2.2 to v3.0 before getting v3.1 to actually install though). I am hoping to try it on a for more system in the next few days but extremely happy that this issue may finally be behind us.

I will post any updates or changes that occur.

-Chad

Just to be clear--does this mean the limitation regarding the length of the VGA cable is resolved? I have been able to work just fine with a 6 ft cable with my projector at home but I will not be using that one in my class. I will be using the ceiling mounted projector that is in the classroom and I need a lot more than 6 ft to reach it (assuming I bring my own cable rather than using the cable in place--which is decidedly longer than 6 ft).

Hi,

Yes I believe that to be correct that the limitation is fixed in the latest version of Boot Camp drivers. I only have 1 sample right now but should have a few more verifications in the next few days (all Vista OS's).

Is there anyway to do this upgrade without moving to Snow Leopard? I'll do so if I have to but I don't want to do so needlessly.

Also, do I need to reinstall windows if I upgrade to Snow Leopard in order to add the drivers?