connecting to a second monitor with a vga display and usb port.

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connecting to a second monitor with a vga display and usb port.

My monitor has a serial and a usb port as well as HDMI. I want to connect my macpro to the monitor.
The mac has a mini dvi output : using this would I have an hdmi cable connector from the mini dvi ? Or is there a way using the external monitor usb connector.

Thanks ahead of time.

macbook pro--snow leopard, Mac OS X (10.6.6), imac intel duo. Snow Leopard.

Posted on Feb 19, 2011 8:29 PM

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bwillems

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Mar 1, 2011 9:27 AM in response to Lensmith

Are you sure it's serial? Is it possible it's VGA? In either case, you can use a converter cable to connect from your mac to the monitor... but USB is not a display connector, so you can't use that. You'll use either an HDMI cable or a VGA cable.

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Lensmith Author

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Mar 1, 2011 5:33 PM in response to bwillems

Yes my monitor has a serial vga port and a usb. I find the usb is for diagnostics , it threw me off for a while.
I guess I was asking is there a converter for the dvi outlet on the macpro to go directly to hdmi.

Thanks for the help.

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